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Students want to know how American schools use educational technology. There is not a simple answer. It depends on the subject and level of students, of course. But it also depends on the (26) and training of the teachers, and the goals and (27) of the schools. Schools are almost all connected to the Internet. But some have more technology, and use it more than others. For example, some schools use computers for activities like video conferencing, to bring the world into the classroom. And some classrooms are (28) things like a Smart Board, a kind of interactive whiteboard. Interactive whiteboards are large displays for (29) . They are connected to a computer and can be (30) by touch. They can be used for (31) or writing or to project video. Some teachers are trying (32) new ways to teach with devices like iPods and mobile phones. But educators say the most important thing, as always, is the (33) . Yet technology can have special importance in some cases. Cosmobot is a therapy robot. It stands about half a meter tall and has a blue body and a friendly face with big eyes. One child who works with it has (34) impairment of performance; he has difficulty moving his mouth and tongue. He works with Carole Semango-Sprouse as he interacts with the Cosmobot during therapy for his condition. Here, he uses a set of buttons (35) a computer to make the silent robot move forward, backward or around in circles.

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