PDS Partnerships part of the Education Reform Network

Digital Equity

Digital Equity addresses inequitable access to learning technology resources for all learners.

1. Content creation
   Opportunities for learners and educators to create their own content
2. Cultural relevance
   Access to high quality, culturally relevant content
3. Effective use
   Educators skilled in using these resources effectively for teaching and learning
4. Quality content
   Access to high quality digital content
5. Technology resources
   Access to learning technology resources (hardware, software, wiring and connectivity)

• Joy Wallace
  Currently Joy Wallace is a consultant, director of Columbia EQUALS, Family Math and Family Science and a senior specialist for the National Institute for Community Innovations. She conducts workshops for educators, moderates two national list-serv, and is helping to develop a Digital Equity Portal on the Internet. Until October 2000, she was the regional equity specialist and Oregon Coordinator for the Science and Mathematics Consortium for Northwest Schools. For over 20-years she has worked for organizations such as Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, Vermont Institute for Science, Math and Technology, Portland State University, Math/Science Network and EQUALS promoting professional development models to increase educational equity and family involvement in science, technology and mathematics. Because of her commitment to parent involvement in public education, she has been both a Family Math and Family Science site director since these programs were born.