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High Tech
Computers are wonderful and are often seen as the ultimate tool for learning. This unfortuntely is not always the truth for every student. Computers can promote distractibility and ultimately make tasks more difficult by providing too many options. Computers also take away from hands on interaction with learning content and ideas that are beneficial to multi-sensory learning.

Best use of computers is based on instructional activities and the tasks contained within them. Skill building along with practice to master basic use of the computer is essential for expanding and successfull use of the computer as a learning tool. Think about what you need to do in and for the instructional activity. Write down your thoughts? Take notes? Organize information? Edit your writing? The specifics of each task will require slightly different though by far no less important basic skill development.