Is Any Access Is Any Access Good Access?Good Access?

Equitable Digital Access Equitable Digital Access

in Rural Schoolsin Rural Schools

by Petra Jamesby Petra James

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What What is ...is ...

Digital Digital Access?Access?

Wireless Wireless ConnectionConnection

One - to - One One - to - One Computing Computing ProgramProgram

WHO?WHO?

Tools Tools for for

AccessAccess

Effectiveness of Digital Access Effectiveness of Digital Access in Rural Schoolsin Rural Schools

Plans for Greater Digital AccessPlans for Greater Digital Access

For Students in Rural SchoolsFor Students in Rural Schools

Questions on Issue & Questions on Issue & Suggested ReadingsSuggested Readings

•Does everyone in our school have equal opportunities to access technology?

•Do our students, especially those with special needs, have the opportunity to be digital citizens?

•Will the programs and initiatives available to our rural school and the adoption of a digital access policy assist teachers and students in their learning?

Suggested Readings

•A Year in the Life: Two Seventh Grade Teachers Implement One-to-One Computing

by Abigail Garthwait & Herman G. Weller -

University of Maine

•Beyond Access: Bridging the Digital Divide

by Rebecca Hill, Ian Owens, Paul Beynon-Davies & Michael Williams

•The digital divide in Canadian schools: factors affecting student access to a use of information technology

by Dianne Looker & Victor Thiessen

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NSW Department of Education and Training (n.d.). CCP Technologies increase learning opportunities for gifted and talented students [video]. Access 21 Mar 2011 from https://www.det.nsw.edu.au/about-us/how-we-operate/connected-classroom

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Banks, L. (2011). Digital Education Revolution prompts teacher re-training. Computerworld - the voice of IT management. Accessed 20 Apr 2011 from http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/381838/digital_education_revolution_prompts_teacher_re-training/

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Slide 9

Caouette, T. (2010). Digital Citizenship in Maine Schools. Maine Learning Technology Initiative. [Blog]. 7 Dec 2010. Accessed 21 Apr 2011 from http://maine121.org/author/teri

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Side 12

•Garthwait, A. & Weller, H. (2005). A Year in the Life: Two Seventh Grade Teachers Implement One-to-One Computing. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 37(4). Accessed 19 Apr 2011 from http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/recordDetail?accnu=EJ690978

•Hill, R., Owens, I., Beynon-Davies, P. & Williams, M. (2004). Beyond Access: Bridging the Digital Divide. [pdf]. Accessed 21 Apr 2011 from csrc.Ise.ac.uk/asp/aspecis/20040064.pdf

•Looker, D. & Thiessen, V. (2003). The digital divide in Canadian Schools: factors affecting student access to a use of information technology. [pdf]. Accessed 21 Mar 2011 from http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.1122301&rep=repl&type=pdf