Technology and student learning

How can technology be used most effectively to support and assess student learning? Technology can enhance student learning in a number of ways. Applications that can be used to develop and communicate the product, free or help students with the work of organizing and refining ideas, and creating a 'polished' result. Also, student self-assessment and peer review are assisted by particular web applications. Finally, data mining allows students to research more and better content than they could possible do without the web.