There's more to assessing technology than finding the best "deal." First, you'll want to decide WHAT you want to use it for. Then you select the best tools. The websites listed below provide guidelines to help individuals and educational institutions select the best technology tools to accomplish the learning goals that they have for themselves and their students.

• Buyer’s Worksheet for Purchasing Educational Software: from SRI International for the U.S. Department of Education and housed at the North Central Regional Education Laboratory (NCREL) website.
  
  
• Technology Evaluation Rubric: Rubric created by NCREL to evaluate a school district’s technology implementation status.
  
  
• Evaluating Websites for Educational Uses: Bibliography and Checklist: From The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
  
  
• A Hardware Guide for Educators: A handy fill-in-the-blank question guide from the Virtual Reality and Education Lab at East Carolina University.
  
  
• Technology Procurement Manual: From the Office of Information Systems at Wayne Township School District, Wayne, IN.