Technology Integration Issues: Digital inequality
Integrating Technology and Creating Change as Teacher Leaders (TNLT Chapter 12) I’ve grown up during the digital age and sometimes I question the integration of technology in the classroom. I guess I am reluctant to use technology in my lessons, but I also fear that I will become dependent on technology and so will my students. I also do not understand how we can integrate and infuse technology into education when not every school can afford it and not every student has access to technology at home. I feel that there are many challenges teachers face in their efforts to integrate technology into their teaching. (https://www.technologyreview.com/s/603083/the-unacceptable-persistence-of-the-digital-divide/) As TNLT Chapter 12 states, “differences in access to technology, commonly known as the digital divide , continues to be a persistent and pervasive educational issue.” If you look at the figure below, there’s a correlation betwe...
