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__Technology related to Higher-Order Thinking:__ Technology can be used to support a higher-order thinking. When using a higher-order of thinking you look at an idea or a certain thing and explain it more, like elaborate on it and actually use it in a way. So when incorporating technology in a higher-order of thinking your using the technology to more or less help explain the higher order of thinking for that idea or project. One technology that supports higher-order of thinking would be Zon. This website helps you understand and use Chinese. This would be used as a higher order of thinking because your taking Chinese and expanding your knowledge with it, by being creative and even doing fun activities online on this website. It would let you play different games, or help you understand people's jobs or customs in China. So now you don't just know the language your actually using it and learning even more by using this technology. Here is the website below so that you can look around and see for yourself! [|Zon]

__Using Technology to Affirm Diversity__ Technology can be used to affirm diversity in a great way. With technology you can learn and than teach these different kinds of cultures to your classroom. In your classroom your going to have kids of different diversities. I think that you should talk about all different kinds of cultures and also do activities to make learning about them fun. You would get this information from the tons of different websites about diversity. One technology that you could use to affirm diversity is National Geographic for Kids. In this website you can learn about the different countries and their culture and customs. This would be useful because it has different facts about each country and it even has pictures. So you could use this technology to get information than apply it into your classroom. []

__Using Technology to Support All Learners__ Technology can be used to support learners with special needs in many kinds of ways. There are some websites about it, learning how to address certain subjects with different kinds of special needs. I think technology is helpful for teachers especially when working with younger kids, you could use these websites as a reference to get assignments that address there certain needs. There is a blog about all different kinds of special needs you would run into with websites attached to it. This would be very help it has information from blind and deaf students to Physically challenged students. []