[DD] - “Digital Divide Between Students and Teachers” by Frank Lovejoy – Classroom 2.0

“Digital Divide Between Students and Teachers” by Frank Lovejoy – Classroom 2.0

This article explains how students are “powering down” to go to school. Once school is over, they can “power up” and re-enter the digital world. Their teachers are so busy with the daily tasks of preparing lessons, quizzes, tests, and grading that they have little time or initiative to become tech-savvy like their students.

Many teachers lack the confidence to learn from their students. Many senior teachers do not care about incorporating such tools and want to teach the same way they have been teaching for decades. Professional development for these teachers just angers them even more.

School Board members are usually ill versed in the topic of technology and instead just make technology purchases without thinking of how they will be utilized in the current classroom/curriculum. For example, they purchase multiple SMARTBoards and have them installed in various classrooms.


If we are to close this digital gap between students and teachers, it does not require purchasing the newest technological gadget. It requires standard hardware and standard software and teachers who are comfortable with their strategies and tech level before they are pressured to train for new waves of educational technology.