software as an educational resource

Operating System

THE APPLICATIO

NSOFTWARE

MAYBE:

Commercial Software

Custom Software

a. Custom SoftwareMade for specific

taskoften by large corporations

b. Commercial Software

Packaged for

computers that helps

with a variety of

tasks

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Instructional Software

Can be visited on the internet

or can be bought from

software shops or dealers

Evaluation Guidelines:

Be extremely cautious in using CBI‘s and free Internet materials

Don’t be caught up by attractive

graphics, sound, animation, pictures,

video clips, and music forgetting

their instructional worth

Teachers must evaluate these resources using

sound pedagogical principles

Among design and content elements to

evaluate are:

Easy navigation from section-to-

section

Text legibilityEffective use of

color schemesAttractive layout, and

design

Clarity in the explanations and

illustrations of concepts and principles

Accuracy, coherence, logic of

information

Their being current since data/statistics continually

change

Relevance/ effectiveness in

attaining learning

objectivesAbsence of

biased materials

Thank You...Prepared by:

Joan R. Atienza