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Standen, Amy. "Textbooks Go ElectronicThe next Generation of Schoolbooks Aren't Books at All." //Textbooks Go Electronic//. Edutopia, 19 Oct. 2006. Web. 28 Feb. 2012. [].

__// How did the teacher use technology in this lesson/approach? //// Details – time, activities, products, etc //__ In this article, the teacher uses the ebook in his Physics/Chemistry classes. Initially, he lectures for twenty minutes, then allows students on the computers to use ebooks. He circulates the room during the interaction with the ebooks (while the students are at one of the twenty computers) to monitor on-task behaviors and help the students during this time. The textbook used has hundreds of simulations, game-like exercises, and assessment tools.

__// How did the students use technology? Details – time, activities, products, etc //__ Students worked in pairs on the computers interacting with the ebooks. They, as partners were able to help each other. They take notes from the textbook and are monitored by the teacher. Also, students take online quizzes for homework which is submitted electronically. The teacher also makes the students record how they got their answers in a notebook to prevent cheating.

__// How were students assessed? How were students’ content knowledge, skills, and/or technology skills evaluated? //__ Students complete homework online and submit it to the teacher electronically which targets content knowledge studied at the time. This way they are graded instantly. The teacher can monitor how many times the student had to repeat a quiz as well. Technology skills are evaluated in the ability to use and interact with the ebook sources and then submit homework electronically.

__// How were students provided feedback, remediation, scaffolding? //__ No specific instances of the above were mentioned in the article.