Lesson

The Software as an Educational Resource

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COMPUTER SOFTWARE

= “The Box”

The box contains the central processing unit and such electronic parts

2 KINDS OF SOFTWARE

SYSTEM SOFTWAREThis is called the operating system

APPLICATION SOFTWARE

This commands for a certain task & problem

APPLICATION SOFTWARE

Also a custom software that is made for specific task for large corporations,And, commercial software for personal computers

MICROSOFTWINDOWS

-Operating environment between the user and computer OS,

-a layer that creates the way computer should work,

-A self-contained operating system

Windows provides the following:

USER- Convenience

A new, fancy look

Information Center

Plug and Play

Rules in using CBIs

1. Be extremely cautious in using FREE internet materials.

(Computer based instruction)

2. Don’t get so attracted by too much graphics and design

3. Use sound pedagogical principles in evaluating the materials.

4. Check the color, design, text legibility, and easy navigation

5. Observe classroom explanations & illustrations of concepts

6. Maintain accuracy, coherence, logic of information

7. Observe absence of biased materials(gender biased or racial biased)

CIBs are interesting but distracting also.Never forget that.

UNDERSTANDING

HYPERMEDIA is a multimedia packaged as educational computer software of information

HYPERMEDIA

LESSON 15

Most educational IT apps are hypermedia and these

include:1. Tutorial software packages2. Knowledge webpages

3. Simulation instructional games4. Learning project management & others

1. LEARNER-CONTROL.The student can make own decisions.

CHARACTERISTICSOF HYPERMEDIAAPPLICATIONS

2. LEARNER WIDE RANGE OF NAVIGATION ROUTES.The students determines his own path.

TEXT

AUDI

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VIDE

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LIP

3. VARIETY OF MEDIA.The students determines his own path.

In the use of hypermedia the following instructional events will prove useful to the teachers:

Get the learner’s attention.Recall prior learning.Inform learners of

the objectives.Introduce the software & its features.Guide learning.

Elicit performance.Provide learning

feedback.Assess performance.Enhance retention and

transfer learning.

LESSON

16THE INTERNET

AND EDUCATION

GETTING AROUND

THE NET

Moving around the internet is called browsing.

Using a program called browser, the user can use mouse to point on icons.

A very particular example is the World Wide Web. (www)

INTERNET SEEMS LIMITLESS.BETTER USE IT TO FULFIL

ITS SOLE PURPOSE.

PRESENTED BY:MARY JOY HAMTO