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Digital Technology in Education
Schools now are starting to implement technology into the classroom, which is a huge change verses the 20th century, and allows student to be more interactive and connected in the classroom to the World Wide Web. As technology becomes more advanced, user friendly, and accessible it becomes very easy for students to use, and as programs become available school divisions have started to implement this into the classroom and the learning process.

Many people are worried that by implementing technology into the classroom students will learn straight from a virtual world and in the process will forget about reality.

Recent Changes
Some examples of recent changes of technology in the classroom are the following:
 * 1) Use of Computers, laptops, and tablets.
 * 2) Interactive whiteboards.
 * 3) Blogs and other Social Media.
 * 4) Audio and Video. Podcast, Youtube, Webcams, ect

Advantages of Using Digital Technology
The Pros of using Technology in the classroom setting include:
 * Expands knowledge of current situations, global events, and instant communication using various social medias, e.g. Blog, Facebook, Twitter.
 * More interesting and interactive for the students to become engaged into.
 * Different media representation allows student to use different voices as a way of communicating knowledge, and can activate a variety of different learning methods.

Disadvantages of Using Digital Technology
The Cons of using Technology in the classroom setting include:
 * Teaching becomes less of a profession and becomes a more technological based field
 * Students lack the social skills required for many "real life" situations, e.g. Public speaking, Interview, Confrontation skills
 * Students have difficulty separating virtual world from real world.