ERIC Number: ED438385
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1999
Pages: 41
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ISSN: ISSN-1054-0091
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Computer Equity @ School.
Equity Coalition for Race, Gender, and National Origin, v5 Fall 1999
This edition of "Equity Coalition" is designed to be a resource to assist those who have responsibility for technology in the schools. The authors of these articles discuss a variety of issues related to computer uses in education and equal access to educational technology. The issue contains the following articles: (1) "Technology--A New Kind of Literacy" (Percy Bates); (2) "Loving the New: U.S. Culture and Computers Equity" (Eleanor Linn); (3) "Tomorrow's Jobs: How High-Tech Are They?" (Eleanor Linn); (4) "Equitable Software Design: An Interview" (Brenda Matthis and Salome Gebre-Egziabher); (5) "Culture and Computer Technology in the Classroom" (Martha A. Adler); (6) "Gender, Equity, and Computer Technology" (Eleanor Linn); (7) "Parents, Computers, and Telecommunications" (Elizabeth M. Mimms); (8) "Guidelines for Selecting Equitable Software" (Marta Larson); (9) "On the Road to Cultural Bias: A Critique of 'The Oregon Trail' CD-ROM" (Bill Bigelow with Marta Larson); (10) "Unequal Computer Access and the Achievement Gap" (Ted Wilson); (11) "Successfully Merging onto the Information Super-Highway" (Tasha Lebow and David Dugger); and (12) "Recommended Resources for Computer Equity at School" (Eleanor Linn and Ted Wilson). (SLD)
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Parent Participation
Programs for Educational Opportunity, 1005 School of Education, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1259. Tel: 734-763-9910; Fax: 734-763-2137; e-mail: eqty@umich.edu; Web site: http://www.umich.edu.
Publication Type: Collected Works - Serials
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor. School of Education.
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