This is the first case study between two educational systems in Michigan of emailing and chatting between Detroit High School and University of Michigan.This study was to show the differences between the races, socioeconomic statuses of the participants, writing and use of technology in the classroom. This is a good choice to show what the access issue looks like for the lowest of the low status because this area is known as America’s “Third World City.” This study is relatable to technology access and communication of today because when you don’t know someone well and communicate over the web, you don’t want to disclose too much information about yourself through the web.
Between these systems of diverse races, they were not only trying to learn a little about each other but were also given prompts to speed communication along. Farther into the messaging, the Detroit High School students would notice how the University of Michigan tutors would change how they conversed and called it “acting white” or “acting black.” It was a good strategy to use a diverse set of people to study to recognize the linguistic characteristics of them over technology and to gain understanding of information sharing. Sharing stories between participants also shows the difference between the socioeconomic and cultural differences. This study was able to use technology to cross distance as we do today, but today we can reach even farther distances to converse with more people.
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