SAMPLE RELATIVE ADVANTAGES

From: Roblyer, M.D. HandsOn with Technology. New York: Pearson Education, Inc. 2006.

1. Makes unfamiliar topics more visual, understandable.
2. Makes abstract topics more visual, concrete.
3. Supports manual operations in high level learning.
4. Interaction, immediate feedback supports skill practice.
5. Visual presentations help illustrate real-life relevance.
6. Visual presentations aid transfer to real world problems.
7. Professional, polished looking products motivate students.
8. Format aids collaborative, cooperative group work.
9. Develops technological/information literacy skills.
10. Saves teacher time in grading students work.
11. Provides self-paced instruction to motivated students.
12. Saves teacher/student time on production tasks.
13. Saves money on consumable materials.
14. Easier, faster access to information sources.
15. Easier, faster updates/corrections to work products.

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