The good and bad of technology

Reasons to consider technologically-based products:

• engaging and fun

Drawbacks:

• too advanced
• access
• preference
• malfunctions
• can hurt development in a certain aspect of student learning (spelling)

Affects three E's:

• enhancing because allows more development of a topic
• efficient if teacher knows what they're doing

Examples of three E's:

• digital story
• blogs
• webquest
• prezi/powerpoint (with action buttons!)
  

Helpful hints:

• when you are going to have students work on a computer, check ahead of time to make sure technology works
• when using powerpoint, you can create an action button by right clicking on a shape, select hyperlink, and click the page you want it to refer back to