The Big T.

TECHNOLOGY IS SUPPOSED TO MAKE OUR LIVES EASIER.

And NOT the other way around.

With that view in mind, evaluation of CALL coursewares, materials and websites should be a natural CALL-ing given that nothing and nobody is perfect. On one note, we are dealing with human aka the students as the end users to such products, and on the other, we must not let the producers and publishers to be 'syok sendiri' into thinking that theirs are the best. We all tend to have that feeling of self-fulfillment, and none judges us better than the outsiders.

For the second question, let's face it. All pen and paper make for a good clerk and even more wastes to the environment. But I believe that above all, the utmost ulterior benefit of using JCloze gives the students the benefit of the 'hands-on' experience of learning with the twofold motives of teaching English, as well as 'befriending' them to the Big T.

Another benefit would be in terms of being economical both in time and resources. Thus, instead of students having to go through a series of correction which would easily frustrate them with the tedious 'chores', technology through the use of PC can remove such frustration with its features with requires no 'rubber' eraser and all.

Embedding is also made possible with technology with the inclusion of hint. Surely that cannot be achieved smoothly through the conventional method, can it? I doubt it can.

All these cater to the element of interaction which is essential to everyone's need, albeit via a 'lifeless' form which is the computer. Technology does it all for them.

If it makes our lives easier, bingo! That's technology for you. ^__^