Issues+in+Technology+(K.M.)

=Using Technology to Support Higher Order Thinkingtoc

Technology, when used properly, can inspired creative thinking that can make education not only fun, but more effective over all. If the students are able to be creative with their learning then they are able to make personal connections with the information and it makes it easier to grasp and commit to long term memory.
 * How can technology be used to support higher-order thinking?**

**Give an example of a technology that supports higher-order thinking and be specific in describing HOW it supports higher-order thinking.** The website, Illuminations, has many different interactive programs that help students to better understand aspects of math that may not be as clear in a text book. For example there is a program in Illuminations that shows how the x/y plane when creating circles, parabolas, ellipses and hyperbolas that there are actually cones involved and depending on how you cut the two cones and at what angle which shape you would end up with on your graph. I think see this, and interacting with it, it would help them to better understand the equations and the results.

=Using Technology to Affirm Diversity=

Technology can allow us access to different cultures and learn the information in a non bias way, if we use the proper websites with references that can be trusted. Technology is a great way to interact with all kinds of people from all over the world, and has unlimited options when it comes to learning about all kinds of people.
 * How can technology affirm diversity?**

Afghanistan from National Geographic is a wonderful example of how people can learn about a culture without having the negative under tones of the current war between our two countries. The war has over shadowed their culture, and sometimes we only see them as the enemy and not actual people. But by reading through this website, it helps to restore their humanity and helps people to see that they are not that different from us.
 * Give an example of a technology that affirms diversity and be specific in describing how it affirms diversity?**

=Using Technology to Support All Learners=


 * Talk about the importance of Assistive Technologies in the classroom to support learners with special needs. **
 * **How can technology be used to address the needs of learners with special needs? **
 * Technology can help to enhance areas that students may struggle in, giving them to chance to be like the average student in class and allowing to them interact the teacher and other students without feeling inadiquit or below average.
 * **Give an example and explain how it would support students with special/diverse needs in your future classroom? **
 * There are many great examples of technology and has enhanced the lives of many special/diverse students, things as simple as tool made from home, to a thousand dollar piece of machinery. I think one of the best examples is the speech function on applications that can help children with visual disabilities have the opportunity to use a computer independently.