Teaching at a "low-income school" can be challenging at the best of times. Trying to teach networked, 21st century learning is especially so. In this session I'll discuss the particular EdTech challenges faced by teachers at low-income schools and share some strategies that can help low-income students close the gap with other, more well-off students.
17. Compensatory School: A school where
a set of financial, academic, social and
early intervention strategies designed to
address the poverty cycle and improve
academic performance are applied.
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18. Compensatory School: A school where
a set of financial, academic, social and
early intervention strategies designed to
address the poverty cycle and improve
academic performance are applied.
•lowest median income for single-parent
families in Ontario
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19. Compensatory School: A school where
a set of financial, academic, social and
early intervention strategies designed to
address the poverty cycle and improve
academic performance are applied.
•lowest median income for single-parent
families in Ontario
•highest percentage of single-parent
families in Ontario
Thursday, November 6, 14
20. Compensatory School: A school where
a set of financial, academic, social and
early intervention strategies designed to
address the poverty cycle and improve
academic performance are applied.
•lowest median income for single-parent
families in Ontario
•highest percentage of single-parent
families in Ontario
•10%+ families are below the Low Income
Cut Off
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21. Compensatory School: A school where
a set of financial, academic, social and
early intervention strategies designed to
address the poverty cycle and improve
academic performance are applied.
•lowest median income for single-parent
families in Ontario
•highest percentage of single-parent
families in Ontario
•10%+ families are below the Low Income
Cut Off
•2x Ontario average on Police Crime
Severity Index
Thursday, November 6, 14
22. Compensatory School: A school where
a set of financial, academic, social and
early intervention strategies designed to
address the poverty cycle and improve
academic performance are applied.
•lowest median income for single-parent
families in Ontario
•highest percentage of single-parent
families in Ontario
•10%+ families are below the Low Income
Cut Off
•2x Ontario average on Police Crime
Severity Index
•Highest vehicle theft rates in Canada
Thursday, November 6, 14
23. Compensatory School: A school where
a set of financial, academic, social and
early intervention strategies designed to
address the poverty cycle and improve
academic performance are applied.
•lowest median income for single-parent
families in Ontario
•highest percentage of single-parent
families in Ontario
•10%+ families are below the Low Income
Cut Off
•2x Ontario average on Police Crime
Severity Index
•Highest vehicle theft rates in Canada
•Academic performance suffer
Thursday, November 6, 14
24. Compensatory School: A school where
a set of financial, academic, social and
early intervention strategies designed to
address the poverty cycle and improve
academic performance are applied.
•lowest median income for single-parent
families in Ontario
•highest percentage of single-parent
families in Ontario
•10%+ families are below the Low Income
Cut Off
•2x Ontario average on Police Crime
Severity Index
•Highest vehicle theft rates in Canada
•Academic performance suffer
•Lowest test scores in Ontario
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28. Talk to Students
About Technology
✤ 40% didn’t have a computer at
home with internet access
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29. Talk to Students
About Technology
✤ 40% didn’t have a computer at
home with internet access
✤ Only 1 student had ever used
an iPad (belonged to her older
sister)
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30. Talk to Students
About Technology
✤ 40% didn’t have a computer at
home with internet access
✤ Only 1 student had ever used
an iPad (belonged to her older
sister)
✤ Most students had
entertainment/gaming systems
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31. Talk to Students
About Technology
✤ 40% didn’t have a computer at
home with internet access
✤ Only 1 student had ever used
an iPad (belonged to her older
sister)
✤ Most students had
entertainment/gaming systems
✤ Most students were interested
in using technology to create
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34. Digital Divide
“...the growing gap, or social exclusion, between those who have access to the
new services of the information society, and those who do not.” (C 1996).
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35. “Every child
deserves the chance
to participate in the
information
revolution.”
Bill Clinton, President of The United
States of America
State of The Union Address, 2000
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38. “Those from low SES are less likely
to have a computer in their own home”
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39. “Those from low SES are less likely
to have a computer in their own home”
“...little evidence of a compensation for
students from low SES households...”
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40. Second Level Digital Divide
Also referred to as the production gap, describes the gap that separates the consumers of content on
the Internet from the producers of content.
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43. “UWO researchers found education, income, age and
location were all linked with significant disparity in
people’s digital competency”
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44. “UWO researchers found education, income, age and
location were all linked with significant disparity in
people’s digital competency”
“Only 60 per cent of those in the lowest household
income bracket (below $25,000) reported Internet
use in the previous year compared to 95 per cent of
those in the highest ($100,000-plus)”
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45. Horace Mann
Education then, beyond
all other devices of
human origin, is the great
equalizer of the
conditions of men, the
balance-wheel of the
social machinery.
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47. What Is Your Ideal School?
Why Not?
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48. iPad Project
Goal: To provide a class set of Ipads
Problem: HOW???
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49. How Can We Pay For New Tech?
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50. “Students today are growing up in a
world where technology and digital
resources are an integral part of
their everyday lives. We need to tap
into that existing knowledge and
familiarity with technology to make
learning even more compelling, and
allow our students to become the
innovators, entrepreneurs and
leaders of tomorrow.”
Liz Sandals, Minster of Education,
announcing a $150,000,000 Technology
and Learning Fund
September 4th, 2014
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53. “One of the goals of the 1997 Funding Formula was to make education
funding more equitable across the province. (In 2014) the basic structure of
Date
the formula remains”
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59. Technology investments which complement
and do not replace existing school board
allocations (2011, draft)
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60. Technology investments which complement
and do not replace existing school board
allocations (2011, draft)
Removed from Final Document (2012)
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66. Schools in Toronto’s most affluent neighbourhoods
are fundraising 300 times more money per student
than needier schools
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67. Schools in Toronto’s most affluent neighbourhoods
are fundraising 300 times more money per student
than needier schools
...children in affluent neighbourhoods are getting
almost as much as $900 each in educational
extras...schools in lower-income neighbourhoods
raise as little as $3 a student
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68. Partner with a “Not For Profit”:
Kids Can Fly
“...an advocate for children from prenatal to 6 years and parenting. In
addition, it will seek, to ensure early learning and growth
opportunities, to support ALL children in our community.”
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69. Why A Not For Profit?
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70. Why A Not For Profit?
•Knowledge
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71. Why A Not For Profit?
•Knowledge
•Network
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72. Why A Not For Profit?
•Knowledge
•Network
•Technical Support
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73. Why A Not For Profit?
•Knowledge
•Network
•Technical Support
•Legitimacy
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74. Why A Not For Profit?
•Knowledge
•Network
•Technical Support
•Legitimacy
•Visibility
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75. Why A Not For Profit?
•Knowledge
•Network
•Technical Support
•Legitimacy
•Visibility
•Control
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76. Launched Campaign May 2012
•News outlets
•TV & Radio
•Social Media
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77. Fundraising Targets
•Service Clubs (Lions,
Optimists)
•Foundations
•Local Businesses
•Local Government
Grants
•Philanthropists
•Individual Donors
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79. How Did We Do?
•No “Big Fish”
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80. How Did We Do?
•No “Big Fish”
•Education is a
government issue
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81. How Did We Do?
•No “Big Fish”
•Education is a
government issue
•Credit Union Partner
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82. How Did We Do?
•No “Big Fish”
•Education is a
government issue
•Credit Union Partner
•Two civic grants
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83. How Did We Do?
•No “Big Fish”
•Education is a
government issue
•Credit Union Partner
•Two civic grants
•Donation Service Clubs
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84. How Did We Do?
•No “Big Fish”
•Education is a
government issue
•Credit Union Partner
•Two civic grants
•Donation Service Clubs
•$10,000+
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85. How Did We Do?
•No “Big Fish”
•Education is a
government issue
•Credit Union Partner
•Two civic grants
•Donation Service Clubs
•$10,000+
•Class set of iPads
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86. What’s The BIG Picture?
•Tech skills are essential
•Development requires
access
•Access costs $
•Therefore low SES
students need help
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