From Filtering to Freire: Critical Use of the Internet in Urban Classrooms

Virtual Brief Paper ID: 38504
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    Kate O'Hara
    New York Institute of Technology

Abstract: Despite the lack of resources urban schools have in relation to their wealthier counterparts, it is crucial for educators to examine effective use of existing technologies for teaching and learning, in particular the use of the Internet. Drawing from autoethnographic research and narrative inquiry, this article addresses how the effective use of the Internet in urban schools can be the means by which both students and teachers engage in critical thinking, critical consciousness, and a critical pedagogy (Freire, 2005) Through a social and critical theory lens, complex issues surrounding Internet use such as classrooms practice, profession development, teacher and administrator accountability, Internet filtering, and power relations within school systems, are examined.

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