Online and In-person Learning:

Blue Light Special

Zayvyer Chino

Acoma/Hopi Pueblo

Sharing one skin

The article “Sharing one Skin” is about a woman named Jeannette Armstrong figuring out her identity and her responsibility. Her mother is a part of the river people (Kettle) and her Father is a part of the mountain people (Okanagan). She finds her identity by incorporating ¨The Four Capacities of Self¨ which are the physical self which is something you, the emotional self is your feeling, thinking intellectual self is the thought about your well-being, and the spiritual self is the outcome of your belief. Each self plays a part in the body and earth as she says in the article, “take care of the body like the earth and take care of the Earth-like your body.¨ Also the language her people talk and how it needs to be kept alive and passed down to younger generations.

Armstrong, Jeanette. “Sharing One Skin: The Okanagan Community,” in Jerry Mander and Edward Goldsmith (eds), The Case Against the Global Economy. San Francisco, CA, Sierra Club Books, 1996. Pp 460-470.

Native American Identity

In the article, ¨Native American Identity'' the author Perry G. Horse incorporates her mother's perspective. The mother explains how Native American identity was said in many ways like Native Americans, Indian Americans, and Native. How time people are accustomed to each name. The author then goes on to explain how colonialism has a role in and how protesting for Native American identity. To this day native Americans went through the cultural change and still teach their younger generations their practices and language.

Horse, Perry, G. ¨Native American Identity,¨ in C. L. Wijeyesinghe and B. W. Jackson III (eds.), New Perspectives on Racial Identity Development: A Theoretical and Practical Anthology. New York: New York University Press, 2005. Pp61-68.

NM DELEGATION ANNOUNCES 2.5 GHZ AWARDS TO 15 TRIBES ACROSS NEW MEXICO TO CONNECT RURAL HOMES, SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, AND BUSINESSES WITH BROADBAND INTERNET

The article ¨NM DELEGATION ANNOUNCES 2.5 GHZ AWARDS TO 15 TRIBES ACROSS NEW MEXICO TO CONNECT RURAL HOMES, SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, AND BUSINESSES WITH BROADBAND INTERNET.¨ explains the idea of expanding reliable internet throughout New Mexico rural communities. The issue for students who lived in rural communities and transitioned to online was internet connectivity. In the article, the 15 pueblos from New Mexico got accepted for the needs of these 2.5 GHZ internets. Allowing the communities to be more in the ¨digital age¨ rather than being in the ¨digital divide.¨ In conclusion, the reason is families could not afford internet or put money on the highest speed internet and then the device not working in their rural lands.

"NM DELEGATION ANNOUNCES 2.5 GHZ AWARDS TO 15 TRIBES ACROSS NEW MEXICO TO CONNECT RURAL HOMES, SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, AND BUSINESSES WITH BROADBAND INTERNET." States News Service, 29 Oct. 2020, p. NA. Gale OneFile: High School Edition, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A639833972/STOM?u=nm_s_santafeis&sid=ebsco&xid=edc49c89. Accessed 10 Oct. 2021.

Critics: Investments in Native students still lagging

The next article, ¨Critics: Investment in Native students still lagging¨ focus is the amount of money that was distinguished throughout New Mexico rural communities. Such as the Pueblos and Navajo Nations not getting enough money during the pandemic. The article mentions that 11 percent of the $140 million dollars was given to the Pueblo and Navajo nations. As those students in rural areas needed the money to get the technology and services to continue or be online. ¨2 million of the 9 million in state funding appropriate for ¨culturally and linguistically responsive" instructional materials focused on Indigenous students went unspent in the last fiscal year.¨ In conclusion the amount of money put into education for Pueblo and Navajo Nation was a good amount for students to be online.

Pollard, Jessica. "Critics: Investments in Native students still lagging." Santa Fe New Mexican [Santa Fe, NM], 24 July 2021, p. 6. Gale General OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A669486375/ITOF?u=nm_s_santafeis&sid=ebsco&xid=b23cece9. Accessed 20 Sept. 2021.

Tribal schools embrace distance learning with Google tools

The video I researched mentioned the difficulty of being online and getting the resources for the students to be online. It takes place in the Tohono O'odham nation where the producer lives in a rural community. She interviewed Meghan Minoka Hill, Program Director of Harvard Project of American Indian Economic Development. Meghan expresses the difficulty of students being online, and the emotional feeling. She also mentioned that families could not afford the technology. But she found a way through fundraising and donation through a website. As the producer then talks she includes the language and tradition through technology and how being online was beneficial to those who were willing to give it a try.

Rootwood, Vayra ¨Tribal schools embrace distance learning with Google tools¨ Video, Uploaded by Webby Awards, 29 September 2021, https://winners.webbyawards.com/2021/video/branded-entertainment/diversity-inclusion-branded/169619/tribal-schools-embrace-distance-learning-with-google-tools

Internet dead zones and 'thick' homework packets took an emotional toll on Navajo students during the COVID-19 school year.

In my article ¨Internet, dead zones and 'thick' homework packets took an emotional toll on Navajo students during the COVID-19 school year. ¨They didn't give up.¨ It showed the representation of the Navajo struggling in the rural lands due to the area not having any broadband network. Then a Navajo student named Evan talks about his daily life of him turning on his hotspot to enter class every morning. Finally, the author Sunni then says, ¨The lack of support resulted in some students dropping out of school; it led to bad grades and emotional exhaustion. And for kids like Evan, it meant working even harder for an education that may be their only hope of future success.¨ In conclusion they started up a program and funding to help implement networks in the community.

Sunnie R. Clahchischiligi. ¨Internet dead zones and 'thick' homework packets took an emotional toll on Navajo students during the COVID-19 school year. They didn't give up.¨ USA Today. 13 July 2021 9:56 p.m. Accessed 5 Nov. 2021.

Judge: New Mexico must give at-home students fast internet

In the next article ¨Judge: New Mexico must give at-home students fast internet.¨ it expresses the idea of the state moving forward in giving those public schools that are lacking in technology. The availability of getting funding to put towards technology for remote learners. As the district state judge Matthew Wilson says, "children who are lacking access to the internet and technology for remote learning are not getting much of an education, if at all, let alone one that is sufficient to make their college and career ready.¨ The author Cedar Attanasio mentioned 6,000 computers with an additional 1,250 were sent to the Navajo Nation along with 380 miles of Fiber optic cable network.

CEDAR ATTANASIO. ¨Judge: New Mexico must give at-home students fast internet.¨ AP News. May 01, 2021. https://apnews.com/article/nm-state-wire-new-mexico-coronavirus-technology-health-dbc30b2dfc08fe1243a2c941680fa10f Date accessed November 05, 2021

Broadband internet connection expansion to the tribal community

The research was found here at the school. It was a video of the I.T. connecting the tribal communities with fiber networks. Before I was introduced to the video Kevin Lewis explained the video. He explained that Kimbo was talking to Cochiti, Santo Domingo, and San Felipe Pueblo about a fiber network project. This Fiber network project would start as soon as possible. But with this project, it would allow rural tribal communities to have access to fast-speed internet.

Kevin, Lewis. Director. ¨Broadband internet connection expansion.¨ 21 Oct. 2021. Accessed 9 Nov. 2021.

Top 5 countries that are ruling the Technology World

The article, Top 5 countries that are ruling in technology touch briefly on the countries and what they are striving for in technology. In the ranking, Japan is at the top with no surprise as they are known for building most of the technology we use today from automobile engines, video games, and robots. Japan is a wealthy country but when I look at the United States we are ranked 4. The article briefly states that yes the United States is not the best but not the worst as it is “the home to Facebook, Twitter, Google, Dell, Microsoft, and umpteen such tech giants. The US military’s tech prowess is inspiring in its own league as it has tech-savvy drones, stealth bombs, warships among a fleet of war machines.”

Bureau, T. G. (2021, June 30). Top 5 countries that are ruling the Technology World. TechGig. Retrieved February 17, 2022, from

https://content.techgig.com/top-5-countries-that-are-ruling-the-technology-world/articleshow/83954897.cms

With schools closed, immigrant communities struggle with access to technology and connection.

Not only has my community just gained access to fast internet but also the Hispanic Community. The article that Antonio Olivero provided mentions a family who struggles to make sure their kids participate in online learning. As both parents work and the time frame from work to get back home and following Covid-19 precautions with entering home became a struggle. As the family progresses with online learning, they mention the struggle of getting the internet for their kids. Antonio also mentions in the article that for immigrants that went to school in person during the pandemic it was hard for them to even receive technology to do online.

Olivero, A. (2020, June 25). With schools closed, immigrant communities struggle with access to technology and connection. SummitDaily.com. Retrieved February 17, 2022, from https://www.summitdaily.com/news/with-schools-closed-immigrant-communities-struggle-with-access-to-technology-and-connection/

The digital divide

Finally, my last research is a video made by Mashable Rachel Kraus. In the video, she talks about and breaks down the idea of the digital divide. Her definition of the digital divide is “the gap between those with computer and internet access and those without.” Kraus also was able to interview K-12 students and discuss the hardship of gaining access to be online. She also talks about the Biden Foundation and it can help communities gain access to the internet and technology.

Kraus, M. R. (2021, April 26). The 'digital divide' and covid-19's impact on ... - youtube. Youtube. Retrieved February 17, 2022, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkbZPAJF88k