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toc =**Using Technology To Support Higher Order Of Thinking**=

Illuminations was a very good site to use and did support the higher order of thinking. There was a turtle game that allowed you to use 90 degree angles and use your estimation skills. The goal was to get the turtle into the lake and you have to avoids certain obstacles. You have to use math skills to get to the lake and you do not even realize that you are using them. Then there is another link to choose from and its called calculation nation. You have many chooses of games to play here and I choose to play Slamball. You have to work on using angles and seeing if the ball is going to be in line to hit the most amount of targets. Also the targets are worth different points so it takes math skills to realize which targets to hit to achieve the maximum amount of points to beat the computer. You do not even realize that you are using these skills because all you are focused on doing is winning the games. This website is a terrific example of technology that supports a higher order. You use math skills without even realizing it and this helps to make those skills better and all you care about doing is winning the game. It is a fun way to learn and use your math skills without even acknowledging that you are using them.

=Using Technology to Support All Learners=

There are many different programs and types of technologies that can help the students with special learning needs. Technology can go at any rate that the student needs to go and can help them understand. It can help them in certain areas that they are not successful with and give them the same chance that kids without disabilities have. Something that technology can help with is just showing what the student did wrong in a problem and allowing them to try over until they get it. Like a math problem that a student got wrong it will go though how to do it correctly and then allow them to try another problem that is very similar.

=Using Technology To Affirm Diversity=

There are many different websites that allow people to extract information a bout different races and religions. If you look at reliable websites they will give you accurate information. Online there are many places to acquire information about different races and allows you to see things from their point of few and how they think. You can see different cultures and it is in more than just one place on the internet. [|Japenese Culture] is an example of diversity on the internet. This allows someone to get any type of information that he/she is looking for. It has everything to do with Japanese Culture and there were plenty of other sites to choose from as well.