Culturally Responsive Technology Integration: Closing the Digital Divide Through a Pedagogical Approach

• In Event: Interdisciplinary Culturally Responsive Pedagogy: Centering African American Archives, Educators, Students, and Technology

Abstract

The role of technology in schools and the digital divide has continued to be one of the most challenging and widely discussed issues in educational reform policy (ESSA, 2015; NCLB, 2002). Data show African-American and LatinX students are those most impacted by the digital divide and they continue to underachieve academically when compared to their white counterparts (Howard et al., 2017). This paper provides a review and critique of technology integration literature and proposes a pedagogically grounded approach to disrupt educational inequities and transform the role of technology with increasingly diverse public schools. Beyond the tools themselves, educators can interrogate their own pedagogical foundations and ultimately the why and how they use technology toward future-forward outcomes for racially minoritized students.

Author

• Elissa W. Frazier, Loyola University Chicago