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 * “We live in exponential times.” According to Karl Fisch’s “Did You Know? 3.0” video the amount of new technical information is doubling every two years (Fisch, 2008). As the level of new technology increases in our daily lives it also increases within our schools. Budgets are tough, but schools, administrators, and teachers do their best to keep up with the constant increase in knowledge and technology. Some schools have more technology available for student use than others. Teachers today are expected to meet the needs of current technology savvy students. Students use technology many different ways for personal and school use. Since technology is an aspect of students’ everyday lives, it is important for students to learn how to use the technology at their disposal to help improve their ways of learning.

It is often thought that with all the technology available it helps increase academic achievement among students. However, some studies involving the technology/achievement relationship concluded that in the United States it is either insignificant or had a negative relationship (Alsafran & Brown, 2012). In contrast, there are some studies that contradict this. A technology lit review done in 2002 uncovered many studies within the US that showed a positive relationship between technology use and academic achievement in multiple content areas. This review also found no decrease in achievement in most of their reports. However, a small number of studies that reported no relationship and determined that certain factors led to this result. These factors included software, subject areas, student population, the educator’s level of training, students’ access to technology, etc (Reichstetter, Lindblad, Overbay, & Dulaney).

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