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Digital Resources in the Classroom

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OK, let's be honest most students love learning using technolog y. As soon as you mention an activity that involves the use of a laptop or an iPad, their interest multiplies by 100%. This is one of the reasons why I am always searching the web for new programs and websites that will intrigue their curiosity and help them to explore a concept further.  Once you have planted the seed and curiosity is activated , they are like little sponges waiting to soak up all they can discover! It is important to continue to scaffold their learning by asking the why questions . "Why do you think they need that? Why does it work that way?" I remember very clearly when my son was a toddler, every time I explained something to him, his response would be an instinctual "But why?" I found myself giving explanation after explanation but still getting the same response, "But why?" I now know that this was his innate curiosity about the world he lived in and a way for h