Migrant Laptops: Extending the Academic Day for the Children of Farm Workers and Their Credit Recovery via Laptops

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New and changing technology is embedded in the world we live in. With the advent of new technology come new literacies such as media literacy, information literacy, and computer literacy (Tyner, 200956. Ward, P. 2001. “Technology: Anytime, anyplace, any pace learning”. In Proceeding report from Seminar on Technology for Migrant Students , Washington, DC: Interstate Migrant Education Council [IMEC]. View all references) and new skills such as critical thinking and problem solving. It becomes clear that parents may not possibly possess these skills and what children learn in school may not be reinforced or practiced in their homes (Tsikalas, 200255. Tyner, K. 2009. Media Literacy: New agendas in communication , London, , England: Routledge. View all references). If teachers do not challenge children to look at our society critically and problem solve in an ever-changing and complex world, then an entire generation could be lost (Cuban, 197019. Denzin, N. K. 1989. Interpretive interactionism , Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. View all references). The importance of school and community working together in a “culture of change” (Fullan, 200127. Geertz, C. 1973. “Thick description: Toward an interpretative theory of culture”. In The Interpretation of Cultures , 3-32. New York, NY: Basic Books. View all references) is vital.Migrant's Achieving Success was a qualitative longitudinal study of migrant families who received laptops from their school district in a border community. This case study looked at the families’ expectations, relationships with field coordinators, high school credit recovery using laptops, the level of personal satisfaction for the participants, and finally home-school relationships.View full textDownload full textKEYWORDSmigrant students, laptop, credit-recovery program for migrant students, distance learning for high school students, self-paced programs, risk and resilience, digital divide/digital inclusion, self-regulate one's own learning, virtual high schoolsRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07380569.2011.577396