There are countless technology tools to support or enable teaching and learning. As an IT educator, part of your job will be to research and select those tools that are most appropriate for your IT classroom. For this discussion question, your job is to conduct that research.

Below is a list of several of the leading technology tools for education. Pick one and research it. Find out all the benefits of this tool. What can it be used for? Who is using it now? How can it help you improve your teaching practice? Then, sell it to the rest of the class as if you owned stock in this company. Convince us of the merits of this technology as an educational tool.

• Moodle.
• Segue.
• Wikis.
• Chatrooms.
• ePortfolios.
• Podcasting (select any service).
• Blogging (select any service).
• Social networking.
• Network simulators.
• Student response systems (clickers).
• One of your choice.