- The impact of the various technology tools you encounter on the teaching and learning process

Advances in technology have had a tremendous impact on society. The Internet has changed how we communicate, learn, and conduct our business and personal affairs. In the educational community, the level of technology integration can deeply affect what teachers do and what their students experience. Within the last two decades, affordable technology has allowed schools to experience a growing investment in technology for the teaching/learning process. Because technology is changing so rapidly, it "… is causing more and more confusion about the best way to use it in schools" (Bailey 1997, p. 57). The ways that teachers incorporate technology into their teaching and classroom may deeply affect what they do and what their students experience (Sheingold & Hadley, 1990).