Digital Divide, Digital Equity, Gender Divide - The Evaluation Exchange

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THE DIGITAL DIVIDE
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Definition of Digital Equity
Digital equity is achieved when all students have quick, easy, and=20
appropriately functional access to equipment and the Internet both in and=20
out of school, as well as the expert guidance required to ensure effective=
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use across a range of functions.

-- ABOUT DIGITAL EQUITY & GENDER EQUITY
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Special Edition
What you can do to help GRRLS get into technology!
Here are all kinds of resources, mentoring programs, projects,and links for=
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helping girls using science, math, technology, to cross that digital divide.
Best Online Resources For Women and Minorities in Science and Technology
Educating Girls in the New Computer Age (2000)
HERSTORIES Classroom Project
Computer Wonder Women
National Women's History Month

Another Point of View - Testing and Assessment
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"Everyone has the right to education."
Article 26 Universal Declaration of Human Rights December 10 1948
U.S. STATES: Drop Outs - Pushed Out - Standards - No Child Left Behind -=20
this most interesting topic of tracking school dropouts and the potential=20
for students dropping out through the use of computer software. Urban high=
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schools report dropout rates of 20 percent to 40 percent.


NEW FROM THE HARVARD FAMILY RESEARCH PROJECT
The Evaluation Exchange
The Harvard Family Research Project has just released The Fall 2004 issue=20
of its The Evaluation Exchange periodical. The new issue explores the=20
contribution of technology to evaluation practice, with articles centering=
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on four key areas in which evaluators are using technology: data collection=
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and analysis, collaboration, knowledge mobilization, and evaluation=20
capacity building. Rounding out the issue is a special feature on the role=
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technology plays in fostering youth civic engagement and in evaluating=20
programs for youth. The issue is
available online at http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/eval/issue27.

Technology - Staff Development Resources
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"The Computer Security Act of 1987," mandated NIST and OPM to create=20
guidance on computer security Awareness and Training based on functional=20
organizational roles.
21st Century Teacher's Network- How this Became A Porn Site
The goal of 21CT is to help professional educators integrate technology=20
into their teaching and to provide them with a simple means of=20
collaboration and professional development.

*Students, Teachers Differ on Technology Use* it is still a disaster in the=
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K-12 classroom according to the children.
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Teachers/Home_Teachers.html
Kids know how to use technology but teachers don't. Teachers who=20
participated in the Bell South Foundation's Power to Teach project reported=
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that they had made significant strides in integrating technology into the=20
learning experience. However students reported seeing few changes in=20
classroom instruction, they see it as nothing has changed, technology is=20
still only an add on and not really a seemless part of the curriculum.

Collaboration, Sharing and Society Teaching, Learning and Technical=20
Considerations From An Analysis of WebCT, BSCW, and BlackBoard =A9 May,2000=
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by Paul Pavlik
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Internet/DISTANCE%20LEARNING/paul.html


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