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In this class, we've learned much about how technology is incorporated into teaching in the "21st Century Classroom." From Microsoft Office to Digital Imaging, there are many ways that modern advances can be used in education. When I think of the combination of teaching and technology, my mind immediately goes to science. Virtual field trips, experiments that can't be completed in class, and online, interactive homework are ways in which this technology (specifically the Internet) could be used in a science class. In music classes, iPods could be used to download small lessons that students could listen to at any time. What about classes like English? It seems to me like these advances in education are primarly geared towards science and math classes, and more traditional methods of teaching will still reign in English and literature classes. Perhaps that's just the southern Wayne County in me being old-fashioned.