Tools in the classroom

Technology can be used to address different tasks that are used in the educational process:

• Content Exploration Tasks (Google earth, Grammar girl podcasts on Itunes)
• Production Tasks
• Communication Tasks
• Data Production and Analysis Tasks
• Productivity Tasks

Content Exploration is probably the most familiar type of educational task.

• Reference
• Drill & Practice
• Tutorial
• Games (Oregon Trail, Carmen Sandiego)
• Simulations
• Open-Ended (geo cache for a field trip, GPS, Google Earth, Google Sketch up)