software as an educational resource
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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