Evaluating Educational Technology

1. EVALUATING EDUCATIONAL
TECHNOLOGY
REPORTED BY
:
GIO NIDUA
III – Social Studies Major

2. 5 TIPS OF EVALUATING EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY:
1. Use checklist, rating scale and rubrics in a relation
to outcomes and standards.
2. Use simple formats that can be understood by the
students.
3. Insure that various skills that students need to
demonstrate are clearly, specific and observable.
4. Insure that checklist, rating scale and rubrics are
properly dated to track students progress history.
5. Leave appropriate space remarks and comments.

3. CHECKLIST
 A tool that indicate specific criteria that
allows students to keep track of things they
need to complete and perform.
 Used by teachers to judge or evaluate the
knowledge and skills performed by the students
which are related to pre – determined learning
outcomes.

4. RATING SCALE
 A tool that allows teachers to indicate the
degree point/ observation equivalent to0 the
behavior or skills displayed by the learners.

5. RUBRICS
 Define as scoring guides which consists of
specific pre – determined performance criteria
and use in evaluating student work and
performance.
 Grade in precise manner.

6. ASSESSMENT

7. 1 – 5 ( True or False)
1. Educational technologies and software evaluation
are essential in the process of technology integration
in education.
2. Educational technology must be at the right level or
age of the learners.
3. Educational technology should not help meet the
learning outcomes.
4. Educational technology is being evaluated before
instruction, during instruction, and after instruction.
5. During instruction the teacher should continue to
observe and access the effective educational
technology being implemented in the classroom use.

8. 6 – 10 (Identification)
6. Refers to the information that may assist the teacher in
the installation of the software.
7. Refers to the service that hardware, software the
company provide whenever the user encounters technical
problem.
8. The teacher has to determine if its related to the
curriculum, school, standards and instructional
objectives.
9. The teacher has to evaluate if the software matches the
student current competency or skills level in achieving a
particular outcomes.
10. The software should be user friendly for both the
teachers and the students yet sustains student interest
and attitude of being challenged.

9. 11 – 15 (Enumeration)
11 – 12. Give at least two assessment that may be given to
the students.
13 – 15. Give the three evaluation tools.

10. Key to Correction:
1 – 5. (True or False)
1. True
2. True
3. False
4. True
5. True
6 – 10. (Identification)
6. Documentation
7. Technical support
8. Content
9.Ability levels and assessment
10. Ease of use

11. 11 – 15. (Enumeration)
11 – 12.Traditional, Alternative, project – based,
Portfolio
13 – 15. Checklist, Rating scale, Rubrics