The Digital Edge : How Black and Latino Youth Navigate Digital Inequality /

How black and Latino youth learn, create, and collaborate online The Digital Edge examines how the digital and social-media lives of low-income youth, especially youth of color, have evolved amidst rapid social and technological change. While notions of the digital divide between the "technolog...

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Main Author: Watkins, S. Craig (Samuel Craig) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : New York University Press, [2018]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Digital Edge; 1. How Black and Latino Youth Are Remaking the Digital Divide; 2. The Mobile Paradox: Understanding the Mobile Lives of Latino and Black Youth; 3. Technology on the Edge of Formal Education; 4. The STEM Crisis in Education; 5. Gaming School: How Students Strive to Learn in Technology-Rich, Curriculum-Poor Classrooms; 6. After the Bell: Why What Kids Do after School Matters; 7. Dissonant Futures; Conclusion: Future Ready: Preparing Young People for Tomorrow's World
  • Appendix: Design of the StudyNotes; References; Index; About the Authors