Use of Technology for Literacy Learning: 04

The Teacher's Role in Choosing and Using Technology

Evaluating Technological Applications

To evaluate technological applications for your classroom, answer the following questions:

Does the application

  • address content that is needed in this curriculum?
  • motivate students to learn the content?
  • clarify the concept for the student in some way?
  • lend itself to use in your classroom structure?

Is the application

  • easy to implement?
  • instructionally sound?
  • cost-effective?
  • more effective than other possible approaches to the task?

Taken from Burns/Roe/Smith Teaching Reading in Today's Elementary Schools, Eighth Edition. Boston, MA: Houghton-Mifflin Company, 2002. Chapter 11, pages 410-440