Designing Culturally Responsive Digital Curriculum

Guide overview

Culturally responsive curriculum is curriculum that uses students’ customs, characteristics, experience, and perspectives as tools for better classroom instruction. Teacher and scholar Geneva Gay wrote that “when academic knowledge and skills are situated within the lived experiences and frames of reference for students, they are more personally meaningful, have higher interest appeal, and are learned more easily and thoroughly.”

Delivering lessons in a relatable context leverages pattern recognition and fosters understanding. Helping learners understand the concepts they are being taught is the fundamental goal of every educator.

This website was designed to serve as a resource for the educator looking to make a fundamental shift in their pedagogy to include tech in a way that celebrates the individuals and values the unique perspectives of each learner.