Sentences with phrase «context of access to technology»

To discuss these issues in the context of access to technology is one way to go about doing this.

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However, one policy debate that I have been very close to over the last few years, and one that illustrates how digital technology has changed our society and also how it creates new social contexts related to rights based issues, is that of access to pornography and sexual content online.

Through this platform, parents will have access to personalized information and resources on child development, as well as the opportunity to connect with a mentor or coach who can respond to the individualized needs of each family within their context through the use of video and other technologies.

As the consumption - based model of technology integration transitions to a participatory approach and technology transitions from a tool for accessing information to a tool to (a) support student authoring and creativity, (b) facilitate collaboration, communication, and social learning, (c) allow for more efficient organization and accumulation of resources, (d) provide venues for student voices through publication and sharing, and (e) support student immersion in learning environments, educators also transition from «extending learning beyond what could be done without technology» (Mason et al., 2000) to «use technologies to promote effective student learning» (Hicks et al., 2014) In the revisioning of the first principle, the authors did a commendable job of affording increased value to range of tools, methods, content, abilities, and varied contexts of social studies classrooms.

While teachers use technology to access and manipulate data, gather resources, and enhance instruction, teachers who support student - centered instruction fully understand that in the hands of their students, technology offers the potential to problem solve in a real - world context (Lajoie, 2000) and to construct knowledge through global interaction.

And we found the technology instruction guidelines proposed by Flick and Bell (2000)-- introduce technology in context, address worthwhile pedagogy, apply unique features of technology, link technology to accessing scientific views, and develop science and technology relationships — provided a helpful framework for science and mathematics teacher educators such as ourselves.

An NCTM (2008) statement on the role of technology in mathematics education asserted that «with guidance from effective mathematics teachers, students at different levels can use [technology] to support and extend mathematical reasoning and sense making, gain access to mathematical content and problem - solving contexts, and enhance computational fluency» (para. 1).

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In this context, the advance of technology in access to justice is slow and halting, dependent on individual foundations making individual decisions in the midst of a sector that would, by and large, regard keeping going as a pretty major success.

Before arriving at your host sites, the fellows will meet virtually to participate in the «Legal Access Innovation Curriculum», which is a series of eight webinars sessions over a two - day period designed to 1) increase fellows» understanding of the nature and extent of the access to justice crisis 2) provide training on the varied uses of technology in delivering legal services, 3) gain exposure to different technology tools and platform they will use over the summer 4) provide context to the work at their host Access Innovation Curriculum», which is a series of eight webinars sessions over a two - day period designed to 1) increase fellows» understanding of the nature and extent of the access to justice crisis 2) provide training on the varied uses of technology in delivering legal services, 3) gain exposure to different technology tools and platform they will use over the summer 4) provide context to the work at their host access to justice crisis 2) provide training on the varied uses of technology in delivering legal services, 3) gain exposure to different technology tools and platform they will use over the summer 4) provide context to the work at their host sites.