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=Using Technology to Support Higher Order Thinking=


 * 1) Technology can be used to support higher-order thinking in many ways. Students can use technology to create, evaluate, analyze, topics by using technologies such as simulations and games online. These will help develop higher-order thinking because the students of today are excited about technology and will be more enthused about learning.
 * 2) An example of a technology that supports higher-order thinking is Illuminations.com. This website allow students to create and solve many different kinds of math problems. This website can give students the opportunities to analyze higher thinking problems and it is set up for students age ranging from pre-K through 12th grade.

=Using Technology to Affirm Diversity=
 * 1) Technology can be used to affirm diversity by enabling students of all ages to engage in activities that encourage diversity among cultures, and being open to diversity. There are technologies that allow for interaction with people from all over the world and even ways to translate or learn other languages. Technology provides access to videos, voices, and connections to diverse cultures and diverse media to enhance diversity affirmation.
 * 2) An example of a technology that helps affirm diversity is National Geographic for kids, this website is well organized and inviting for young students. This website encourages culture, geography and many other interesting facts about many countries around the world. This website contains multiple types of media including, videos, photos, ecards, maps, geography and interactive games to keep students interested and excited.

=Using Technology to Support All Learners= >
 * 1) Technology can be used to address the needs of learners with special needs, by making it possible to do something that the student would not be able to do without the assistive technology. Technologies can fill the gap that the student otherwise would not be able to overcome. This assistance encourages personal development which raises confidence levels and encourages students to participate in more activities in the classroom. Assistive technologies allow students to access the regular curriculum that all the other students take part in, this is the purpose of assistive technologies.
 * 2) E-books are an example that supports students with special/diverse needs in a future classroom, these books have the capability to have read aloud books. These use text-to-speech technologies which change visual text into audio. This technology would be especially helpful for a student that was visually impaired and could not read, this would allow the student to hear a given piece of text. This again is providing access to regular curriculum to students that otherwise would need special assistance in learning.