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Listening to my students: the digital divide.
Abstract
This article reports on what a small group of students had to say about class, access, and the digital divide. Drawing on a research project composed of a survey of eight first-year composition courses and the writings of a small group of students enrolled in a "Writing and Technology" course, the results reveal students commenting on a lack of access to computers, a lack they often linked to socioeconomic class.
Introduction
I distinctly remember my first encounter with a computer: a gorgeous Compucolor II. I can also recall my first attempt at writing with a computer: a paper on Job's suffering typed dutifully into a Mac Classic. ...
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