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[Extract] Debates about the role of technology in education range from optimism about the opportunities awaiting students and teachers through computer and Internet use (Glister, 1996; Tapscott, 1998) to pessimism about the future of literacy and education in the advent of these new technologies (Birkerts, 1995; Stoll, 1995). Access to technology is one area of contention. Some forcefully argue that making new technologies available to students is of paramount importance, particularly because these technologies form such an important aspect of their literate futures. Overcoming the disparity of computer availability and Internet access to disadvantaged students is one thread of this debate (Becker, 1993; Heaviside, Farris, Malitz, & Carpenter, 1995; Kozol, 1991). More recent studies have happily reported a closing of this digital divide of availability and access (Bork, 1997; Carey & Worthington, 1997), yet also noted concern with a widening divide of technologically mediated practices. Disadvantaged students appear less likely than their affluent suburban peers to employ new technologies for "higher order uses" (Wenglinsky, 1998).

Item ID:	52133
Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	1936-2706
Date Deposited:	24 Jan 2018 00:32
FoR Codes:	13 EDUCATION > 1303 Specialist Studies in Education > 130306 Educational Technology and Computing @ 100%
SEO Codes:	93 EDUCATION AND TRAINING > 9302 Teaching and Instruction > 930201 Pedagogy @ 100%
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