o Definition

o Target Learners

oTechnical Features

o Teacher & Students

Role

o Enhance learning

o Concerns

Out line

Encarta Kids is an Educational Software which helps young students with homework and encourages them to learn in a fun and engaging way. Encarta

Kids offers articles, multimedia, and interactive

games for Kids

Target Learners

Kids

Teenagers Adults

TeachersEncarta Kids is a special area for younger

learners, ages

7 and up

Technical Features:1. provides encyclopedia articles, photos and illustrations, videos and animations, audio, maps, visual tours and Web links2. bright colors, large type sizes 3. loads of multimedia4. easy to navigate, and uses language suitable for young readers. 5. anticipates children's misspellings in helping to guide them to the desired content6. games are fun and informative

Searching Encarta Kids is easy. Just enter a word or phrase in

the Encarta Kids Search Bar box and click the arrow.

Encarta Kids displays results of all content related to the

search term. More than 500 articles and extensive multimedia content is

organized into ten categories, which provides another way to

search Encarta Kids.

Encarta Kids provides many

interactive puzzles,

pictures and wordplay to

entertain and educate the

young learners…!!

Teacher & Student Role

. Teacher can use Encarta Kids to provide easy and reliable information, and explain it to students using the maps, videos, games…

. Students can use Encarta Kids in there homework, and they can learn and have fun at the same time with the Games..

Encarta Kids encourages young learners to learn in a fun and engaging way

How it can enhance learning ??

Encarta Kids concerns:

•The information are not changed.•Uses more memory.•Slow operation of adobe flash contents.•Less multimedia contents.