Digital Equity and Dual Language Bilingual Education

What assumptions about language and communication are embedded in our tools? Do the tools we use reflect our students, their communities, and their language goals? How do broader social contexts shape how students interact with tools? You are invited to join CAL and special guests David Rogers, Sara Vogel, and Patrick Werito for the next installment of "Critical Conversations in Language Education" on May 18th.

This past year, bilingual educators have relied greatly on technology to support language, literacy, and content development in the partner language and English. This session prompts educators and policymakers to move beyond questions of mere access to digital tools when considering issues of digital equity for emergent bi/multilinguals. 

Speakers will consider digital teaching and learning in dual language bilingual education programs, including Indigenous language programs. They will discuss the importance of going "beyond the tech," and will critically consider how technology affords the potential for both inclusion and exclusion in dual language bilingual education programs.

The event is limited to the first 500 applicants. Click here to RSVP for the event on May 18th