The computer clubhouse: preparing for life in a digital world
IBM Systems Journal
Changing minds: computers, learning, and literacy
Changing minds: computers, learning, and literacy
The Rise of the Network Society
The Rise of the Network Society
End of Millennium: The Information Age: Economy, Society and Culture
End of Millennium: The Information Age: Economy, Society and Culture
The Power of Identity
Computers and Classroom Culture
Computers and Classroom Culture
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This paper offers an expanded definition of technology fluency that includes the ability to use technology in and across communities. The study is a qualitative case study of a self-initiated digital divide intervention. Specifically, the intervention described merges privileged students from a private suburban high school (instructors) with inner-city youth from an impoverished neighborhood (learners) in a web-design course. The question for this research asks in what way do technology-experienced instructors bridge local understandings of technology learning to successfully engage technology-novice learners? Using a theoretical framework drawn from cultural sociology, this study examines the development of the instructors' technology fluency by bringing attention to the transformation of instructor schemas and practices as they interact with learners throughout the course. The intention is not only to illuminate the "what and how" of change but also to offer explanations as to why.