Purpose
This module aims to
support you in:
Only you know your context and your learners
needs and prior computer competence. You know your school
and where and when computers are available for use. You
know what the school aims to teach and what types of information,
images and examples are relevant for their social and cultural
context. You can however be supported and guided in this
process to ask the appropriate questions of yourself.
By completing this module you will find
out about a range of software products that are adapted
for use in this region. You will develop questions and criteria
that will help you to review software and share your opinions
and findings about particular educational software products
with your colleagues.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the module, you will be
able to:
- Develop a framework of
questions to answer and categories to consider when choosing
or reviewing educational software
- Find and reflect on reviews
conducted by other teachers of educational software products.
- Review an educational
software product using your framework of questions or
criteria.
- Use an educational software
product with a class of learners, review the experience
and share your findings with other educators.
- Develop guidelines for
choosing and reviewing software to share with your colleagues.
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