Well designed software provides needs-based instruction, practice and feedback to the learner. Diagnostic Tools - Knowing more about your students' strengths and weaknesses will allow you and your students to know what to practice and improve. This takes on new meaning as technology is networked. Information about how a student is doing with every teacher and has done in the past can be effortlessly shared. Observations by people canmake sense out of numbers.
Technology can assist in discussions.
Patterns can be seen more quickly and interventions coordinated without always meeting in person. Putting these tools in the hands of learners allows them to communicate with other learners, far-flung experts and participate in surveys, research, contests and projects. Presentation Tools - provide the means to communicate your ideas to an audience. Recent technology improvements have made audio, graphics, animation, and now even video almost as easy to create and edit as the typical word processed document. Multi-media can increase interest and improve understanding.