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Learning new skills and information can be one of the most time-consuming actions toengage in. Students can be considered the biggest contributor to this. It is very vital for schoolsto ensure that students are receiving the right tools to successfully motivate and further theirstudies. This study has been designed to measure the effects of technology that students are beingexposed to within K-12 level classrooms and whether it affects the student’s willingness toparticipate and ability to learn topics being taught in their respective grade level. The method ofresearch consisted of six interviews with teachers who are first-hand observing the effectstechnology exposure has had on their students and whether improvements or disadvantages arebeing experienced by these students. The teachers who were interviewed are from a variety ofschools within the Inland Empire of California to better understand the effects of technologyintegration across all content areas and analyze how educators are contributing to a student’sability to learn new curriculum. These interviews consist of personal experiences from teacherswhere successes and setbacks have been observed, analyzing different types of technology usedin their classrooms, and whether they feel they received sufficient training to guide their'scholars' to success. Readers of this study will be able to better comprehend the benefits and anyeffects take-home laptops, tablets, uses for online websites and further tech has had on thestudents of today.