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https://twitter.com/edtechh/status/1140868691866898433

 This article discusses several advantages to modern day use of technology in the classroom- some which I have never thought of. One advantage it discusses is allowing students to submit their work online and then receive their grades in real-time. Gone are the days where students had to wait weeks to get their papers back. Another advantage is the increase of communication between the students and teachers. If a student has question on an assignment, the teacher can quickly reply without stopping class or long-winded answers. This opens the door to not only communicating about school work but also personal or social problems in school. A third advantage of technology used in the classroom is the obvious less paper use and providing students with interactive textbooks and models. The last advantage this article discussed is the use of English translating websites and apps that allow foreign students to learn and receive better education by utilizing these tools. All of these advantages introduces effective ways of learning and teaching in a modern day classroom. 
Khan Academy is an educational tool that I plan to use in my classroom. Khan Academy has a large library of educational videos that I believe will be a great tool to use for my lessons. After teaching a lesson and having group discussions, before students are to work independently, I could find a short video that pertains to the lesson taught and use it for reinforcement and differentiation approach. 
Being that a lot of my tests and quizzes are given online, a concern I have would be that students would use this sight to find information needs for a test or quiz. Also, students may use their independent work time in class to try to achieve more tokens. 

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