How can technology add value to a lesson and enhance lesson delivery?

Technology aids the personalization of lessons.

Enhancement encourages the use of technology to add-value by allowing students to explore, create and problem-solve (higher-level thinking)

• Digital technology use for creating and exploring rather than Drill and Practice, have been found to positively effect student achievement while drill and practice has had negative effects on student achievement scores (National Association of Educational Progress, NAEP via Wenglinsky, 2006).  

• Supporting or scaffolding technology that creates opportunities for children deepen their learning through social use (e.g., Hirsh-Pasek et al., 2015; Guernsey,2012; Takeuchi & Stevens, 2011). 

• Value-added strategies such as promoting student self-reflection, self-assessment, and self-explanation through technology can enhance learning outcomes (Means et al. 2009).

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