Assessment of Educational Technology in the Class

To evaluate the effectiveness of technology in the class, I would use a Likert Scale survey to ask students.  Essentially, it is up to them to determine its effectiveness.  A Likert Scale for instructors as well combined with average scores of the class to triangulate data would be a way to assess educational technologies.

Very rarely are students assessed on the quality of educational technology.  In my higher ed experience, it is faculty that for committees to determine which educational technology is used in the classroom.  The flaw in this is that most have less experience with educational technology than the students which create a very underused device and basic functions.  In LAUSD, Ipads were issued to students only to be confiscated because students had figured out how to bypass control measures and use it outside of the intended purpose of the school administration.

Moore's Law suggests that educational technologies should be rapidly deployed and not have long drawn out committees to implement this.  By the time devices are rolled out, technology has advanced and students have mastered more advanced software.