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SED 514

ASSIGNMENT 5

(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 ExploreLearning.com. Although we have software on our local servers, much of it is antiquated, and students are best served by downloading freeware and shareware.

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.

Write a paragraph describing each program and your professional opinion of its usefulness in education.

At least one of your titles should be freeware or shareware that you have downloaded from the Internet.

Include a screen capture from the software.

Choose the best one from among these 5 for the formal software review/presentation.

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This program can be used as a workout tracking device for my students. This would help students see the progress in writing and in turn increase the students motivation to continue the workout.

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This is a program that helps you track everything you would ever need for an athlete. You to track an athlete's competitions, practice, workouts, supplement usage and diet. This is a great program to keep track of an athlete’s progress and to increase motivation.

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EVE2 is a very powerful tool that allows teachers to determine if students have plagiarized material from the web. EVE2 accepts essays in many different formats and returns links to web pages from which a student may have plagiarized. EVE2 is a great way to reduce stress on the teacher and make it easier to catch cheaters.

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This program is a great resource for teachers when they have higher level students that finish an assignment before the rest of the class. This program quickly and easily creates professional looking word search puzzles. It’s a great way to keep the overachieving kids interested and not to let them get bored.

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This program is a food and exercise diary coupled with America's largest food database. This program is a great way for students to track what they eat and have an easier time loosing weight while dieting.

(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 ExploreLearning.com. Although we have software on our local servers, much of it is antiquated, and students are best served by downloading freeware and shareware.

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: CalorieKing Nutrition Exercise Manager

(1) Description of Program: This program is a food and exercise diary coupled with America's largest food database. This program is a great way for students to track what they eat and have an easier time loosing weight while dieting. An exciting and

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SED 514interactive program to educate, motivate and provide you with the skills and techniques you need to take control of your weight and your health permanently.

(2) Basic Information: Allan Borushek, a health educator and clinical dietitian, was focused on the key to weight management, the calorie. He began to collect data about popular foods and published the first Calorie, Fat, & Carb Counter in Australia in 1973. In 1988, CalorieKing's Calorie, Fat & Carbohydrate Counter (CFCC) was published in the United States. In 1996, with the launch of CalorieKing.com, CalorieKing expanded to the Internet. Cost:

CalorieKing.com eDiets WeightWatchers

$39/year $155/year $260/year

(3) Target Population: Individuals on any diet whatsoever can use CalorieKing.com to learn how to handle everyday situations that diets simply do not address. CalorieKing offers tools designed to help individuals, families, schools, employers, and health and fitness professionals build on the wellness achievements of each other. Our products and services address the needs of employers, health and fitness providers, schools, and others, offering software, web, and print solutions customized to promote the specific wellness objectives of each organization we serve.

(4) Content Goals: The highly illustrated Food Guide within the tutorials. CalorieKing also offers outstanding nutrition and exercise management software. Modern database technology and the worldwide web provided the means to build and present a much larger food database than could reasonably be included in any book. CalorieKing.com made the introduction of brand foods easier and offered a reasonable means to deliver updated information when brands changed their recipe or dropped a product."  (5) Process Goals: This program uses all of Blooms Taxonomy of comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation depending on the area of the website the student enters.   (6) Lesson Plan: Calculate you Body Mass Index (BMI); calculate your goal calories intake, which includes carbs, fat, and protein; Track your calorie intake, which includes carbs, fat, and protein for a week; and calculate you calorie expenditure for a week.

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SED 5141. Start RecordingStay on track of this target by recording your daily calories, fat, carbs and protein using the Food and Exercise Diary. 2. Start LearningLearn new lifestyle habits to make sure you can stick to your goals. Enroll in the 13 week CalorieKing university with lessons on nutrition, food guides, exercise and more.3. Get Motivated, Stay MotivatedStay motivated by joining the community and reaching out to other members who are losing weight just like you.

  (7) Summary: Obesity is one of American fastest growing health concerns. Obesity in children and adolescents is a serious issue with many health and social consequences that often continue into adulthood. Implementing prevention programs and getting a better understanding of treatment for youngsters is important to controlling the obesity epidemic. Consequently a software program that helps children understand when calorie consumption and excess calorie expenditure that the excess calorie will be stored as fat is a valuable tool.

Statistics of childhood Obesity below:

Childhood Obesity Running Out of Control 4% overweight 1982 | 16% overweight 1994 25% of all white children overweight 2001 33% African American and Hispanic children overweight 2001 Hospital costs associated with childhood obesity rising from $35 Million (1979) to $127 Million

(1999) Childhood Metabolic and Heart Risks

New study suggests one in four overweight children is already showing early signs of type II diabetes (impaired glucose intolerance)

60% already have one risk factor for heart disease Surge in Childhood Diabetes

Between 8% - 45% of newly diagnosed cases of childhood diabetes are type II, associated with obesity.

Whereas 4% of Childhood diabetes was type II in 1990, that number has risen to approximately 20%

Depending on the age group (Type II most frequent 10-19 group) and the racial/ethnic mix of group stated

Of Children diagnosed with Type II diabetes, 85% are obese

(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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SED 514 Make a presentation of your software using the following guidelines Each

presentation must be limited to 15 minutes.

Your presentations should stress how this software can be used effectively in the curriculum.

Do not spend time discussing mechanics (menu structure, etc.) nor shortcomings

Illustrate how the software can be used to enhance instruction.

Provide your peers with a "hands-on experiences" lesson if at all possible.

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SED 514

(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 ExploreLearning.com. Although we have software on our local servers, much of it is antiquated, and students are best served by downloading freeware and shareware.

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.

(1) Description of program (Paragraph)

(2) Basic Information (a) Title (b) Publisher (c) Cost (d) ___shareware ___freeware ___commercial

(3) Target Population (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? Subject, Grade level, Academic Ability (d) Would this software maintain the interest of this population. Explain.   (4) Content Goals (a) What, if any, concept(s) does this program introduce ? (b) How effective of a job does it do at teaching these concepts? (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)   (5) Process Goals (a) What type(s) of reasoning does this program encourage (rote memorization, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, evaluation, deduction, induction, etc.)?   (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)   (6) Lesson Plan.

Write three specific tasks, questions, goals, or projects that you would have your students accomplish or answer after using this software.  

(7) Summary.

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SED 514Assuming that you had access to this software, would you use it in your classroom? Explain why or why not

You may wish to read others reviews at the California Learning Resource Network website.