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Making tech decisions from a diverse space starts here! The Corwin Connected Educators series is your key to unlocking the greatest resource available to all educators: other educators. This book offers a reflective journey into diverse perspectives on technology as it is understood in our schools. Through step-by-step strategies and powerful vignettes, Davis explores the impact inclusive EdTech conversations can have for teachers, students, women, and people of color. Solutions-based reflections help educators: • Engage students and give them a voice • Gather student and teacher feedback • Encourage leadership for women and people of color Being a Connected Educator is more than a set of actions: it’s a belief in the potential of technology to fuel lifelong learning. To explore other books in this series, visit the ...
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A Personal Reflection on Missing Voices
When I agreed to write this book, it was tough to differentiate among my personal experiences as a teacher, woman, and person of color. I found that what I thought to be the case wasn’t really the case, and this part of the process bothered me greatly. For example, I wanted to write about the barriers that hold women back, yet I am in a district surrounded by women in leadership. I wanted to write about the lack of opportunity given to teachers of color, yet depending on where I turned, I saw opportunity there. Then it dawned on me that where I was looking was in the areas of curriculum and campus leadership, ...