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This article discussed the importance of parental involvement in special education. Several ways to support families were discussed. In the conclusion the author indicates that teachers should work with parents to build positive relationships and leave behind assumptions about parents.

This article discusses the struggle that some teachers face, when deciding whether or not to incorporate technology in their classroom. As the article discusses the pros and cons to digital use, interesting perspectives are given. In conclusion the article determines that it's not if technology should be in the classroom, but more how much of it and when.

This was interesting and I agree with the statement of how much and when to use technology.

This article talks about the differences between males and females regarding this question: "Do male students have more confidence in using technology for learning than female students?" The study talked about was done in Hong Kong, this specific study found that both men and women like to learn using technology unlike in other studies done on this topic it was found that women are relatively new to the school setting and still have some of the old mindset, that women should only learn certain things and technology is more for males. Many students in Hong Kong and all over the world use technology every day, and gender doesn't matter.

I would agree that gender should not matter.

The article discusses some barriers that teachers may face when integrating technology into their classroom. It then discusses some ways to overcome these barriers. Lastly, the article identifies several current knowledge gaps pertaining to the barriers and strategies of technology integration, and offers recommendations for future research.

I wish I could have read the article. I sounded interesting.

This article focuses on the affect that adventure learning (or distance learning) has on motivation and learning outcomes among middle school students. This technology forum provides them with opportunities to learn about world issues as they are happening while getting to experience them online through the use of Google maps, audio recordings, and daily emails directly from their teacher. The research from this article found positive correlations between adventure learning as a form of technology in the classroom and increased student motivation.

That is really exciting as more schools are using this technology.

This study examined ten teachers' use of technology for five years following initial certification. Only one in ten reached the highest of the five stages the authors used to "grade" the teachers' use of technology. Researchers (e.g. Russell, Bebell, O'Dwyer, & O'Connor, 2003) have pointed to the need for teacher education and professional development programs to provide the time to implement the technology to allow for more ownership of how to teach with the technology.

This article speaks on the what students really think about technology. While most are excited and love the fact they can use computers and internet to find answers, some are worried about the freedom. They may feel there is more opportunities to be distracted or mislead in the information they gather. Also, the online classes are too easy for young students as they don't really have to learn anything when they can take the test with their notes in front of them. There are positives and negatives about using technology in the classroom and students who really want to learn are finding them both.

This article describes a teaching experience in which information and communication technologies were applied in five industrial engineering courses at the Universidad de Tarapaca in Chile. The paper compares the performance and course pass rates of the e-learning platform and portable pocket PC platform with those of the same courses teaching in traditional classroom methods. Two of the courses involving 62 students used an e- learning platform and its associated pedagogical model, while the other three, covering 110 students, employed a portable Pocket PC platform and a collaborative pedagogical model. The results show that there is no statistical evidence that technology rise the students marks, but did reveal significant improvements in course pass rates.

This is really interesting as there are many people who would agree that technology does not have a significant impact in improving grades.

This article discusses why Net Geners feel that technology is important, and that they don't multitask constantly because they can't focus on one thing at a time, but rather they need to accomplish a number of things and have been trained to do so by multitasking. It is discussed the amount of time spent on different technologies available to them. This article also discusses some teachers feelings with the learning style of bringing technology into the classroom.

In this article, the author describes why technology is extremely important when used in the classroom, because it enhances learning. Using interviews, questionnaires, and observations, the author shows the problems of teachers and students, regarding accessibility, and how we should use technology as a tool.

This article focuses on understanding the differences between the teachers and students acceptance for technology in the classroom, as it is found that many of the teachers are found to use technology in the classroom and the children increasingly using technology outside of the classroom. While reading this article it will help better understand the new learners in the classroom and provide them with better technology.

This article speaks about all the educational data that is being collected but not used. Virginia has created an app to make that information accessible to parents. This allows them to use the data to choose which school they want to send their children to. I think all states should create an app like this to make sure data is being utilized and also to bring light to the schools who need more help.