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iii. The Central Issue: //Using technology to promote social justice//
===iv. Technology facilitates powerful modes of syncronous and asyncronous communication that can be used in the classroom to help students inquire about issues that are important to them. After exploring issues from local, regional and global perspectives students can use technology to create authentic work that can influence current societal conditions.===

===v. The use of technology by students and teachers in the classroom can customize the standard MLR curriculum. Also, students can explore current issues EX (immigration, environmental issues...) and then publish a product that contributes knowledge to the collective.===

===vi. When working on social justice issues it is important to be aware of parental comfort zones, the nature of the issue and the details of what students are researching EX( the websites they are accessing).===

vii. Individual personal reflections - What we got out of our research
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