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Technology and Academic Achievement



This article focused on the small amount of research being done on how technology improves academic achievement. A few studies showed when teachers used simulations on a computer for problem solving the student's math scores improved by a lot. Although there were other studies suggested incorporating computers had negative effect on the students than if the teachers did not use computers. Obviously today there are more researches being done on technology and the benefits when incorporating it into a classroom. Like in the Digital Natives Web 2.0 lecture talked about how technology had influenced the way the world communicates. It is going to continue to change and if we do not prepare ourselves and our students for upcoming changes we will not have a successful society.