The document discusses the RAT model which categorizes how technology impacts tasks and activities into replacement, amplification, and transformation. Replacement involves technology serving as a substitute without functional changes. Amplification improves efficiency and productivity without fundamentally changing the process. Transformation allows for activities that were previously inconceivable and fundamentally changes the process. The document provides examples of how Google Drive, Puppet Pals and Voice Thread fit into these categories for educational uses.

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The RAT model
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REPLACEMENT
Digital technology serves
as a different means to the
same end.

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AMPLIFICATION
Tech increases efficiency
and productivity without
fundamental change.

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TRANSFORMATION
Tech allows forms of use
that were previously
inconceivable.

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12. REPLACEMENT AMPLIFICATION TRANSFORMATION
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Google
Drive
Use Docs like a
typewriter to type your
story into it.
Share your work
with someone else
who is outside of
your school.
Use add-ons like MindMeister
or OpenClipArt to personalise
your Google Apps
environment.
Puppet
Pals
Use it as a publishing
tool for your story.
Embed your
Puppet Pals story
in your blog to have
some multimedia
content.
Think of ways to plan and
write your story that will make
the most of the unique
features of this tool. Have
different groups in your class
using different tools and let
them make choices about
which is best for a particular
purpose.
Voice
Thread
Use it as a
presentation tool such
as recording students
reflecting on a piece
of their writing in
preparation for three
way conferences.
Invite other people
to comment on
their writing using
voice, text or video
comments.
Show the development of a
piece of writing by having
multiple people responding to
various drafts using text, voice
or video, depending on their
preference.

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