Paykiiwikay

The issue at debate here is whether technology has led to a more equitable society. Before delving in, it is important to understand that equity is not the same thing as equality.  Equality means that everyone gets the same thing, and equity means that people get what they need to be on equal footing with others. So, in terms of technology providing equity, it must mean that marginalized people can access the technologies necessary to place themselves within a more equitable…

Read More Read More

A poem about technology in the classroom.  Technology in the classroom is great, if…. If it works regularly.  If there’s enough to go around. If it’s accessible.  If the students know how to use it effectively and appropriately. If the internet works. If the teachers are digitally literate, or are willing to learn.  If there is professional development around it.  If digital literacy is woven throughout the curriculum. If…. The idea of technology in the classroom is grand, but let’s…

Read More Read More

I am of a generation that saw a technological boom grow up just behind my youth (GenX). I remember when I was in grade 8 my class got one of those old school IBM PCs with the green screen. Nobody really knew what to do with it, so it mostly sat there collecting dust. In high school we took typing, not keyboarding skills. In my late teens my family got dial-up internet but I didn’t have much to do with…

Read More Read More