Digital Equality in the Classroom

As a future teacher, I realize that it is my responsibility to help close the equality gap that is sometimes overwhelming with certain aspects of the elementary classroom learning environment. The article entitled Ensuring Equality of Educational Opportunity in the Digital Age by Timothy E. Morse talked a lot about the digital divide. Even as a practicum student I notice that this is an issue. I currently observe in a school with a lot of minority students and I can tell that they are simply not comfortable while using technology. If the technology we are using is to play a game, they are more receptive of the task, but if it is being used to complete some sort of project or task, the enthusiasm does not seem to be there.
I agree with Morse when he says that it is crucial that the new generation of teachers make it a priority to work technology into our classrooms and encourage all students to be confident with their abilities while using technology in order to ensure their utmost ability to compete with our every growing technological society.
This being said, it is also important to not lose site of the fundamentals that all children must know and Morse says it perfectly in the conclusion of his article. "The movement to integrate technology should not supersede the need to teach students basic reading, mathematics, and writing skills; and, the use of technology should supplement but not supplant existing sound pedagogical practices and efforts to increase other measures such as increasing the availability of preschool instruction and improving parental involvement to improve student learning." As a teacher, I will strive to find balance and make it possible for my students to get the best, most well-rounded education through both the basics and the new technology that our society is being introduced to.