Download Software Evaluation: Four Educational Programs for K-8 Students and more Study notes Computer Science in PDF only on Docsity! Elizabeth Smith CSCI 1200 April 8, 2008 Software Evaluation #1 Software title and version Quarter Mile Math: Level 1 Grade Level K-3 Publisher Quarter Mile Math Programs Major features Self-competitive (race against your previous races) Easily review scores Uses audio and visual stimuli Teachers and students can easily see improvement race after race Tailored to meet student’s individual needs Quick and easy to use Price for one computer $39.95 Did this have a free trial copy you could download? No #2 Software title and version Bailey’s Book House v. 3.1 Grade Level PreK-2 Publisher Riverdeep Major features Students can interact with the program independently Cross-curricular instruction with both software and print activities All letters, words, and sentences are presented in a meaningful context Graphical and spoken instructions allow pre- readers to use the program A special highlighting technique encourages students to follow words from left to right as they hear them read aloud Positive gentle feedback, guidance, and natural prompts provide encouragement to students Price for one computer Call for pricing Did this have a free trial copy you could download? Yes. I downloaded the free trial of “Letter Machine” which is a part of Bailey’s Book House. This activity allowed the students to select a letter using the keyboard on the computer screen. When they chose a letter, a sentence using that letter would appear on the screen with an animated picture. For “T”, there was the sentence, “Thomas the tiger tiptoed to town”. This seemed like a fun activity for younger students to help them with recognition of letters and sounds. #3 Software title and version Tessellation Exploration Grade Level 4-8 Publisher Scholastic: Tom Snyder Productions Overall description This powerful manipulative tool helps students understand geometric principles as they experiment with tessellations. Students choose a basic shape, then explore what happens when they apply geometric transformations-slides, turns, flips, and glides-to create a tessellation. They can then watch as their creation animates on the screen, reinforcing transformational geometry concepts. The program also includes step-by-step activities that help students create tessellations of increasing complexity Students create, animate, and print 33 types of tessellations, featuring translations, rotations, reflections, and glide reflections, and slides, turns, flips, and glides Drawing tools and 100 colorful stamps make it easy for students to customize their tessellations In-depth classroom lessons teach the geometry of tessellations - including transformations, angles, and shapes
