Evaluating Educational Technology Applications (20 Marks)
Candidates have to search and choose five new educational applications that are related to the subjects they are teaching at their schools. They have to apply the educational applications they found interesting to use in their classroom to teach their students using technology.
Explain the idea of these applications used, whether in the classroom for asynchronous self-learning or for synchronous learning Online (5 grades).
– Specify the age groups to which these applications are suitable (2 points)
List the positives and benefits of these applications in education (5 points)
List the downsides of these applications for each
– Students (2 points)
– Teachers (2 points)
-Parents (2 points)
– Which app do you recommend using? And why? (2 ;points).
    The Learning Out that covers this assignment: (L.O.6, InTASC. 5,9,10)
Evaluating software, hardware, and web-based instructional learning products.

Rubric
Evaluating Educational Technology Applications (20 points)

Criteria        (0)
Unacceptable    (1)
Acceptable    (2)
Competent
    Grade Deserved
Applications     One or two selected applications are in the report     Three or four selected applications are in the report    Five selected applications are  in the report   
Relatedness to subjects     The applications are not related to the subjects that the candidate teaches    One or two applications are not related to the subjects that the candidate  teaches    All applications are related to the subjects that the candidate teaches   
Target group    did not specify the target group    Generally define the target groups     Identify precisely the characteristics of the target group.    
Usefulness and Explanations     No discussion relates to the usefulness and explanations of the applications in use    Somehow the candidate show the usefulness of the applications and add some explanations    The candidate fully explained the usefulness of the applications and explained fully his/her discussion   
Application weaknesses     No discussion regarding the weaknesses    Somehow the filter shows the weaknesses    Clearly and accurately clarifies application weaknesses