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Assignment: Computer Science Dictionary Research Focus Report
You will select and evaluate a technological application (interactive web site or app) for your content area to determine whether it will provide you with valid support to use for your instruction.
You will have three minutes on Day 8 to give a synopsis of the technology you have researched, with particular emphasis on the classroom applications, benefits, drawbacks, and difficulties in your content area. Suggestions for monitoring and adjusting if the technology fails should also be included as well as how the application meets the standards in your content area.
Type a Report. Summarize the information gathered from the web site/app and "Critical Technology Evaluation," and address the criteria below.
I. Standards:
A. Items to explain:
Question 1. How will this application help meet the standards/goals/learning objectives of the class?
II. Possible Classroom Applications:
A. Items to explain:
Question 1. How will the application be used in the classroom?
Question 2. What type of preparation work is required of the teacher to use this application?
Question 3. How will the students use the application? You can give details with a particular lesson or unit.
III. Benefits:
A. Items to explain:
Question 1. Describe two benefits of using the application in the classroom. These benefits could be to the teacher and/or students.
IV. Drawbacks/Difficulties:
A. Items to explain:
Question 1. Describe two drawbacks or difficulties of using the application in the classroom. These drawbacks or difficulties could be to the teacher and/or students.
V. Ways to Monitor/Adjust
A. Items to explain:
Question 1. What are two ways the teacher can monitor and adjust when the application does not work correctly for the teacher and/or the students?