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=toc= =**Using Technology to Support Higher Order Thinking **=


 * Technology can be used to support higher order thinking by encouraging students to dig deeper into today's modern use of information and using it for themselves.
 * An example of technology that supports higher order thinking is the Lewis & Clark expedition website by Scholastic. This website puts the student back in the 1800's as a new reporter covering the Lewis & Clark story. the website takes you on a journey through the times of both struggles and adventure. It also requires you to know the basics about news reporting, and how to title and write a story that the general public would be excited to read about.

=Using Technology To Affirm Diversity =
 * Technology is used in several ways to affirm diversity. First, it is used to explore many different parts of today’s world. Many schools today have technologies that can assist special education students, or those with different forms of disability. The technology brings students together in a different, yet successful world of learning, and only makes school an easier task for the challenged. Technology has brought all forms of students closer together within the classroom.

**Using Technology To Support All Learners**
 * Technology assists students with disabilities in several different ways. Technology supports all learners no matter their circumstance. Whether the student is a future valedictorian, or a special needs student, there are tools that allow student to more easily understand, and follow the topic they are studying. Another piece of technology that has become extremely popular has been the device that allows a student to speak into it, and then transforms the sound into text. This piece is very useful with students who suffer with speech impediment.