The document defends the use of technology in educational institutions. It argues that technology provides competitive advantages by allowing for more detailed monitoring of student needs and access to greater resources. When used properly, technology can motivate students and accommodate different learning styles.

1. VISION
STATEMENT. Defending the use of technology
in educational institutions.
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2. Technologically savvy students consistently bring increasingly
more advanced skills into the classroom.
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3. Utilizing educational technology provides an institution, whose
ultimate purpose is to create an impact in a student’s life,
a competitive advantage.
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4. The use of educational technology is both a motivating and structured
process that allows for more detailed monitoring and preparation
of each individual student’s current and future needs.
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5. Educational technology can benefit students and organizations by
ensuring that each student has access to more resources and
opportunities than previously allowed through a single medium.
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6. Technology allows children to respond and represent learning
in ways that fit their individual learning styles.
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7. This use of educational technology often provides students
with more confidence, curiosity, creativity, independence,
cooperation, and persistence.
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8. Educational technology is used to ensure educational systems
are continually seeking the improvement of students through
the teaching of relevant skills.
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9. Educational technology should be utilized and viewed based on the
theories and practices associated with the advancement
and development of a learner in modern times.
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10. Educational organization’s innovation and strategy is truly effective
when it allows teachers to continually make an impact through
the use of educational technology.
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11. In the end, educational technology changes the way teachers
assess students, evaluate programs, and reach students
with different learning styles.
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