Chapter 11 talks about implementing technology. As a teacher, you must plan how you are going to use technology in the classroom and be aware of the issues that may arise while using technology. The issues that you may incur include legal issues, social, and/or ethical issues. It then continues to talk about the emerging technology that can be used.
The digital divide is a major problem is schools today. The book defines this problem as the inequity of access to technology. Whether the problem occurs at the school or at the student's home, this can be a major problem for having a lesson done on the internet. Not all schools can have an entire class on computer at the same time and some of the students' homes do not have a computer or access to the internet. This is a major issue to take into consideration when assigning homework or research that includes using a computer or some other technology that is not readily available to all of the students. I remember when I was taking typing back in elementary school and the kids who had a computer where far more advanced than the students that did not have a computer at their disposal.
See I think its not hard to be tech literate, I did not have a computer for most of High School and did not become tech literate until college for the most part.
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