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Blog Entry 9

https://www.forbes.com/sites/ilkerkoksal/2019/07/08/8-ways-that-educational-technology-makes-learning-easier/#5833d7053bbd This article brought to light the positive affects of technology in the classroom for diverse learners. It discusses how every child learns differently, and using modern technology sort of "levels the playing field" if you will. It list 8 reasons that technology makes learning easier. The 8 ways included, virtually stimulating students who may learn best with that particular stimulation, the ability to earn online degrees, better communication between peers/teachers, having the ability for continuous assessments, having the access to Ebooks and advanced information, the ability to use self-guided learning, the fun factor, and the ease of access to information. All of these technological advances provides access and ease to an array of different learning types. Teachers can use these 8 ways to make sure that they are differentiating their technology in ...

Blog Post 8

https://www.theedadvocate.org/classroom-projects-for-a-digital-age/ This article shares ideas that a teacher or educator can use to increase the use of technology in the classroom. Gone are the days of children reading and using textbooks to learn and write. New aged classrooms are turning more and more to technology to increase in engagement and learning. There are many different ways to use technology in the classroom. A great way to increase collaboration in the classroom is by using technology driven project based learning. Setting students up in the groups to collaboratively use the computer to access information or games is a great way to not only increase technological skills but also social skills. Rather than having students create physical projects in class to present, why not have students create a multimedia presentation that they can present using their computer to the class. There are many ways that technology can increase learning and engagement. Creating fun games th...

Blog Entry 7

https://www.businessinsider.com/google-classroom-free-ed-tech-teacher-reaction-2018-11 This article states how clearly technology is growing in the classroom. It states, " Google says there are 80 million educators and students globally using G suite , which allows users to access Gmail, Google Cloud, Google Docs, and other productivity tools. There are 40 million global users of Google Classroom specifically." Chromebooks are dominating the tech side of schools and google classroom is the new textbook. Google classroom now dominates the tech classroom world because it was the first of it's kind and it's free. Schools and districts are in support of increase in technology because they believe that future careers will be primarily technologically based. Schools also appreciate the money saved on paper and not having a paper trail and storage problems at school. Chromebooks and google devices make up over half the tech market in school, coming in at 58%. In contrast,...