Technology+to+Support+Higher+Order+Thinking+(J.K.)

This page will answer many questions: 
 * How can technology be used to support higher-order thinking?
 * Give an example of a technology that supports higher-order thinking and be specific in describing HOW it supports higher-order thinking.

Technology can be used in many different ways to help support higher order thinking. The idea of higher order thinking is to allow students to engage in problem solving and think about real world problems. The goal is that the students will evaluate and solve the problem, but allow students to build off that experience to build their own questions off the initial question. Today's technology is so diverse that the possibilities are endless. The technology can support higher order think by guiding the students in the right path, but allow them the opportunity to seek further questions and answers. Technology can also help students see cause and effect relationships between ideas. One example of a technology that supports higher order thinking is a computer program called Making History, which allows students to take roles as key leaders of countries during the second world war. There are rules to the game as variables of income, resources, time, and causality limits. This allows students to have to make decisions that do not form a linear path, but a path that looks more like a web. Technology shows the students that there are many different solutions to any given problem and how certain solutions can cause desirable and undesirable effects.

__Using Technology to Affirm Diversity:__

 * How can technology be used to affirm diversity?
 * Give an example of a technology that affirms diversity and be specific in describing HOW it affirms diversity.

Technology can be used to affirm diversity, by using it as a tool to take a look into another persons culture or life. You can take a interactive tour on the struggles of a people, or play a game with questions based on race, gender, ect. An example of a technology that affirms diversity is google's language tools. It can allow any different people, all with a different language to access the the power search engine. Also it is great because it allows others to learn a little more on the language of others, and can even start to learn a little of the language. 

__Using Technology to Support All Learners:__
Talk about the importance of Assistive Technologies in the classroom to support learners with special needs.
 * How can technology be used to address the needs of learners with special needs?
 * Give an example and explain how it would support students with special/diverse needs in your future classroom?

Technology can be used to help students with special needs in many ways. Students that have a difficult time reading, might get some help through interactive books that not only contains all the words the traditional book contains, but speaks with the reader as to make sure they are following along. Technology is a way to help students that have a difficult time with problems, to continue to keep up, and continue to learn.