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Edited by
Dr. David J. Ayersman, Mary Washington College, and Dr. W.
Michael Reed,
New York University
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| formerly Journal of Research on Computing in
Education |
Volume 34 Number
2 2001-2002
Academic,
Social, and Personal Uses of the Internet: Cases
of Students
from an Urban Latino Classroom
Jeff Kupperman and Barry J.
Fishman
University of Michigan
Abstract
As more and more K–12 students gain
access to
the Internet at home and at school, the potential
exists
for students, families, and schools to use this
resource
in new ways. However, we know little about
Internet use
and perceptions by students and families from
outside the
middle class, mainstream U.S. culture. This study
presents
cases of four Latino middle school students from
three families
who gained home Internet access for the first time
in connection
with an educational technology project set in a
public school
in Detroit, Michigan. We asked how the students
and their
families perceived and used the Internet as a tool
for education,
recreation, and socializing.
Web Resources
Education Week. (1998). Technology counts ‘98
[Online
document]. Bethesda, MD: Editorial Projects in
Education,
Inc. Available: www.edweek.org/sreports/tc98/.
Contributors
Jeff Kupperman is a doctoral candidate in
educational technology
at the University of Michigan School of Education.
In his
research, he explores the use of qualitative
methods to
study Internet-related educational activities.
Barry Fishman is an assistant professor of
educational
technology in the University of Michigan School of
Education.
He is a principal investigator in the Center for
Highly
Interactive Computing in Education, where he leads
research
on the role of technology in urban education,
teacher learning,
and systemic reform.
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Contact
Jeff Kupperman
610 E. University, 1228
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1259
jkupp@umich.edu Copyright
© 2001, ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education).
All rights reserved.
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