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=** About Me: **= = =
 *  My name is Carol Mastromauro. I have been involved in the field of education for over thirty years. I have taught history and social studies classes at both Medford and Malden High. Here at Malden High I have taught all the core required classes as well as psychology, justice and government, global issues and AP world history. Presently I teach world history and I am the teacher leader of the social studies department. **


 * 2.1: The 21st Century Classroom **

The famous Bob Dylan line, "You better start swimmin' or you'll sink like a stone," is definitely appropriate for use to explain the explosion of the use of technology over just the past 10 years. It is almost unbelievable how much the internet has changed our lives. The most stunning changes are how we communicate with each other. While “snail” mail is on the decline; blogging, emailing and text messaging are exploding!! It seems our choice of research tools has changed from books to “Google” searches. Clearly the time spent in front of a computer has grown enormously. This fascination with technology has influenced our forms of entertainment such as video games and how we access music and movies. Clearly the classroom has to reflect these changes.