Journal # 6

Bree Colwell
Journal #6
“Social Justice: Choice or Necessity?” was an article published in the March, 2007 in Learning & Leading with Technology magazine published by ISTE. I found this article to be profoundly interesting. David Miller defines social justice as how the good and bad things get distributed among the members of human society. I think it is very true that students need to be technologically fluent in order to keep up with the fast past education system. So many students fall behind each year because they don’t have the same opportunity as other students in their class. In the article a section on “Examining the Framework” stated that students are expected to hand write a rough draft to the can later type it on a computer when the class goes to the computer lab. I feel that hand writing a rough draft is really important because student can’t always rely on spell check. They also need to know proper grammar and sentence structure because the computer will not pick that up for them. With many programs such as Boys & Girls Club, YMCA, and the public library students can have access to technology.

1) How can the state make technology more justified?
I think the state should distribute the computers more evenly across the schools depending on the school population. I feel each student should have the same opportunity whether they go to South Central High or La Jolla Country Day.

2) How do the low income schools provide internet for their students?
The internet company should donate a subscription to the school district so the students are able to use the internet and the money that would be use for the internet could go to more supplies.