Response to Chapter 8

In chapter 9, the discussion of community and its role in learning examines communities of diverse learners. Nowadays, there are more and more different races students in the same class. Teacher needs to leave aside racial stereotypes of students and be equal to treat every student. Minority students often have less opportunity to use computers or just use computer to do drill and practice in language arts and mathematics. Actually, the situation has its own reason and teacher needs to know why it may become the situation. First, the minority students’ family may originally in the low class, and they don’t have many chances to use computers or technology like other students. Some students don’t have computer or internet at home, and some students even don’t have TV at home. Because they don’t have enough chances to practice how to use the technology, they can’t do well in the beginning like other students. Teacher may think they don’t have enough ability to do it well and give them easy task to accomplish. Maybe they just need more opportunity to practice. If they have enough time to do, they can do well like others. Teacher has to remind himself/herself of creating more opportunity for the minority students.