Type of Use. Different groups of students use technology in different ways. For example, lower-income students may be limited to drill and practice, and females students to word processing. Computer software often perpetuates bias and stereotyping. The guide presents the inequities identified in technology accessand use as both a set of questions to increase your awareness of what the issues are and as a checklist that can be easily duplicated.
Questions cover district, school, and classroom level practices.
Completion of the five-page checklist provides a comprehensive look at how technology is accessed and used in one's district or school. The checklists may be used in observations or interviews with school staff, students, and others. Sample forms also allow the collection of quantifiable data on computer laboratory usage and technology course enrollments. A final section includes lists of strategies for addressing inequities at the district, school, and classroom levels based on the author's review of the literature. Every day in virtually every school, students and staff suffer the pain and indignity of being a target for harassment, ranging from written or verbal abuse to physical violence which in some cases causes serious injury or death.