Foundations of Education Technology

As a principal, I would use www.bcot1.com as one of many resources for a teacher instructing their first course in Foundations of Education Technology. The site covers two of three Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Technology Applications listed under Foundations.
1) The student demonstrates knowledge and appropriate use of hardware components, software programs, and their connections. The site gives accurate visuals of computer hardware and software programs and guides the learning on its usages.
2) The student uses data input skills appropriate to the task. The site demonostrates through visuals on how to manipulate data in the software programs.

The authority of this site would be rated on level 2, no author but there is a link to contact him/her. The affiliation would be on a level 3, the site is supported by Google.com and is used in the instructions to use a search engine. The purpose of the site is clear and meets the two TEKS for foundations in educational technology. The objectivity of the site is level 3. As stated before, Google.com is used in the instructional application and as the server for the advertisement in the site. The content is level 4. The information given is user friendly with active links. The learning process is level 2. The information is not challenging but does give the information need to learn the TEKS. The audience is level 4. The presentations are easy to comprehend and follow on students on computers. Currency is level 3. Though the time of update is unclear, the information supports current computer knowledge. The design is a level 4. The website loads well, is easy to navigate visually pleasing, and easy to read.

The site does not touch on all three TEKS listed in the Foundations section of the Technology Applications, but it does serve its purpose for the first two TEKS. This site only with others will be useful in helping a teacher to begin her classroom instruction.