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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 level of thinking because it enables students to be able to think outside of the "normal" learning like from books and stuff, and engage in a whole new way of learning. Learning how to use the computer and how to get new information from the internet is really giving students a higher order of thinking because they can learn to use a whole new variety of things provided by technology and they have so many more resources to find information on. Its really going to help them out in the future and will really expand their ways of learning.

Give an example of a technology that supports higher order of thinking and be specific in how it supports higher level of thinking.
Technology that supports higher order of thinking would be the program on which is on computers called Power Point. It is a program which ennables students to be able to share the information that they learn/know through a slide show. They can put together all types of information that they search for, and put it into a system where they are able to present everything that they learned to others. Students can also take notes off a Power Point that is created for them like by a teacher or something, and they can learn information easily by viewing a well put together slideshow.

=Talk about the importance of Assistive Technologies in the classroom to support learners with special needs.=

Assistive Technologies are very important in the classroom because they help out the students who have difficulty learning. These students aren't as lucky as other students because it takes a lot more for them to learn at the same rate as other students. Its like that video we watched in class about the girl who used that communication box to help her communicate. With out that it would be so difficult for her and be able to get out what she was trying to say. It wold also be difficult for teachers to understand her if she did not have it so not only does it help her out, but it also helps you out as a teacher. =Give an example and explain how it would support students with special/diverse needs in your future classroom?=

An example is, like I mentioned earlier with the student who had difficulty speaking on the video we watched in class. She used a box to help her communicate with everyone. It would help out in future years because not only would it be difficult for a student to not be able to communicate, but it would be difficult for the teacher, because it would be hard to tell whether or not he/she was confused about something or needed some extra help, or even to know if they understood what you were talking about because without them being able to communicate figuring out those things would be very difficult.