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=Using technology to support higher order of thinking=

How can technology be used to support higher order of thinking?
Technology can be used to support higher order of thinking because it engages students in a variety of different way. There are so many new technologies to help kids that need to be engaged in different ways to higher their education and what they are learning. Technology is also a good thing to use to get children to be using higher order thinking because technology is such a world wide thing that almost everyone has access to and knows how to use a lot of electronic devices. With having educational games and programs that are fun and engaging to students it is a great way to have them learning, and it is a different technique that may help the students to take in more information and remember more.

Give an example of a technology that supports higher order of thinking and be specific in how it supports higher level of thinking.
An example of a technology that supports higher order of thinking would be a program such as inspiration where the students can be creative making a web, or diagram that supports and follows the main idea of what they are talking about or even an educational video game, or game online that places the students in real world situations, such as having a role in the government or dealing with finances for an important company. These are great ways to make students involved and also learning about things that will be very important to their future.

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 is extremely important for people who may have a disorder that affects them in the classroom socially and especially with their learning. It is very important that everyone has an equal opportunity to learn and with assisitve technologies it allows those who may need help with hearing, speaking... get that equal opportunity. Technology can be used to help these kids to be able to hear what they are learning in class or be able to help them speak to engage in the classroom and with their peers.

Give an example and explain how it would support students with special/diverse needs in your future classroom?
An example of an assitive technology would be a device that speaks for you, like in the video that we saw. There was a little girl that couldn't talk very well and in order to talk to her family, her peers and her teacher she had a special device that was programed with everything that she needed to say and she was taught to use the devise and knew how to use it very well so that she could easily have a conversation with other people. As a future teacher it was be great if i had a student who was able to use this special devise to help him/her learn in my classroom. It would be great for the student because they would be learning just like everyone else, it would help me to be a more technologically diverse teacher and would also be a great opportunity to teach other students about the disability and how the devise is helping the other student to be able to engage and learn everything that everyone else is learning.