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Paul Willis, Social Class, and the Digital Divide
After being away for a few days, I’m still catching up with the many blog postings, listerve discussions, comments, news stories (from NPR to the Chronicle of Higher Ed), and misrepresentations of...
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Children Left Behind In a Profit-Driven World
I’ve written before about my intersecting interests in social class and emerging technologies. David Warlick writes poignantly about these intersections in his recent post from rural America, where...
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Activism, Social Class, and the Digital Divide
So it’s not scientific, and it’s not deeply analytical, but this survey (from Mother Jones magazine and posted on the Engaged Youth blog) caught my eye today as I’m juggling my two intellectual worlds...
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Digital and Political Divides
I’ve been reading Henry Jenkins’ Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century (link to PDF here). Jenkins and his team at Project New Media Literacies speak...
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Hipness/Digital Divide: The Homeless at SXSW
First came this brief mention on the New York Times Tumblr coverage of the the uber-hip South By Southwest music and media event that attracts “the most data hungry crowd in the world”. Homeless...
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A Wasted Analysis of Poor Kids and Digital Divides
The New York Times has published yet another infuriating piece on poor kids. Yesterday’s article Wasting Time is New Divide in Digital Era is is almost breathtakingly sloppy. After the “sky is falling”...
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The Question Is, Can you Walk With Me?
I’ve long been interested in the intersections of class and technology, as I’m intrigued by the potential in new media for voice, connections, and creativity. I was thus delighted to read about the...
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Classism, Parenting, and Digital Devices
Much of my teaching involves new forms of digital media for communication, connection, and creativity. This work is grounded solidly in my commitments to ensuring that all children learn the cultural...
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Who Counts as “Today’s Students”?
I was intrigued at first by the tweets. MiddleWeb distributes great information about teaching in the middle years: Why do today’s digital students often prefer low-tech learning? @CherylTeaches...
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These Are Also “Today’s Students”
I wrote yesterday about a teacher’s blog post framed as being about “Today’s students” and offering advice about technology in schools, based on the experiences of these particular students. These were...
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