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**Week 2 update: **
 This week's readings focus on the positive effect of technology implementation in promoting student gains in higher order thinking skills. To support their claims the authors cite research done in this area (Schacter, 1999). Some of the reasons for the positive correlation between technology use and student achievement according to research, is that technology improves communication for teachers, parents and students, allows for more individualization and more engagement, and when students are allowed to set some of their own learning goals, their motivation is higher than when they pursue only teacher-set goals (Home & Murphy, 1983).  To reap the most benefits from technology implementation in the classroom, teachers should address their students needs from a "Universal Design for Learning" point of view, that revolves around putting in place a framework for creating flexible goals, methods, materials, and assessments that accommodate learner differences. Teaching effectively, within a a UDL framework requires a paradigm shift on the part of teachers and administrators, but beyond that, it forces us to "reconsider the way curriculum is designed and the way schooling is conducted” (Rose & Meyer, 2002).