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=Using Technology to Support Higher Order Thinking=

How can technology 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 =Using Technology to Affirm Diversity=
 * Technology can be used to support higher-order thinking because it helps students learn more. You can take a simple game and turn it into a new skill for that student. Students can play video games, go on tours, write stories, and many other things. Some of these things can not be done in just a classroom. If you, as a teacher, are teaching about something it is always better to have a visual anyways, so why not make an activity for the student to preform that will engage their brains and make them think more about everything they are doing.
 * I looked at a few technologies that I believe supported higher-order thinking. One of them I liked the best was the [|//7 Wonders Panoramas//] //- 360-degree views of the Seven Wonders of the World.// I believe this supports higher-order thinking because it can allow the student to see things first hand that they may never get the chance to see. By going on this website I even seen things that I never have before. When you are teaching a student about one of these wonders or an area these are built in you can have them take the virtual tour and it will help them to understand where in the world they are and what these look like more than just pictures can. They say pictures can say a 1,00 words, so how many words can a virtual and interactive picture say? The student can walk the Great Wall, look around the Taj Mahal, and even explore the Colosseum. By doing this a student will get the feel of actually being there and will in turn learn more about the area you are teaching about because they feel they have been there before and can relate to what your talking about.

How can technology be used to affirm diversity? Give an example of a technology that affirms diversity and be specific in describing HOW it supports higher-order thinking.
 * Technology has helped everyone be more in tune with different diversities. Students and teachers can find a video or personal interview that relates to the culture they are learning about. In doing this the student can learn more about the culture from a first person point of view. In seeing videos, pictures, voices, and other sources of technology a student can learn much more than just reading from a book. This way also you get personal view on the culture instead of a view from the writers of the book. It also provides a visual so they can see what a cultures rituals, dances, activities, looks like, how they sound, or even how they act.
 * In Not for Ourselves Alone: A Day in the Life a student can learn facts while also being able to choose who they want to be. On this website a student can choose from a few diferent characters and it will take them on a step-by-step journey through their lives. The site does this by asking them to complete a series of questions and if correct they get to move on, if not they have to keep awnsering until they get the question correct. However when they get the question correct or wrong the site will give them more information about their awnser. So in turn the student is learing many different things about whatever person they choose. Also there are some visuals for them to look at in the process.

=Using Technology to support All Learners=


 * How may a lack of access to technology impact a school or classroom? What are some ways to increase the technology in your classroom? List some strategies for increasing students’ access to technology in your future classroom
 * The lack of technology would impact a school because it would mean studetns dont have the access to many things. When internet is not avaliable, new books, or other new technologys may not be avaliable eaither. This may make things harder for teachers also because everything has to be done with paper and pencil and parents will not have as much access to their stuents progress unless they call in and talk to the teacher. Parents and teachers would not even be able to e-mail back and forth easily.
 * Some ways to increase technology is to take the students to the library or include assignments for them to do at home if internet is available. Also most schools have a computer lab so in some way importing that into lesson plans will help. If anything a teacher can get together with other teachers and write a grant to get the technology they need for their classroom and hopefully they will receive it.
 * To increase the use in technology have accelerated reader tests online, have assignments for math due online, also during free time a student could have the option to go to the computer to play educational games. If a teacher sends home a newsletter they can include a website for the students to check out at home and do some activities that will relate to whatever they are doing in class at that time.

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