Five Types of Instructional Software

Chapter 3 in Roblyer and Doering Book", Integrating Educational Technology Into Teaching" introduces the concept of technology tools for 21st century teaching. It discuss in details five types of instructional software. They are as follows:

1. Drill and Practice-an instructional software that provides exercises in which students work example items, usually one at a time, and gives feedback on correctness. Drill and practice software can include chart fil-in activites, flash cards and branching drill. An example: Earobics. http://www.earobic.com
2. Tutorial-provides a complete sequence of instruction on a given topic, similiar to a teacher's classroom instruction. A tutorial can be linear, which provides the same instructional content in the same order for all learners. An example: Congress for Kids. http://www.congressforkids.net
3. Simulation-a computerized model of a real or imagined system in order to learn how the system works. A simulation software can include a physical simulations that teaches about something or procedural simulations that teaches how to do something. An example: Sim City. http://simcity3000unlimited.ea.com/us/guide/
4. Instructional Games-a software that add game like rules and/or competition to learning activities. An example: Reader Rabbit. http://www.learningcompany.com
5. Problem Solving-an instructional software that focus on teaching component skills in problem-solving. There are two main approaches: content area skills and content free skills. An example: The Geometer's Sketch Pad. http://www.keypress.com/sketchpad

Web 2.0 Resources

This week assignment was really time consuming and challenging. I had fun designing some of the web 2.0 applications. My favorite tool was creating the animoto. It was easy to use and it required only a few quick steps. The glogster page was a little complicated at first. But overall it was a useful tool that helped me to organize my thoughts. I used the big huge labs for my free choice. It is a fantastic innovative tool. This was my first time using it. I enjoyed creating activities with it. 


Glogster
http://oliveoil4.edu.glogster.com

Animoto
http://animoto.com/play/dgkYmQxt6QZ3qvT1ob7IMA

Big Huge Labs

http://bighugelabs.com/deckb1eaa35fe27ebfe2d1a9bdd1d435fae

Should Students Play Games in School?

Games should be played in our schools. It helps children to develop in their thinking and learning skills. It also helps them to improve the coordination of their hands, creativity and problems solving. There are alot of educational games on the market to help them to advance to another level. These games helps to provide both computer-based instruction and track and report on student progress.

Welcome!

Hello, my name is Carolyn Jenkins. I am married and I have two children. Well, believe it or not I am also a  first time blogger. Technology has truly changed since the 80's. I look forward to new technology.

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