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How Technology has helped Educators
== The internet started off as a network of four computers at the University of California in Los Angeles, in 1969. It has turned into more than 350 million users today, giving educators and students endless possibilities. Today most occupations involve the use of computers on a daily basis, as computers and computer related technologies advances it is essential that we gain some level of computer literacy to survive and incorporating it into our classrooms is a necessity. ==

== Students and teachers now have a variety of choices when it comes to communication and teaching. Students can take online classes or be home schooled and never set foot into a classroom and communicate via email, video-chat, or videoconferencing. Teachers can chose computer software programs and incorporate digital and multimedia into their classrooms increasing creativity and hands on-learning. Computers have morphed into communication devices used for media creation, learning, and so much more. This gives students and educators the ability to become more socially aware of worldwide issues. ==

== As a future educator I would like to use technology to increase children's awareness about on going social and environmental issues going on around them daily. New technologies like prezi's, wiki's, voki's, and blogs can help introduce technology into your classroom. ==

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