Technology+Issues+C.C.


 * __Higher Order Thinking:__**

Technology is a great resource to support higher order thinking. Higher order thinking is a good way for students to use their problem solving skills to come up with a solution. Technology can be a nice interactive way to use higher order thinking. Students can use technology to analyze information that they have gain by completing a certain project. Technology also is a great way to take information that someone synthesize, and use that information in a creative way. For example, a student can look up information on World War II and create a movie on it. They can upload their movie on Imovie, and edit it to make it look good.

Zon is a great way to use higher order thinking in technology. It is a computer game that helps people learn Chinese. In the game, people choose a character and can travel all around China. At each place, they have to interact with people, to find out what to do to complete a task. It takes a while to get the hang of it. It uses higher order thinking because people in the game speak Chinese to each other, and people have to figure out what they mean. Zon is a nice game that involves people to use their problem solving skills.


 * __Affirm Diversity:__**

Using Technology to affirm diversity is a great way to get across different genders or races to interept information. Teachers can show different audio files that explain a certain subject matter. Also, teachers can put up different links, so students have a better understanding of different cultures. When they learn about different cultures, they can accept them for who they are. One example that affirms diversity is the African American World link. The website goes into great detail about the history of African Americans. People get a good understanding on where they have come from, and how they faught their way through a lot of adveristy. Plus, students can learn about their culture. They will be able to understand African Americans better by learning about who they are. This technology gives awarness about African American people, and how they became who they are today.

__**Assistive Technologies:**__

Using assistive technologies in the classroom is a great thing to have. Every student is going to be different from one another and every student is going to learn differently than one another. For some students, it is hard to do simple activities that many of their peers can do. These technologies can help these certain students out. Some students can't express what they are thinking and some of the technologies today can help them out.

For example, some students have trouble to develop to speak when they are younger. It is hard for them to interact with teachers and students. Students can have a hard time trying to do their school work because they cannot communicate with people. Today there is a machine where a student can press a button, and the machine will say a certain word. It is a good way for them to get their voice heard. Also, there are schools that can't afford computers. Now they can give every student a new form of technology called the PC Tablet. It is a computer where students can write on them like a piece of paper, but are able to do other things that computers can do. Many school districts are starting to use them because they are cheap and help students learn technologies.