Technology in Multicultural Education

Cassandra AyuyuED-480

Spring 2012

What is Multicultural Education? It is an idea that is still in the progress of changing

schools to have people from different backgrounds learn other people's histories, literature, and artifacts.

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According to Paul C. Gorski of Hamline University, Multicultural Education started because of a number of activities:

1960s:The Civil Rights Movement Early 1970s:Woman Rights Movement

When did Multicultural Education begin?

Continued in the 1970s...Gays, lesbians, bisexuals, elderly, and people with

disabilities strive for equal human rights.

Technology helps Multicultural Education in a classroom by...

Distance Learning: Students can interact with other people from far places.

Video streaming:

people view video's that were uploaded on the web.

Electronic Archives:`

People can get information from historical records about a place, institution, or group of people.

Online Activities: People can use online activities to learn about the

different school topics.

Review:

Multicultural Education is an idea that trying to change student learning in the classroom..

It started because of many movements since the early 1960s.

Different technologies helps improve the learning in Multicultural Education Classroom.

Activity:

• http://www.ipl.org/div/cquest/

Resources:

http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/papers/edchange_history.html

http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/initial.html

http://www.ericdigests.org/2002-3/odd.htm