An op-ed from the LA Times.... -ac
Schools Are Ill-Suited to Close the Digital Divide
By CRAIG PECK, LARRY CUBAN, HEATHER KIRKPATRICK
"...As a consequence of the gap in their teachers' use of technology for
instruction, a typical day for a high-school student involved little
classroom or instructional exposure to technology. This same scenario plays
out daily in schools throughout America, regardless of grade level. In order
for schools to help bridge the national digital divide, then, they first
have to bridge an institutional one, a situation seemingly guaranteed to
frustrate technology reformers' plans...."
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http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/20000513/t000045438.html
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Andy Carvin
Senior Associate
Benton Foundation
andy@benton.org
http://edweb.gsn.org/andy
http://www.DigitalDivideNetwork.org
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