1. Technology: Bridging the Cultural Divide
Kailey C., Alicia B., Radhika A., Bianka J., & Marie-Danielle G.

2. Sticky Note Activity!!!
Write one word identifying you as an individual
Write one type of digital technology that has influenced your identity

3. “Engaging diverse students requires tapping into their interest in using digital media, accepting their lived experiences, and inviting them to use their funds of knowledge in multiliteracies”
Pirbhai-Illich, F. (2010)

4. Literacy
“Literacy is the ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate, compute and use printed and written materials associated with varying contexts. Literacy involves a continuum of learning to enable an individual to achieve his or her goals, to develop his or her knowledge and potential, and to participate fully in the wider society”
UNESCO

5. Identity
children in the twenty-first century experience literacy in a multitude of ways; “they are constantly bombarded with visual, audio, and print technologies that provide endless possibilities for interpretation and meaning making”
Amy Seely Flint

6. List of articles
McLean, C. (2010). A space called home: An immigrant adolescent’s digital literacy practices. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 54(1), 13–22.
Pirbhai-Illich, F. (2010). Aboriginal students engaging and struggling with critical multiliteracies. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 54(4),
Siegel, M., Kontovourki, S., Schmier, S., & Enriquez, G. (2008). Literacy in motion: A case study of a shape-shifting kindergartener. Language Arts, 86(2),
Williams, B. (2008). Tomorrow will not be like today: Literacy and identity in a world of multiliteracies. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 51(8),
Vetter, A.M. (2010). “Cause I’m a G”: Identity work of a lesbian teen in Language Arts. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy 54(2),

7. Key Issues Inability to communicate with new cultures Lack of interest
Failure to express the self properly
Feeling neglected and/or rejected
Torn between identities
Being poorly assessed

8. Solutions Getting to know the students Multiliteracies
Modifying assessment to incorporate the shifting identities

10. Our question
How are schools/teachers using technology to support ELL's and to incorporate the backgrounds of culturally diverse students?