Crossing the Digital Divide: Race, Writing, and Technology in the Classroom (Language and Literacy Series (Teachers College Pr)) (Language and Literacy (Paperback))

By Barbara Jean Monroe

Language and Literacy sequence As groups on "the different aspect" of the electronic divide turn into immersed in digital media, how will we review their reports to remodel the educating of writing and increase scholar studying? this crucial booklet bargains a balanced view of tutorial expertise and significant multiculturalism as skilled in present day public colleges.

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Sixteen, 23, 24, 27 Marriott, M. , sixteen MCI ballot, 116 Media, 23, 24–25, 111 Media schooling beginning, eighty, eighty two Mehan, H. , ninety nine Mehler, R. A. , ninety Mescalero Apache Telecom, 25–26 Mexicans, three, 101–2, 107. See additionally Hispanics; Latinos Microsoft, 15, 24, 27 heart type African americans, sixty four, sixty five and new IT plan, 122 and reconstructing the divide, 27 and Rondo-Plateau Indian undertaking, ninety eight, 103, 107, 113 and UM/Detroit highschool venture, sixty four, sixty five See additionally Socioeconomic prestige Miller, Arthur, three, fifty eight, 71–72, seventy three, seventy five Miller, P. J. , ninety Milligan, Tanika, 17 Minorities, 21, 123. See additionally particular minority Mintz, J. , ninety “Model minority,” 21 Modeling/demonstration, 87, 112–13, 124, a hundred twenty five Monroe, B. , forty, sixty four, sixty five, 112–13 Moran, C. , 27 Morgan, M. , 50 149 Morrisett, Lloyd, 6 Mosaic (browser), 6 Motivation, 19 videos, four, 87, 102–3, 104, one zero five, 108, 109, a hundred and ten, 111, 114 a number of Englishes and linguistic behaviors, sixty four Murray, C. , 28 “My favourite motion picture” (assignment), 105–7 “My MLK Weekend” (assignment), 89, ninety eight, 102 “My Reflections” (Elvin), 54–56, sixty five, sixty six “Narrowcasting,” 15 nationwide info Infrastructure (NII), eight nationwide Telecommunications and knowledge service provider (NTIA), experiences of, 6–13, 14, 21, 23, 26, 28 local american citizens. See American Indians; Garland highschool and Tribal college undertaking; Rondo-Plateau Indian undertaking Navajo Indians (Shiprock, New Mexico), 24–25 NetNoir, 15 Networking, sixty nine, 122 New Markets journey, 25 “New Year’s answer” (assignment), 102, 103 manhattan occasions, 6 New Yorker journal, caricature in, 31 area of interest markets, 15 Nichols, J. , 15, 21 Novak, T. P. , 19–20 NTIA. See nationwide Telecommunications and knowledge organisation Ohmann, R. , 27 Oliver, M. , 28 Olson, L. , 28 “Online content material” (2000), 15–16 on-line interactions, features of, 112–13 on-line Writing Lab (OWL), 34, 35, forty five Oppenheimer, T. , 25 mom and dad machine sessions for, 118 storytelling through, 85–114 See additionally domestic 150 Pedagogy, as political, 29 friends, 67–68, 87, 112, 124–25 functionality, 95–96, 124 own info sharing of, 2, three, 20, 37, 38–42, forty eight, sixty seven– sixty eight, eighty three and UM/Detroit highschool undertaking, 2, 37, 38–42, forty eight, 50, sixty seven See additionally email own narratives, and Rondo-Plateau Indian venture, 89, 105,108 Plateau Indians, three, 86, 88, 93–96. See additionally Rondo-Plateau Indian undertaking “Playing the dozens,” fifty three Plugged-In, 17 Political viewpoints, and Garland highschool and Tribal institution undertaking, 70, seventy one pop culture, 108, 109, a hundred and ten, 114. See additionally videos; tv Porter, James, 15, 31 put up, Emily, sixty eight Poverty, four, nine, 19, 28, 123–24. See additionally Socioeconomic prestige Powell, Michael, 22 energy, 113, 123 “Power of the web” (2000), 116, 122 Pratt, M. L. , 32 Prejudice, forty three Privatization, 117 “Psychological barriers,” sixteen “Putting one’s company on entrance road” implications for instructing of, 61–69 assessment approximately, 2 and UM/Detroit highschool venture, 39, forty-one, forty two, forty nine, 50, fifty six, 60–61, sixty three, sixty four, sixty seven, sixty nine See additionally details: sharing of Questions, what and why, 99–100, 113 Race and developing the divide, nine, thirteen definition of, 21 and e mail, forty three, forty four and Garland highschool and Tribal institution venture, 77–78, eighty three significance of, 64–65 and educational priorities, 121 and matters in literacy schooling, 1 Index and reconstructing the divide, 19, 20–23, 29 and Rondo-Plateau Indian undertaking, 109, one hundred ten social classification as opposed to, 20–23 and UM/Detroit highschool undertaking, 2, 38, forty three, forty four, forty eight, sixty one, 64–65 Racism, 7, 14, 26, 28, 29, forty eight, 109, a hundred twenty five Rap tune, 64–65, sixty six Ratliff, E.

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