In 10th grade I went to the computer lab with my World Civilizations class. I had to do a research assignment on a historical topic of our choice. I chose Louis XIV. We had to find reputable websites online and reference them as sources. Once we gathered all our research we had to make a PowerPoint presentation or write a paper. The schools computers certainly were not fast, but they were sufficient to get the job done. The teacher had to devote some time to keeping order and helping the kids that had less experience with computers.
This is an effective application of technology because kids learn to make presentations and papers which are skills they will use in the future. They also learn how to use the Internet as a source of information and reference it in a bibliography. This would also help the kids learn to use computers and type.
The technology catered to the students preferences because if they preferred to not do a presentation, they could write a paper. This application allowed kids to accrue experience with computers, while studying a historical topic in depth.
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