Research

= = =**Technology As A Classroom Tool** = = = =**Research has shown that technology can be used a classroom tool to enhance student learning. Technology not only gives students access to information, but it helps them to learn how to analyze large quantities of information. Technology helps students solve complex problems that require cross-content knowledge. Using technology helps teachers meet the needs of all students and develop their individual potential. Research shows that technology helps meet the common core standards by using a 21st century approach. **=

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= = =**There is also evidence to support the instructional power of digital games and social networking as a teaching and learning tool.** **Research has shown that the interaction that social networking provides is a powerful way for students to learn from one another. Certain digital games can be a powerful tool to teaching and learning for the following reasons:** = =**• teaches students about the skill of negotiation,** = =**• teaches students how to solve problems collaboratively, and** = =**• teaches students to be mindful of their actions/impact on others (an attribute of Systems Thinking).** = []

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