INFORMATION LITERACY : COMPUTER: DIGITAL DIVIDE: Technology for Social Inclusion: An Interview with Mark Warschauer

[David P. Dillard]

INFORMATION LITERACY : COMPUTER: DIGITAL DIVIDE: Technology for Social
Inclusion: An Interview with Mark Warschauer


Technology for Social Inclusion: An Interview with Mark Warschauer
Author: Francis Raven, EDC Center for Media & Community | May 4th, 2005
Communities: Literacy & Learning , Economic Development,
Digital Divide Network (DDN)
Center for Media & Community at EDC, Inc.
<http://www.digitaldivide.net/articles/view.php?ArticleID=102>


"Mark Warschauer is Assistant Professor of Education and of Information
and Computer Science at the University of California, Irvine. Dr.
Warschauer's research focuses on the integration of information and
communication technologies (ICT) in schools; the impact of ICT on
language and literacy practices; and the relationship of ICT to
institutional reform, democracy, and social development. His most recent
book, Technology and Social Inclusion: Rethinking the Digital Divide, was
published by MIT Press in January of 2003. His previous books have
focused on the development of new electronic literacies among culturally
and linguistically diverse students and on the role of ICT in second
language learning and teaching."


The article found on the DDN website discusses these questions.

What are some circumstances when the concept of the digital
divide is problematic?

Why don't you believe that "social problems can be addressed
through provision of computers and Internet accounts"?

You write (citing Steve Cisler) that there is not a binary division
between information haves and have-nots but rather a "gradation
based on different degrees of access to information."
Would you explain how these information differentials function?

What is needed in addition to computers and Internet accounts?

How do a persons lack of access to computers and a person's
life chances interact?

What concept would you replace the digital divide with and why?
Could you explain your alternate framework: technology for
social inclusion?

What role can technology play in social inclusion?

How can a more sophisticated understanding of ICT access
lead to more comprehensive social inclusion?



The answers given to these questions may be found at the URL above where a
transcript of this interview will be found.


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