Welcoming the Culture of Computing into the K-12 Classroom: Technological Fluency and Lessons Learned from Second Language Acquisition and Cross Cultural Studies.

Brown, Abbie H.; Campbell, Anne

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ERIC Number: EJ663843

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Publication Date: 2002

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Welcoming the Culture of Computing into the K-12 Classroom: Technological Fluency and Lessons Learned from Second Language Acquisition and Cross Cultural Studies.

Brown, Abbie H.; Campbell, Anne

Multicultural Education, v10 n2 p10-14 Win 2002

Discusses the integration of innovative technologies into the K-12 curriculum and its impact on instructional programs for linguistically and culturally diverse students. Describes the debate over whether the culture of computing is inclusive or exclusive, examining: educational technology standards; information technology and fluency; speech registers; postulating registers of information technology fluency; and the role of automaticity in developing fluency. (SM)

Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Diversity (Student), Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Integrated Curriculum, Language Fluency, Limited English Speaking, Multicultural Education, Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Note: Special issue: Technology and Multiculturalism. Guest editors: Tim Green, Abbie H. Brown, and A.Y. Fred Ramirez.