Multi means many, and according to Sir Edward B. Tyler, culture defines as culture or civilization, taken in its wide ethnographic sense, is that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society. And University of Wyoming defined Culture as, the values, traditions, norms, customs, arts, history, folklore, and institutions that a group of people who are unified by race, ethnicity, language, nationality, or religion share. The goals of multicultural education are multicultural knowledge, educational equity, working with cultural pluralism, empowerment, and social action. Through the education, students will understand, learn, relate, connect, synthesize, compare, transfer, respond, and express.
Technology and multicultural education can be important in engaging students around cultural artifacts to help facilitate and bridge access to language, literacy, math, science, and the arts.
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