An educator, you can easily evaluate software tools and hardware for your Instructions. It’s as simple as just having a CD or some type of USB Drive to save work to as complex as something as Photoshop. A USB drive could be used for saving all of your typed work and the Photoshop could be taught as an entire course. By realizing that you would need a USB cord for any type of computer work, and to make things easier you could definitely figure out that it would be a necessity for your classroom. Something as ANGEL is also a software tool. ANGEL is used by thousands of kids around campus’ and is most definitely proven to work as an instructional aid.
Something you might want to consider, however, is being sure it’s not too difficult for your students to figure out. As I said above something like Photoshop could be an entire course. You don’t want to expect a student to learn how to quickly work the program and just be thrown into it with no hope. If it does end up being a tricky program make it a prerequisite for your class. Just don’t complicate things more than they should be.
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A USB is very easy to use and could prove important in a classroom, particularly in a high school setting where there is a heavy focus on taking notes on computers, or doing labwork on computers. Instead of sending documents to oneself through Email, a much more safe and secure way (when Internet could prove dodgy) is saving to a USB drive. However, it has to be taken into account that many students may not be able to afford such a device. Money could be set aside by a school district to ensure that students each have a USB drive when entering High School, or a certain level, and are then responsible for not losing them. This would primarily only be feasible in a High School setting, as responsibility weighs heavily on each student.
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