Artifact # 7
Software Evaluation: An objective evaluation of a piece of software for children.
Context:
I developed this evaluation in my Elementary Curriculum and Instruction
class in order to learn to critically evaluate educational materials.
Impact:
The skills that I gained by doing this evaluation will be very useful
to me in my career whenever I am asked to evaluate and choose learning
materials for my school or classroom, or when recommending software for
parents to purchase.
Alignment:
The software I evaluated can be used as a tool specifically suited
to the needs of the discipline of mathematics (Tech
Comp 11.3). Because this math software possesses different levels for
children’s varying abilities, it uses media and technology to address differences
in children’s learning and performance (Tech
Comp 13.1).