Why do we need technology?

Fact 15

The typical middle or high school English language arts classroom has students with varying needs. Because it's difficult for teachers to teach at 15 different levels, they often end up shooting for the middle and hoping for the best. What else can they do?

Adaptive technology, using software that constantly assesses students as they learn, is able to respond instantaneously to student progress and deliver instruction and practice at the optimal level. If a 9th grader who reads on a 3rd grade level is reading an article about the War of 1812, adaptive technology knows to give him a version of that article that is on his reading level and to provide the necessary background knowledge to make him successful. If a student is struggling with silent es, the computer will recognize that and provide instruction and guided practice until the student masters the skill.