How do you provide equal access to the digital world?

Regardless of how much (or little) technology that you have within a classroom, each student should have equal access to it. To provide equal access, you may need to consider the needs of each of your students. Students come to us with a wide range of abilities and disabilities. Some students may have hearing, vision, or fine motor skill issues which require special consideration when implementing technology. You may have students whose parents will not allow them to use the computer, for various reasons. In order to provide equal access, it may be beneficial to explain in the beginning of the year to each parent how you plan on using the computer for learning, and what safeguards are in place to ensure the safety of their children. Possibly if the parents understand that technology can actually advance their child's education, they may feel more comfortable and be more willing to let their child participate. If they still don't give permission, assignments will have to be adapted so that they student can still participate and learn the content. If this occurs, it is not the teacher , but the parent, that is denying the equal access to the technology.