ADVANTAGES
ÊPossibility for students to learn about the technology (its strengths as well as its limitations) by actually using it 
 
ËBuilt-in experimentation with technology: HOW TO’s
-- Heavy use of technology in this course as a teaching tool meant that students could learn about the technology (its strengths as well as its limitations) by actually using it; hands-on, practical experience was built in;
  -- Experimentation could be done by students individually, following instructions in the HOW TO’s (link) of the course. students had to experiment with the technology and its various aspects first, and would then use it in a given teaching situation, e.g. using cutting and pasting functions for teaching paragraph order, main ideas/topic sentences, or learning the annotating functions in MS-Word for computer-based teacher comments on students’ writing.