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One could use technology in the classroom to affirm diversity by teaching students how to set up a web cam to be able to talk to students from different diversity backgrounds. That would be very beneficial because it would give the students a chance to talk to one another student to student and not just learn about it from a teacher or textbook. It would be a great way for both groups to learn. Wikkis would also be a great way to get students from different diversity backgrounds to collaborate their work with each other and work together. The great thing about using a wiki is that it gives the teacher the opportunity to tack what is being said. The teacher could post certain questions that the students would answer or request to start a discussion board to get students talking to each other one on one.

Technology can be used to address students with special needs such as ESL students by using OCR books. OCR books can be scanned and then read back to the student in their main language. It would be very beneficial for ESL students who arent very fluent yet in your classrooms main language to be able to keep up with the readings. After time it would be important to use less and less of the OCR books in order to make progress with the student. This would be a way to help the student ease into school and having to know and understand a language that isn't spoken at home.