Mistaking Computers for Technology: Technology Literacy and the Digital Divide

Autor/in	Amiel, Tel
Titel	Mistaking Computers for Technology: Technology Literacy and the Digital Divide
Quelle	In: AACE Journal, 14 (2006) 3, S.235-256 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1551-3696
Schlagwörter	Computer Uses in Education; Educational Technology; Internet; Technology Integration; Access to Computers; Educational Change; Disadvantaged; Developing Nations; Foreign Countries; Technological Literacy; Public Schools; Educational History; Educational Environment; Change Strategies; Educational Development; Brazil + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Computernutzung; Unterrichtsmedien; Bildungsreform; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Ausland; Technisches Wissen; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Lösungsstrategie; Bildungsentwicklung; Brasilien
Abstract	No other information and communication technology has swept the globe with greater speed than the Internet, having the potential to promote vast social, economic, and political transformations. As new technologies become available the pattern of adoption and diffusion creates disparities in access and ownership. At the most basic this gap is termed the digital divide and its most common antidote has been the computer. To close this divide, sizeable capital has been spent on deploying computer integration into public schools around the globe. This article uses the case of Brazil to analyze the role of computers in schools as tools to close the digital divide and promote pedagogical change. Massive computer integration will not be the cure for to the digital gap. As new technological tools continue to develop, new gaps will arise. An approach focusing on technology literacy is the only sustainable way to avoid present and future technological divides. (Contains 1 figure.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education. P.O. Box 1545, Chesapeake, VA 23327-1545. Tel: 757-366-5606; Fax: 703-997-8760; e-mail: info@aace.org; Web site: http://www.aace.org/pubs/aacej
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10