514-5 Educational Software
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|(1) General Software Review. In this activity you will be reviewing software that you would find useful in your roll as a teacher. |
|Note, this is a review of software, not websites. Websites can be used only if they have a high level of interactivity and |
|animation such as those at . Although we have software on our local servers, much of it is antiquated, and |
|students are best served by downloading freeware and shareware. |
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|Review five or more pieces of educational software. You are free to choose any piece of software that is of value either for |
|instructional, administrative, or professional purposes. You must have hands-on experience with the software... watching someone's |
|software review is not sufficient. |
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|Write a paragraph describing each program and your professional opinion of its usefulness in education. |
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|At least one of your titles should be freeware or shareware that you have downloaded from the Internet. |
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|Include a screen capture from the software. |
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|Choose the best one from among these 5 for the formal software review/presentation. |
| |Title |Review |Screen Capture |
|1 |Geometers sketchpad |Provides student with age appropriate review of |[pic] |
| | |quadralateral functions which allows entire class to | |
| | |select up to 45 minutes of work which can be used | |
| | |during a teaching session | |
|2 |Explorer |Explore provides the student with 3D |[pic] |
| | |application of instruction that provides interactive | |
| | |learning experience for 21st century skills for | |
| | |interactive work that can be accessed from home. | |
|3 |Google earth |Provides students with a number of tools to explore |[pic] |
| | |issues of the earth. Very useful in earth science. | |
| | |Powerful tool for viewing, creating and sharing | |
| | |interactive files. | |
|4 |Shareware |Simply point and click where you want to go with Google|[pic] |
| | |Earth. Look at satellite data, topographical | |
| | |information, maps, and interesting local facts. | |
| | |Features such as 3D building models and Street View | |
| | |make this free app a must download Gives student easy | |
| | |access to the world to locate any location such as home| |
| | |schools, possible colleges students may be interested | |
| | |in. | |
|5 |freeware |OpenSolaris is a development environment where the |[pic] |
| | |collaborative interaction of the best minds in software| |
| | |development is creating an advanced, reliable OS for | |
| | |the world. | |
|(2) Formal Software Review. In this activity you will be reviewing software that you would find useful in your roll as a teacher. |
|Note, this is a review of software, not websites. Websites can be used only if they have a high level of interactivity and |
|animation such as those at . Although we have software on our local servers, much of it is antiquated, and |
|students are best served by downloading freeware and shareware. |
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|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. Post you selection. |
Title:
(1) Description of Program
(2) Basic Information
(3) Target Population
(4) Content Goals
(5) Process Goals
(6) Lesson Plan
(7) Summary
|(3) Formal Presentation of Software: One or two sessions will be scheduled for formal software review. During these sessions you |
|will present your software in small groups or to the class using network sharing software such as Apple Remote Desktop. Once you |
|have decided on software to review, post your decision on the newsgroup as specified in class or on the web-page. first-come, |
|first-served. |
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|Make a presentation of your software using the following guidelines Each presentation must be limited to 15 minutes. |
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|Your presentations should stress how this software can be used effectively in the curriculum. |
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|Do not spend time discussing mechanics (menu structure, etc.) nor shortcomings |
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|Illustrate how the software can be used to enhance instruction. |
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|Provide your peers with a "hands-on experiences" lesson if at all possible. |
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