Will Free Benefit the Rich? Fighting for Technology Equity
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The document discusses how technology may or may not benefit students from different socioeconomic backgrounds equally. It summarizes research showing that low-income schools were less likely to have successful wikis for students, and the wikis that did exist had much shorter lifespans, compared to wikis in more affluent schools. While technology could help close gaps if implemented equitably, there is a risk it may instead further advantage affluent students if access to technology and training is not equal across populations. The key issue is inequality in education, and technology alone will not solve it without attention to these equity concerns.
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Will Free Benefit the Rich? Fighting for Technology Equity
- 1. Will Free Benefit the Rich? Fighting for Technology Equity Justin Reich @bjfr EdTechResearcher.org Fellow, Berkman Center Co-Founder, EdTechTeacher
- 2. Pisa Scores The crisis in US education is not of achievement
- 3. The crisis in US education is inequality
- 4. If you believe that education is the civil rights issue of our timeโฆ Will technology make learning more equitable?
- 5. Learning Technology Innovation
- 6. Closing Gaps Affluent Learning Low income Technology Innovation
- 7. Rising Tide Affluent Learning Low income Technology Innovation
- 8. Does wiki usage differ in schools serving different populations?
- 9. Low Income Mid to High Schools Income Schools (n=117) (n=133) Failed or Trial Wiki 50% 30% Teacher-Content Wiki 34% 35% Individual Student-Owned Wiki 15% 35% Collaborative Student-Owned 2% 1% Wiki Median Lifetime 6 days 33 days
- 10. Low Income Mid to High Schools Income Schools (n=117) (n=133) Failed or Trial Wiki 50% 30% Teacher-Content Wiki 34% 35% Individual Student-Owned Wiki 15% 35% Collaborative Student-Owned 2% 1% Wiki Median Lifetime 6 days 33 days
- 11. Low Income Mid to High Schools Income Schools (n=117) (n=133) Failed or Trial Wiki 50% 30% Teacher-Content Wiki 34% 35% Individual Student-Owned Wiki 15% 35% Collaborative Student-Owned 2% 1% Wiki Median Lifetime 6 days 33 days
- 12. Low Income Mid to High Schools Income Schools (n=117) (n=133) Failed or Trial Wiki 50% 30% Teacher-Content Wiki 34% 35% Individual Student-Owned Wiki 15% 35% Collaborative Student-Owned 2% 1% Wiki Median Lifetime 6 days 33 days
- 14. Rising Tide Affluent Learning Low income Technology Innovation
- 15. "For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.โ (Matthew 25:29)
- 16. โSome canโtโ Within School Inequity
- 17. Between School Inequity โThey all mustโ โSome canโtโ Within School Inequity
- 20. @bjfr EdTechResearcher.org
Editor's Notes
- And the hypothesis underlying this model is that as we develop new OER resources, tool, platforms, aggregators and so forth, we will increase the amount of learning occuring within the system, we will increase the number of neurons in young brains arranged for pro-social purposes.
- And the hypothesis underlying this model is that as we develop new OER resources, tool, platforms, aggregators and so forth, we will increase the amount of learning occuring within the system, we will increase the number of neurons in young brains arranged for pro-social purposes.
- And the hypothesis underlying this model is that as we develop new OER resources, tool, platforms, aggregators and so forth, we will increase the amount of learning occuring within the system, we will increase the number of neurons in young brains arranged for pro-social purposes.
- All of this written up in ER
- What we foundโฆ