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Effective use of technology point blank increases student motivation and success in all subjects according to the readings this week. Students working collaboratively in groups is more effective than the traditional teach led lecture way of teaching. Problem solving skills in non-traditional students increased with effective use of technology in the classroom. Students learn more faster and learning is more meaningful to students with they have ownership over their own learning. Test scores also increased according to the data presented. I feel that if we can challenge classroom teachers today to just incorporate a litte more technology, that it would sell itself. We would see increased student achievement and teachers would be motivated themselves to change how they teach and how students learn.

Page, M. S. (2002). Technology-enriched classrooms: Effects on students of low socioeconomic status. //Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 34//(4), 389–409. Retrieved October 5, 2009 from the International Society of Education at http://www.iste.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Number_4_Summer_20021&Template=/MembersOnly.cfm&ContentFileID=830