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 **@Home** **Personal Technology Statement**

** I believe that it is essential for each child to be computer literate in order to interact successfully in today's highly technological society. According to the No Child Left Behind Act, all children should be computer literate by the time they reach the eighth grade. In addition one of the goals of the NCLB technology statement is to improve the instruction of elementary and secondary students through the use of technology (2001).The use of computers to explore the world wide web opens up a myriad of opportunities for the students to learn more and a faster pace than ever before. Now when they are assigned a topic for research they reach for the computer to search the internet before going to the library. Computers make it possible for students to take Virtual field trips and communicate with children from other countries via email. **

**According to the National education technology plan most students already have 24 hours a day access to computers and the world wide web, therefore educators need to take advantage of this resource and use it in order to improve instruction and increase student achievement.(2010)**

**Integrating technology in the classroom will also allow teachers to assess their students more accurately and in a variety of forms including computer games that will provide immediate feedback to the teacher and student concerning the student’s mastery of the information that they are learning. (2010).** **It is our responsibility as educators to make sure that we provide computer integrated instruction whenever possible. It is essential that we utilize the vast technological resources in order to provide the best instruction in all subjects that we know that students need to master.**

**__References__** **U. S. Department of Education, (2001). //No child left behind// Retrieved from** [|**https://learn.uark.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tabGroup=courses&url=%2Fwebapps%2Fblackboard%2Fcontent%2FcontentWrapper.jsp%3Fcontent_id%3D_226023_1%26displayName%3DLinked%2BFile%26course_id%3D_8260_1%26navItem%3Dcontent%26attachment%3Dtrue%26href%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.ed.gov%252Fpolicy%252Felsec%252Fleg%252Fesea02%252Fpg34.html**]

**U. S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Technology. (2010). National education technology plan 2010 Retrieved from** [|**http://www.ed.gov/sites/default/files/netp2010.pdf**]