Instructions
- Use one of your
chosen software products on your own. Imagine that
you are a learner: would you want to have a copy
at your school? As a teacher: is it a useful resource?
How would you use it with a class? Make rough notes
while you use it to include in your review of this
product.
- Using the criteria you developed
in Activity 4,
write up a review for this software product. Use
your file called Review
as a starting point. For the purposes of this review,
save the document using the name Software
Review.
Your review should be detailed enough
to give someone a good idea of what they can expect
of the product and should make it clear whether you
recommend the product or not. Your review should be
about 2-3 pages in length and submitted in a word-processor
document.
Check your review - by asking
yourself:
- Have you included both positive
and negative aspects or features?
- Have you described
its purpose and your context?
- How flexible
is it for use in other contexts and for different
purposes?
- How would you
improve it?
- Does someone
reading your review know what to expect of the
product?
- Does someone reading
your review know your opinions of the product?
- Have you incuded meaningful
criteria? Look again at the detailed and quick review
categories and criteria.
- Is your review verifiable?
- Can you justify your claims?
- You should be able to
say "the product meets this criterion because...".
Or is your review just your opinion? "I like
this, I think that
- Send your review as an attachment in email to
your tutor (using the subject heading "Reviewing software"). This will serve as a draft for your assignment.
| ASSIGNMENT 1
This assignment should be
completed once you have completed Activity 6.
What to do:
- Define a specific type
of educational software and develop an evaluation
tool for this software.
- Apply this tool to an
example of this type of software that you
plan to use in class and write a review on
the software.
- Use your word processor
to write this review. The review should contain
no fewer than 500 words. The review should
include:
- a definition of the software that you
are evaluating
- an evaluation tool, completed
What to submit:
Save your completed evaluation
tool as <your_student_number>-Elective2-evaluation.
e.g. 205654321-Elective2-evaluation
Send the saved document as
an attachment in e-mail
to your tutor (using the subject heading "Educational Software Assignment_1"). |
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