Abstract: To develop students′ core literacy, three ways of using technology to empower biology education are clarified based on the roles of technology playing in the six-element classroom structure model: extending learning space and time, visualizing teaching content and supporting teaching methods. Through specific biology teaching examples, three methods of using technology as "resource", "tool" and "environment" in teaching are revealed. Finally, based on the new classroom structure model, innovative strategies of applying technology in biology education are proposed: using educational value and rationale to guide the innovative application of technology; selecting appropriate technology for instructional integration according to the characteristics of subject content and teaching methods; using technology to support students′ personalized learning; applying technology products and services flexibly and creatively based on the nature of technology.

Key words: core literacy, classroom structure, technical empowerment, biology education