Issues+in+Educational+Technology+DD

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=Using Technology to Support Higher Order Thinking=

=Using Technology to Affirm Diversity= = = =Using Technology to Support All Learners= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
 * Technology can be used in many ways in the classroom. These things all can be used to hit higher-order thinking. The way that is does this is if students can interact with a program, and in this program they are creating something new. This will let the students hit the higher order of thinking in blooms taxonomy. The reason is if students take new information, then learn it and us it to make something of their own it will make them think on a higher level. Most computer programs can do this.
 * The web site[| http://www.ourcourts.org/flashgames/1/index.html] has a game called supreme decision. This game supports higher order thinking. I think it does because you need to read all the contexts, then use it to say why or why not the case is right or wrong. You then need to hear two people and then pick out things that they talk about. Then pick who was right about Ben's case. I think this would be a good tool to use with a history class learning about the court systems and amendments. Then it gives the students a hands on look and what may take place in a court and how they can help deiced whats right. So this hits all the levels because you create your own decision on the case.
 * We can use technology to affirm diversity by modeling it, celebrating it and respecting it. This can be done to hit all these areas by using technology is through web sites. Now a day's web sites can have information that can open the eyes to our students. Things on the sites that can do this is pictures, story's, and other historical events. All of these things a new interactive ways for students to get a inside look at other peoples cultures.
 * The web site http://pbskids.org/stantonanthony/day_in_life.html is a good way to affirm diversity. The way it does that is by looking at all different ways of life in the 1800's. They model it by showing each prospective of what it would be like in the days of were race was not equal. They celebrate it by going in depth of the things that happen back in the 1800's. They do not talk down about any race, but they embrace the history. This could also be respecting it. I say this because they respect the history of the races and embrace their history to give us a better look at what life was like earlier in history
 * Technology is been added to the classroom and everyday life. Most of these technology's are making life easier for most people. The next big technology's can impact students with special needs in the classroom. Anything that can be used to assist a student with their work to improve themselves can be a technology. For example if a student had a difficulty writing just some pvc pipe and a rubber band the help support their wrist and will help them write. Although this is not a expensive item it is still a technology that assist learners.
 * If i had a student in my class with some short of learning disability i would be able to use technology to help that student. If they had trouble talking maybe a box that had symbols on it could be a option. I could add my curriculum to it so they could find it easier. Then all they would need to do is find the symbol, and communicate just like any other student. This supports students with special needs because it gives them a chance to communicate in a way they may not be able to before.