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EDLD 5364 Teaching with Technology Week 1 update: In order for technology to be effective in the classroom, students must be given real world problems to solve. They should be able to consult with professionals in their community and collaborate with peers to come up with solutions to present to the world. This form of learning promotes the Constructivist Theory. This theory states that students learn best when they are able to use their prior knowledge to build new knowledge. Web 2.0 tools such as wikis, blogs, and teacher tube allow students to accomplish this in a variety of ways and I believe these tools will have the greatest impact on education in the future. Some educators still believe that if they are not lecturing, and their students are not taking notes, then they are not doing their jobs. This theory relieves teachers of that worry. Students learn best when they are able to communicate with their peers and present solutions to problems in a variety of ways. Connectivity Theory states that learning and knowledge rests in the diversity of opinions, and is a process of connecting information sources. When students have the ability to hear a variety of opinions other than their own, and they can make judgments base on several information streams, then their learning increases exponentially. Another theory called Cyborg Theory promotes the idea that as technology becomes more complex, so do human beings. In the future, technology will drive student achievement.