"Technology can help visual students by allowing pictures and other visual aids to be used in the classroom. The teachers can use a lot of colors in their presentations by using computers more than they can by using the white board or the black board because computers have many color options that instructors can utilize. Programs like Microsoft PowerPoint and Microsoft Word are good examples of applications that have many color options". -Web 2.0 and Emerging Learning Technologies and Learning Styles
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I completely agree with this quote because technology truly has a great impact on our lives. Twenty first century children need to know how to use the technology in this world. If teachers use more technology in their classrooms, these children would know more about the world they are growing up in. Though it may be interesting for our generation to do things on the computer, it may not be for children. Teachers must include various pictures and colors. Computers have many more options to use than a chalkboard or dry-erase board. There are also several more activities students can use on a computer rather than sitting at their desk with a bland grey pencil and plain white paper. New technology makes classrooms much more interesting for students of all ages.
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"Learning with 'e's." Learning with 'e's. N.p.,
n.d. Web. 12 Sept. 2012. <http://steve-wheeler.blogspot.com/>.
"Web 2.0 and Emerging Learning Technologies/Learning
Styles - Wikibooks, open books for an open world." Wikibooks. N.p., n.d.
Web. 12 Sept. 2012. <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Web_2.0
Yes! The multimodal capabilities afforded by the Internet can help teachers address the learning styles of all learners!
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