Fair vs Equal

Michele Wages is an instructional coordinator for one of the largest school districts in Texas. She has also served as an assistant professor teaching emergent and developing literacy and diagnosis and remediation of reading at elementary level to elementary education majors.

• TABLE OF CONTENTSFOREWORDINTRODUCTIONPREFACECHAPTER 1: COST (LACK OF RESOURCES). CHAPTER 2: SOLUTION: INNOVATE WITH TOOLS YOU ALREADY HAVECHAPTER 3: LACK OF EFFECTIVE TRAINING (KNOWLEDGE)CHAPTER 4: SOLUTION: SEEKOUT FREE, EASY TO USE DIGITAL RESOURCESCHAPTER 5: RESISTANCE TO ADOPTING NEW TECHNOLOGIES (ATTITUDES AND BELIEFS)CHAPTER 6: SOLUTION: OVERCOME YOUR FEAR OF THE UNKNOWNCHAPTER 7: TOO MUCH RED TAPE (STUDENT’S COMPUTING SKILLS)CHAPTER 8: SOLUTION: START WITH SMALL, FAST PROJECTS THAT ENHANCE LEARNINGCHAPTER 9: INSUFFICIENT NFASTRUCTURE (NETWORK INFASTRUCTURE)CHAPTER 10: SOLUTION: SUPPORTING INTERNET TECHNOLOGY/INTERNET ACCESS CHAPTER 11: EFFECTS OF HIGH STAKES TESTING ON TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATIONCHAPTER 12: SOLUTION: INCORPORATING TECHNOLOGY INTO THE CURRICULUMCONCLUSIONREFERENCES

Technology continues to evolve to meet the diverse needs of today’s students. Dr. Wages delves deeply into barriers schools face related to technology integration and backs up her reasoning with relevant research. Every educator should read this book to understand what technological gaps their students may be facing that hinder learning. Besides pointing out challenges, Dr. Wages also offers low or no cost solutions to these obstacles, furthering the development of 21st century skills in our students and staff.