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ERIC Number: EJ1183702
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018-Jun
Pages: 20
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: EISSN-2013-9144
EISSN: N/A
Latino Immigrant Families Learning with Digital Media across Settings and Generations
Levinson, Amber Maria; Barron, Brigid
Digital Education Review, v33 p150-169 Jun 2018
This article shares case studies from in-depth research that investigates Latino immigrant families' use of technology, focusing on family technology practices that were interest-driven, cross-setting, and in some cases also collaborative among family members. Three cases illustrate ways that families--all of whom included elementary school-age children--were innovative in their use of technology to learn, as well as how digital resources served to help children and parents explore content across settings. Beyond documenting families' existing practices, the study also examined what happened when each family received a tablet device with curated language- and literacy-related content. We focus on three types of connections that families made: 1) aligning access to rich content at home and school leading to more exploration of academically relevant material; 2) expanding parents' roles as collaborative learners of English as a second language among other topics; and 3) digital production that connects civic, STEM, and language practices. We highlight ways in which families used innovative approaches to get the most out of the devices and content they had access to. We also explore how factors including technology infrastructure, opacity of the app marketplace, and cost can constrain families' opportunities to learn with technology.
Universitat de Barcelona. Passeig de la Vall d'Hebron 171, Edifici Llevant P3, Barcelona, 08035 Spain. e-mail: der@greav.net; Web site: http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/der
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: California
Grant or Contract Numbers: REC354453