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Here is the LINK to my digital movie.
 * Digital Storytelling Project**

I ask because I feel that it is extremely important to have up-to-date technology available to both teachers and students in the classroom. We are teaching a technology-centered generation of learners who are constantly plugged into some kind of technology. They are constantly texting, Tweeting, playing video games, listening to music, on the computer, and much more. The best way to engage these learners in a classroom is by incorporating technology into the lessons. The students understand how to use it and they love it. It also helps cater to the different types of learners: visual, auditory, and kinesthetic. Many educational games engage the students senses by having them listen to something, see something, and do something, all while learning. It supports a UDL curriculum, helping teachers meet the learning needs of all of their students.  I am looking for a Special Education position, so having up-to-date technology available to them is extremely important. Students who have verbal disabilities can communicate by using specially designed technology that speaks for them. This gives them independence in the classroom because they no longer have to rely on an aid to talk for them. Students with muscular disorders who cannot walk can use electronic wheel chairs to get around, providing them with the freedom they deserve. Technology also helps students with visual disabilities read words on computer screens by enlarging the print or reading the text out loud so they can listen to it. Students who have a learning disability can receive the individual instruction they need from technology because it can help them with the content they are struggling with. So technology is important in both general and special education. It meets every student’s learning needs while engaging them in a way they are used to. Technology is the key to educating the future. It is all around us. So it is extremely important that classrooms are equipped with up-to-date technology for both the teachers and the students in order to keep up to speed with the changing society that surrounds us.
 * Final Exam Reflection **


 *  My belief on the importance of technology in education has not changed. I still feel that, especially in Special Education, technology is a vital tool to their learning. It gives them freedom and provides them with opportunities to live a normal life. This course has not changed my opinion on technology in the classroom, but it has enhanced it. I now have a greater passion for making sure that I have technology available to me in my future classrooms. I want to do everything in my power to give my Special Education students the technology they need to thrive and to learn. I have learned that not only is technology important to help the students, it is a vital way of engaging them. I have learned all about the generation of learners who are currently in school, and how technology is the key to successfully educating them. The way students learn is changing, as is our society and the technology that surrounds us. So, as a future teacher, I am glad that I have learned about the importance of technology in education. I have always had a difficult time with computers and getting technology to work for me, but I now know that I am going to have to start practicing to prepare for my career! **