The first thing about using technology in the classroom is that the teacher has to be familiar with the technology. The teacher has to learn how to  use it before using it effectively in the classroom. One practical way to start is with the use of graphing calculators which are more common now in high school classrooms. By giving the students equations and then analyzing the graphs for example, we will be giving them a tool for more thinking not just a mechanical tool. Some classrooms are adopting the use of iPads in the classroom in which we can download a free app for a graphing calculator. I like to give my students equations and then ask them to make up problems that could go with the graph. I also like to show them all of the different tools in the graphing calculator for them to analyze the different parts of the graph.