This document discusses the advantages of using educational technology tools in the classroom. It lists improved efficiency and productivity, enhanced product appearance, and more precise and relevant information as key advantages. It also allows for greater collaboration. The document then describes different types of materials generators, data collection and analysis tools, graphics tools, planning and organizing tools, research and reference tools, and content-area tools that can be used to support teaching and learning.

2. ADVANTAGES
IMPROVED EFFICIENCY AND
PRODUCTIVITY

3. ADVANTAGES
 ENHANCED PRODUCT
APPEARANCE

4. ADVANTAGES
 MORE PRECISE AND APTNESS OF
INFORMATION

5. ADVANTAGES
 MORE SUPPORT FOR
COLLABORATION

6. Materials
generators
Content
-area
tools

7. MATERIALS
GENERATORS
Allow the creation and use of
documents, web pages, test and
various lessons and exercises.

8. •ALLOWS TEACHERS TO COLLECT DATA
FROM STUDENTS;
•SUPPORTS DECISION-MAKING
•ALLOWS USERS TO ANALYZE DATA FROM
EXPERIMENTS AND RESEARCH
DATA COLLECTION AND
ANALYSIS TOOLS

9. •ALLOW USER TO CREATE ILLUSTRATIONS
FOR USE IN DOCUMENTS AND WEB PAGES;
CREATE VISUAL DATA SUMMARIES
GRAPHICS TOOLS

10. •HELP USER TO ORGANIZE IDEAS FOR WRITING AND
DISCUSSIONS
•HELP USER TO ORGANIZE, PLAN AND SCHEDULE
ACTIVITIESPLANNING AND
ORGANIZING TOOLS

11. •THESE ARE TOOLS THAT LET STUDENT LOOK UP
INFORMATION IN ELECTRONIC VERSIONS OF
ENCYCLOPEDIAS, ATLASES, AND
DICTIONARIES
RESEARCH AND
REFERENCE TOOLS

12. •SOME SOFTWARE TOOLS SUPPORT TASKS THAT ARE
SPECIFIC TO CONTENT AREAS SUCH AS: TECHNOLOGY
EDUCATION, MUSIC, READING, SCIENCE, MATHS,
SOCIAL STUDIES, FOREIGN LANGUAGES ETC.
CONTENT-AREA TOOLS