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I have been working for a global education company based in Southeast Asia for the past 4 years. My goal as a tech leader is to bring tech tools to developing countries where access to technology can sometimes be difficult. These are some of the tech tools that I like using and I think it will revolutionize language learning in international classrooms.

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Switch Chapter 1-2 Share a Bright Spot using the DISCUSSION BOARD section for discussing our reading. Tell the story of the successful use of technology in the schools that you have seen that has inspired you. I consider myself lucky and privileged as I had the opportunity to study in the U.S, learn from tech leaders and educators. My goal is to learn new practices and try to use them in developing countries like my home country, in North Africa. I teach at the University of Vermont and supervise the ELL practicum where future educators go to different schools in Vermont and I'm always amazed by the new technologies that are used in American classrooms. One of the tools I particularly liked and that can be used in ELL classrooms is Voicethread. I liked how students could learn, create their own presentations using powerpoints, videos, audio files, etc.. When I went back to Vietnam in the summer of 2018, I recommended that my ELL teachers use voicethread with their teen class...

DIGITAL EQUITY As an international student who's not very familiar with American schools, I thought I'd reflect on inequities in my home country since we follow the French educational system but when I start thinking about these inequities, I found out that they are pretty much the same. Inequity #1: Schools in rich neighborhoods get access to computers, tablets, and better infrastructure because of where the school is located. For Schools in poor neighborhoods, having a computer lab is a luxury they can't afford due to the lack of funding. Education is free and schools get pretty much the same amount of funding. I took an Education policy class last semester and learned that in the U.S, property taxes parents pay determine school funding, however, in Western European countries like France or Spain, schools are subsidized by the government and schools get money based on the number of students enrolled. Let's say that there are ...

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