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Chapter 2

HOW MIGHT TEACHERS

RESPOND TO THE

CHALLENGES?

I’m not excited about a world where students just use technology
to click through materials on a screen. But I’m very excited
about a world where learners use technology to design, create,
explore and engage with their peers around the world. This use
of technology is incredibly powerful, and it’s an opportunity that
should be available to everyone.

—Culatta, as quoted in Cortez, 2017

Although a large part of digital equity is access to devices
and adequate bandwidth, as we saw in the previous
chapter, it is not enough to simply buy devices and
pre-packaged programs (such as the “drill-and-kill”).
Forcing shiny new technology tools into adoption while
the learning and purpose for the integration of the new
tool lags behind is no longer an acceptable practice.

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Excerpted from Chapter 2, “How Might Teachers Respond to the Challenges?”

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