Computer access and equity
Pen vs. computer/word processor
- Who has the advantage?
- Computer: Spell-check, neater, reference library, faster
- Whose work would be better?
- Pen: plagiarism, more creative, diagnosing learning disabilities
- Computer: faster, more likely to complete work
- Depends on skills that are to be taught
Who would be more willing to make changes?
- Computer: easy to change
- Gender equity
- Bias – boys are better than girls – is rooted in 17th century thinking
- Boys and girls have superior abilities at different stages of maturity and development
- Most of these biases are based on data collected when girls were restricted on the amount they were allowed to do
Intellectual Property
- “something conceived in the mind of an individual and made available to others”
- Copyright – protects financial interests
A.U.P. – Acceptable Use Policy (Network Agreements)
ICT Curriculum
- Communicating
- Foundations
- Productivity
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