House in spring, Tyler, Texas

House in spring, Tyler, Texas
Originally uploaded by StevenM_61

I found this picture on flickr.com. This house has beautiful spring flowers and shrubs. It was taken during the city of Tyler's annual azalea trails fest. I love flowers and I could not resist posting this beautiful picture.

Reading Prompt 11

The digital divide is unequal access to computers and internet, by race, income and education. It is inequality with regard to quantity and quality of computer equipment in schools as well as ways computers are used to educate children. Warschauer et al argue that this term may no longer be applicable because gaps are gradually decreasing as a higher percentage of people in the US purchase home computers or obtain access elsewhere. Warschauer et al found that low SES students use computers more than high SES students in math and english where computer based drills are common. The emphasis was on remedial or vocational uses for Black and Hispanic students. High SES students are main users of technology in science coursess where computers are often used for simulations and research. The emphasis was more academic for White and Asian students.

In chapter 6, Richardson describes Diigo, the social bookmarking service. I would use Diigo to teach ELL students how to research by bookmarking sites relevant to the subject. An ELL student might be overwhelmed by the amount of information on the web. Diigo is a way of organizing the information on the web to make it less intimidating. The Diigo features I find beneficial are: saves the page, add tags to the page, web based, and can make access private.