Digital Writing and Diversity: The Effects of School Laptop Programs on Literacy Processes and Outcomes

2013 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 267-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Binbin Zheng ◽  
Mark Warschauer ◽  
George Farkas
Keyword(s):  
Digital Writing ◽  
Laptop Programs

Authoritative discourses of development in curricular policy on digital writing

2021 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 215-226
Author(s):  
Anna Smith ◽  
Carolyn S. Hunt
Keyword(s):  
Digital Writing

Balancing the One-To-One Equation: Equity and Access in Three Laptop Programs

2014 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Warschauer ◽  
Binbin Zheng ◽  
Melissa Niiya ◽  
Shelia Cotten ◽  
George Farkas
Keyword(s):  
Laptop Programs ◽  
Equity And Access ◽  
One To One ◽  
The One

scholarly journals Informing one-to-one computing in primary schools: Student use of netbooks

2011 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Larkin ◽  
Glenn Finger
Keyword(s):  
Primary Schools ◽  
Computer Usage ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Laptop Programs ◽  
Individual Teacher ◽  
One To One ◽  
Student Ratios ◽  
Minimal Research ◽  
Actual Computer

<blockquote>Although one-to-one laptop programs are being introduced in many schools, minimal research has been conducted regarding their effectiveness in primary schools. Evidence-based research is needed to inform significant funding, deployment and student use of computers. This article analyses key findings from a study conducted in four Year 7 classrooms in which students were provided with netbook computers as an alternative to more expensive laptop computers. Variable access was provided to students including computer to student ratios of one-to-one and one-to-two. Findings indicated that increased access to the netbook computers resulted in increases in computer usage by these students, compared with their minimal use of computers before the study. However, despite the increased access, actual computer usage remained limited. The article reports that factors contributing to the minimal use of computers included individual teacher agency, a crowded curriculum, and the historical use of computers. Implications for policy and practice are suggested.</blockquote><p> </p>

Introduction

Traversals ◽  
2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart Moulthrop ◽  
Dene Grigar
Keyword(s):  
Golden Age ◽  
Cultural Meaning ◽  
Digital Writing ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
Material Form

This chapter explains the occasion for the book, the threatened obsolescence of key works from the first modern generation (or “Golden Age”) of digital writing. The authors attempted to preserve not just the material form of the works, but the experience of their operation or performance, recording encounters with the works on vintage equipment. Traversals represents a second stage in this process, reflecting both on insights gained in the preservation effort, but on the interventions themselves and the cultural meaning of obsolescence.

Designing Small Spaces

2013 ◽  
pp. 64-86
Author(s):  
Ben Lauren
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Program Assessment ◽  
Corporate Sector ◽  
Digital Writing ◽  
Limited Budget ◽  
International University ◽  
Florida International University ◽  
K 12 ◽  
Effective Design

This case is useful as a model for institutions creating media labs in small spaces with a limited budget and advances a discussion of effective design among scholars, K-12 educators, a range of industries, and the corporate sector. By addressing how small spaces can function effectively for users, the author encourages representatives from these areas to design media labs in usable ways. The study begins by arguing for a user-centered approach to designing digital media labs in order to engage stakeholders in the design process. Then, the chapter explains the process of how the author engaged users while piloting several iterations of the Florida International University Digital Writing Studio, reporting what was learned about designing the space. Finally, the study investigates the usability of the Digital Writing Studio through a usability test meant to investigate the functionality of the space for collaboration among users. This case demonstrates a challenge that many must take on at a time when budgets are being cut and space is difficult to secure. Usability methods of inquiry can help create a space designed in part by stakeholders—a method that this case argues can be built into annual program assessment.

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