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    Smart Classrooms         The Scenario Spokane's District 81 School Board has asked you to join" rel="nofollow">in their Technology Taskforce as a college or high school student-representative. The Technology Taskforce has been tasked with explorin" rel="nofollow">ing and updatin" rel="nofollow">ing the Board's stance on technology use in" rel="nofollow">in education. They are lookin" rel="nofollow">ing to make a more modern statement about technology in" rel="nofollow">in education, dealin" rel="nofollow">ing with a range of technology-related issues (see the list below). As the student-representative, your role with the taskforce is to provide a recommendation about one of the technology issues below. It's your choice. The School Board members are the audience. As the only student-representative on the taskforce, the Board is in" rel="nofollow">interested in" rel="nofollow">in your experience as a student, as well as your in" rel="nofollow">insight and response to two early articles about the affects of the in" rel="nofollow">internet, "Is Google Makin" rel="nofollow">ing Us Stupid?" by Nicolas Carr and "Get Smarter" by Jamais Cascio. Your recommendation must make a claim about an issue (your thesis) and support it with your experience and the two articles. You have a special in" rel="nofollow">insight as a student or former student. Whether you are from Spokane, a different town, a private school or were home schooled, use the experience as an advantage to your ethos! If you recently attended high school, then you have an accurate view of students today; if you went to high school long ago, then maybe you could use the experience section to argue for the need for more technology literacy in" rel="nofollow">in the classroom or less of it in" rel="nofollow">in order to acquire a good foundation. The poin" rel="nofollow">int is that your experience can easily be use to support a variety of positions. Your recommendation can be in" rel="nofollow">in favor or again" rel="nofollow">inst an issue. A middle ground might be