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Techquity: Creating Learning Environments For Sustainability, Equity and Access |
Participate and share : Interactive lecture
Kenneth Shelton
Learn how to address one of the biggest challenges schools face today — providing students with equitable and accessible learning opportunities. Explore strategies on how to create sustainable and universally accessible equity solutions and how technology can be a catalyst for equitable access to meaningful and engaging learning environments.
| Audience: | Chief technology officers/superintendents/school board members, Principals/head teachers, Teachers |
| Skill level: | Beginner |
| Attendee devices: | Devices useful |
| Attendee device specification: | Smartphone: Android, iOS, Windows Laptop: Chromebook, Mac, PC Tablet: Android, iOS, Windows |
| Topic: | Equity & inclusion |
| ISTE Standards: | For Education Leaders: Equity and Citizenship Advocate
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The primary purpose of this session is to provide a detailed analysis into why we must ensure our students are provided a diverse and equitable educational experience. Further expanding on the primary purpose will be a look at how technology serves as both a needed and critical component to that end. Participants will be taken through an experiential session involving polling, discussions, collaborative online platforms, and resources. Participants will be able to:
-Identify the key reasons why our students must have appropriate access to technology
-Identify many of the status quo systems that exist and perpetuate inequities that exist in education
-Identify the key characteristics on what an equitably sustainable learning environment looks like
-Identify the purpose and importance of providing teachers and students with diversity in both who they learn with and who they learn from
-Key steps to developing a sustainable and inclusive learning environment
-Primary characteristics of what the term "universal access" truly means
The Importance and The Why- Equity (15 minutes) Identification of the key characteristics and necessity
The Importance and The Why- Diversity (15 minutes) Examination of the challenges and the importance of ensuring diversity of learning
The Importance and The Why- Sustainability (15 minutes) Looking at models of efficiency and sustainability for increased likelihood of success and engagement
Conclusions (5 minutes)
Final Questions and Remarks (5 minutes)
Cultural Proficiency: A Manual for School Leaders by Randall B. Lindsey, Kikanza Nuri Robins, and Raymond D. Terrell
The Book of Unknown Americans: A novel by Cristina Henríquez
Why American Schools Are Even More Unequal Than We Thought
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/14/upshot/why-american-schools-are-even-more-unequal-than-we-thought.html
Building Racial and Cultural Competence in the Classroom (Book) by Karen Manheim Teel (Editor), Jennifer E. Obidah (Editor)
The Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity and the Transformation of Schools http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/metrocenter/
Equal Justice Initiative http://eji.org/
White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans http://sites.ed.gov/whieeaa/
"Why Race and Culture Matter in Schools: Closing the Achievement Gap in America's Classrooms" by Dr. Tyrone Howard
"Studying Diversity in Teacher Education" by Cynthia A. Tyson, Arnetha Ball
"The Dreamkeepers: Successful Teachers of African American Children" by Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings
"Excellence Through Equity" by Pedro Noguera, Alan M. Blankstein, Lorena Kelly
Interview with Dr. Pedro Noguera
"Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students" by Zaretta Hammond
"For White Folks Who Teach In The Hood and the Rest of Y'all Too" by Dr. Christopher Emdin
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