Native American Education System and Social Sector Technology Integration for the Public Good: An Overview

• In Event: Roundtable Session 59
  In Roundtable Session: Meaningful Technologies in Indigenous Learning Contexts

Abstract

Recent global advancements in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), such as high-speed Internet and mobile and multimedia tools have provided the necessary materials for many sovereign Native American tribes to build virtual bridges to their communities and the rest of the world. As with many other aspects of Tribal life, Native Americans (NA) experience significant ICT access obstacles, which are often based on the Tribe’s economic status and their rural, urban, or suburban reservation locations. “Non Satis Scire: To Know is Not Enough”, we must find research-based ways to connect with, educate, and otherwise empower Native Americans where they live – in a culturally sensitive manner. This paper is an overview of these themes from a Cultural Historical Activity Theory perspective.

Author

• Crystal Claudett Jensen, Pepperdine University