Some thoughts, based on research with Amy Gonzales and @teresa_lynch on the digital divide among college students:

1. Students (especially low-SES students & POC students) may be doing all work on their phones, because even if they have laptops, they& #39;re often old/unreliable. 1/ https://twitter.com/JakeAnbinder/status/1390352898916290569">https://twitter.com/JakeAnbin...

1a. Here& #39;s a blog post summary of the research with a link to the article I& #39;m referencing on the digital divide in higher ed: https://scatter.wordpress.com/2018/12/03/the-new-digital-divide-on-college-campuses/">https://scatter.wordpress.com/2018/12/0...

2. Students may have "free" access to Microsoft Word from their school (often paid for by their technology fees), but they may not know about these resources or how to access them. That& #39;s why I developed this syllabus statement: 2/

3. Many K-12 schools don& #39;t have money to buy Microsoft licenses, and plenty of families don& #39;t either. Which means that even before they get to college, students may be relying heavily on free online tools like Google Docs, instead. See @mrafalow& #39;s work on K-12 tech divides. //