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Using technology to support HOTS

Technologies like that of Google Earth and My Wonderful World can be used to support higher ordered thinking because one can use these technologies to expand on what they already know. For example the students could analyze the information that they have learned and create projects using that information. By using Google earth students could find a place that interests them and then from that they could learn more about the location that they each chose. Then students could take what they learned and make a project in which they use the culture of the places that they learned about by creating a meal and showing music that fits in with the culture. BS

Using technology to support all learners.

Technology can be used to support all learners by having several tools that can help those students who cant do things on their own to make these things easier. For example some students can not hold crayons right to color so they can use the tool that attaches to the students hand that has the crayon connected to it so the student can color. Also the tool that helps students to talk using a AAC. It is a tool that has buttons on it that one can press that says words for them. These are just a few examples of technologies that can support all learners. The possibilities are endless. BS

Using technology to affirm diversity

Technology can be used to affirm diversity using website and videos to show different cultures of the world. By using website and videos on line peple in different cultures can learn about all of the topics in the class. With technologies like Google language tool diversity is affirmed. It gives you the ability to type in words in your language and translate to several other languages including Spanish, Chinese, and Hebrew. This affirm diversity because it gives the opportunity to learn how to write the words that you say in other languages from cultures all around the world. BS