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=Using Technology to support Higher Order Thinking:=

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How can technology be used to support higher-order thinking?
 * Technology today can be very complex with problem solving and educational material to make students learn above certain levels. If the students use intelligent ways to use skills on each of their lessons they will be using higher-order thinking. When students use analysis, evaluations, knowledge and application these are all ways that they apply higher-order thinking.

An example of a technology the supports higher-order thinking
 * One example is "Fractured Fairy Tales" which makes the student think outside of the box on fairy tale stories. It makes the students think about the setting, plot and characters in the story and how they could adjust and change it to make it their own version. This supports higher order thinking because it uses knowledge, creativity and analysis.


 * Using technology to Affirm Diversity:**

How can technology be used to affirm diversity?
 * Technology can be used to respect and celebrate different cultures. It makes students/ people feel apart of a diversity and makes the feel proud of where they come from. Also it makes people able to contact others with the same diversity and know that they can be anything they want to be. Technology can be role models for people with diversity.

Give an example of a technology that affirms diversity and be specific in describing how it affirms diversity
 * Google Laugauge tools helps affirm diversity by giving contact to communicate with people from another diversity. By being able to transalate from one language to another it helps people from other diveritys repcet and say the correct wording of the other diversity

How can technology be used to address the needs of learners with special needs?
 * Using Technology to support all learners:**
 * To address the needs of students that have a learning disability or other disorders, you must find technology that engages them and makes them feel just as important as the others. Access to the regular curriculum is key when using technology for special need students. Using such tools as leap frog, E-books, text to speech and virtual tours, all these are great tools when dealing with these gifted and talented students.

Give an example and explain how it would support students with special/diverse needs in your future classroom?
 * A great example that demonstrates students with special/diverse needs is the video about Angie and how the teachers and her family helped her learn in a more comfortable and adapting environment. By giving her the technology needed to communicate, it gave her more self confidents and made her feel welcome in the classroom.