Mr. Davidson excitedly introduces his students to a new reading program that they can access on their classroom laptops. It functions primarily as a digital eBook. He expects that students' reading skills will improve dramatically as a result of getting to use technology alongside practicing reading, but at the end of the first week, he finds that there are no significant changes compared to the weeks in which they read from a traditional book. What mistake might Mr. Davidson have made?
A) He assumed that this instruction was better simply because it involves technology.
B) He did not first determine if his students were interested in using technology.
C) He did not ensure that students were free from cyberbullying when using the program.
D) He did not choose a reading program that felt like a video game.

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Mr. Davidson may have made the mistake of assuming that using technology automatically leads to better learning outcomes without considering the instructional design of the digital program or the specific needs of his students.

Mr Davidson Excitedly Introduces His Students to a New Reading