{"product_id":"digital-diversity-e-dianne-looker-9781554581856","title":"Digital Diversity: Youth, Equity, and Information Technology","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eDigital Diversity: Youth, Equity, and Information Technology\u003c\/i\u003e is about youth, schools, and the use of technology. Youth are instrumental in finding novel ways to access and use technology. They are directly affected by changes such as the proliferation of computers in schools and elsewhere, and the increasingly heavy use of the Internet for both information sharing and for communication. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The contributors to this volume investigate how the resources provided by information and communication technology (ICT) are made available to different groups of young people (as defined by gender, race, rural location, Aboriginal status, street youth status) and how they do (or do not) develop facility and competence with this technology. How does access vary for these different groups of youth? Which young people develop facility with ICT? What impact has this technology had on their learning and their lives? These are among the issues examined. Youth from a wide variety of settings are included in the study, including Inuit youth in the high arctic. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Rather than mandate how youth should\/could better use technology (as much of the existing literature does) the contributors focus on how youth and educators are actually using technology. By paying attention to the routine use and understandings of ICTs by youth and those teaching youth, the book highlights the current gaps in policy and practice. It challenges assumptions around the often taken-for-granted links between technology, pedagogy, and educational outcomes for youth in order to highlight a range of important equity issues. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e E. Dianne Looker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1554581850\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781554581856\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wilfrid Laurier University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/04\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2011 pg. 190","brand":"E. Dianne Looker","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48449742405887,"sku":"9781554581856","price":41.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_17b09675-a903-4876-8b87-7d0c474c8dc9.jpg?v=1777264713","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/digital-diversity-e-dianne-looker-9781554581856","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}