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Education and technology now work in tandem and is seeing more and more integration within our education system. We can safely say that this change from chalkboards to smart boards have grown significantly and swiftly in our higher education. Mcnergney and Kent in Will Technology Really Change Education name key advantages to the implementation of new technologies in classrooms. First improved digital technology allows educators “Monitoring success and showing areas of improvements,”(6) Monitoring and tracking individual students allows teachers to easily identify deficiencies in their students. As a result teachers are more effective because they can tailor and adapt their lessons plans to the specific needs. This access to data makes teachers better teachers. Without the advent of such technology teachers were left to their own devices in monitoring student success. New technology makes data more available analyzation easier and sets up teachers for greater success. This benefit also extends to students who can now receive better more individualized gauges of their success. Education and technology now work in tandem and is seeing more and more integration within our education system. We can safely say that this change from chalkboards to smart boards have grown significantly and swiftly in our higher education. Mcnergney and Kent in Will Technology Really Change Education name key advantages to the implementation of new technologies in classrooms. First improved digital technology allows educators “Monitoring success and showing areas of improvements,”(6) Monitoring and tracking individual students allows teachers to easily identify deficiencies in their students. As a result teachers are more effective because they can tailor and adapt their lessons plans to the specific needs. This access to data makes teachers better teachers. Without the advent of such technology teachers were left to their own devices in monitoring student success.