514-2 Operating Systems - CSUN



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4/27/05

SED 514 Assignment 8

INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE

1) Communication Vocabulary – Define the following terms/acronyms:

Installer:

Site License:

Applet:

Flash:

(2) Initial Software Review: Take a look at three different interactive programs/websites and write an initial review. You will pick one of these three to test out in detail and write a complete review and present it to the class. You are free to choose any piece of software that is interactive and useful for students (it doesn’t need to explicitly be for your area).

| |Title |Review |Screen Shot |

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|2 | | | |

|3 | | | |

(3) Formal Software Review Select one software product for formal review and presentation to the class. Write reviews for each according to the format guidelines provided on the following page.

514 INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE REVIEW

software title:

review by:

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(1) description of program (Paragraph) •

(2) Basic Information

(a) Title •

(b) Publisher •

(c) Cost $

(d) _ __shareware ___freeware ___ commercial

(3) Target Population (Paragraph form)

(a) Is this designed for ___ teachers or ___students to use ?

(b) If students, in what subject and at what grade level ?

(c) Where would this best fit into the curriculum?

1. Subject •

2. Grade level •

3. Academic ability •

(d) Would this software maintain the interest of this population. Explain.

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(4) Content Goals (Paragraph form)

(a) What, if any, concept(s) does this program introduce ?

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(b) How effective of a job does it do at teaching these concepts?

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(c) Compare with traditional techniques for teaching this concept(s). (What, if anything, does this software accomplish that traditional forms of instruction could not do as effectively. Explain)

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(6) Process Goals (Paragraph form)

(a) What type(s) of reasoning does this program encourage (rote memorization, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, evaluation, deduction, induction, etc.)?

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(d) Compare with traditional techniques for stimulating these reasoning skills. (What, if anything, does this software accomplish that traditional forms of instruction generally do not do as effectively. Explain)

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(7) Lesson Ideas. Write three specific tasks, questions, goals, or projects that you would have your students do with this software.

(a) •

(b) •

(c) •

(6) Summary Assuming that you had access to this software, would you use it in your classroom? Explain why or why not.

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(4) Formal Presentation of Software: Present the software to the class using the projector (you can run the software on the teacher machine or show screen shots with powerpoint).

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