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What are students learning about digital divide issues in the classroom? Are students learning about access, location, gender, age, economic levels, education levels, race, or disability? How is this information being presented to them?
Are students learning about topics like e-government, educational technology, geographic information systems (GIS) or e-commerce? Are students learning about the future of technology and how it is impacting our lives?
Are students learning how to use technology effectively?
This community is for students, college graduates, educators, and anyone else interested in finding what students are learning in the classroom relating to the digital divide.
Feel free to post class assignments and papers that relate to the digital divide.
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STEM Initiatives and Digital Divide Issues
Bonnie Bracey Sutton | September 30
I am starting this community particularly to reach out to and to unite K-12 with the various meetings that are taking place in reference to the concern for the teaching of Science, Math, Engineering and Technology in the US.
September 28 -- About 800 policymakers, educators, business leaders,...
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The problem of poverty and the reason we need money for the solution
Bonnie Bracey Sutton | October 17
Please read both articles there is a difference in viewpoints but some of the points are the same.
By Cathy Young | October 17, 2005
AFTER HURRICANE Katrina and the devastation left in its wake exposed to public eye the shocking levels of poverty in the mostly African-American...
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Geography, National Geographic , GIS, Earthwatch.. It's July, Do You Know Where Your Teacher Is?
Bonnie Bracey Sutton | July 22
This time of summer was always magic for me. It was, most of the time , a learning time to help me get my educational self together, in preparation for the new school year. Many groups do teacher training and promote new learning activities for teachers in summer. There are all kinds of...
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Integrating Websites into Teaching
Emily W | May 5
I realized recently that many educators do not know how to integrate websites into their teaching.
Making use of Websites
Educators might know about websites that could be used for teaching, but they do not know how it fits into their lessons.
There are many ways educators can...
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Should All Nonprofit Organizations Have An Educational Mission?
Deborah Elizabeth Finn | March 17
Today I had a chance to meet and schmooze with Al Essa, who...
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Geography Matters: GIS
By: Bonnie Bracey Sutton, The Thornburg Center for Professional Development | August 16, 2005
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| With the use of ICTs to explore the world, learning becomes more powerful. GIS technology is one of the hottest new tools in education and research and is one of the fastest growing high-tech careers for students today. GIS training helps students develop computer literacy, analytical approaches to problem solving, and communication and presentation skills. |
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International Issues and Ideas, CyberEd -ICT's
By: Bonnie Bracey Sutton, The Thornburg Center for Professional Development | May 19, 2005
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| ICT's are not just the use of computers. They encompass all media and careful thought has to be taken in the deployment of infrastructure, use of content and starting the professional development for teachers creating a learning landscape. |
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Business and Higher Education Groups Call for Four-Point Plan to Improve Science and Mathematics Education
By: Press Release, NSTA | February 23, 2005
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A report issued on February 16 by top business and higher education leaders says the U.S. lackluster performance in science and math “has placed the country in grave danger of losing its competitive edge in the global marketplace.”
For the report, titled A Commitment to America’s Future: Responding to the Crisis in Mathematics and Science Education, the Business and Higher Education Forum (BHEF) reviewed the available data on science, engineering, and mathematics education and point to three significant education indicators that have an impact on national security and the country’s economic health:
1. The number of science and engineering degrees awarded to U.S. citizens is decreasing at a time when job growth in these fields is predicted.
2. The performance trends of American students on comparative international assessments in mathematics and science chart a course of decline from near the top in elementary school to near the bottom by the end of high school
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3. The failure of America to enroll all students in core mathematics and science curricula continues, while the skill levels in mathematics and science required for postsecondary education and employment are not only rising but also converging.
“Mathematics and science education in this country is falling short of what is required to keep America productive, stable, and secure,” says the report. “It is not producing the quantity of mathematics and science talent that America needs to meet the challenges it now faces. Neither is it preparing all students to be scientifically literate citizens capable of participating in a democracy increasingly influenced by scientific and technological innovations.”
BHEF calls for a nationwide plan for resolving a national problem that includes a four-part strategy:
1. Establish a P-16 leadership council in each state, comprised of representatives from business, education, and policymakers, and including classroom teachers, administrators, and community college representatives. The councils would be responsible for defining, benchmarking, and initiating a statewide plan for improving P-16 science and math education.
2. Address and align the five P-12 system components: content standards, curricula, assessments, teacher preparation, and accountability practices.
3. Engage business and higher education in more effective P-12 reform roles. Business needs to be more involved and better align corporate education outreach programs with the state’s standards-based initiatives. More higher education institutions must put the education of teachers of mathematics and science at the center of its mission.
4. Implement coordinated national and state-specific public information programs that will engage the public in the nationwide effort to strengthen the mathematics and science education of all students. |
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Microsoft Unlimited Potential (UP)
Bonnie Bracey Sutton | March 23, 2005
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Program
Sponsor Microsoft Community Affairs
Deadlines Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Purpose A global initiative that focuses on improving lifelong learning for disadvantaged young people and adults by providing technology skills through community technology and learning... |
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Young People, Soap Operas and Reality TV
Bonnie Bracey Sutton | March 22, 2005
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| International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media
Year: 2005
Summary
The Clearinghouse invited scholars from all over the world to contribute their knowledge so far. Thus at the same time, the book gives answers to at least some of the questions on young people, soap operas and... |
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Digital Divide Project: Curriculum
Emily W | March 03, 2005
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| This website has a curriculum for teaching about the digital divide in both middle school and high school.
Even though it was written in 1999, it still has great information. |
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National Center for Atmospheric Research ( NCAR)
Bonnie Bracey Sutton | February 26, 2005
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Prediction & Forecasting
short-term forecasts, 10-day forecasts, predictability, seasonal, climate, training meteorologists
Our Changing Climate
past, global warming, future, El Niño & La Niña, drought, wildfires
Pollution & Air Chemistry
air pollution, tracking, cycles,... |
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Project Based Learning Professional Development Module ( GLEF.org)
Bonnie Bracey Sutton | February 26, 2005
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| http://www.edutopia.org/modules/PBL/index.php
The Project-Based Learning (PBL) module is designed for either a two- to three-hour class or session or a one- to two-day workshop, and is divided into two parts.
Part One, Guided Process, is designed to give participants a brief introduction to... |
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