Artifact # 6
Software Evaluation: An evaluation on a Phonics Computer Game.
Context
I did this evaluation during my Elementary School Curriculum and Instruction
class during my block experience. I played and experienced a computer
program and than evaluated it’s quality and potential for usage in the
classroom.
Impact
This evaluation will serve me when I become a teacher in the future
because I can remember playing the game without actually playing it again.
I will use this software in my classroom if I teach kindergarten or first
grade because it would be very helpful to children learning phonics.
It would be a good supplement to instruction as well as a good activity
for students who need extra practice with phonics. Software review
will be very important for the future with all of the new programs that
have and will be coming out. If there was a place where you could
find out about a program without actually having to buy it, a lot of time
and money could be saved.
Alignment
This artifact shows that I have located and evaluated a valuable computer
resource because I have located a software program and created a document
showing its positive and negative points (Tech.
Comp. 10.6). Since this is a phonics/reading program, it is a
tool that specifically meets the needs of extra practice and entertainment
with the subject of reading (Tech. Comp. 11.4).
For those students who may have a disability where they need time alone
and cannot concentrate with classroom distractions, I could let these students
check out the program if they have a computer at home. Or, they can
use the program during spare class time. This would be using technology
to support students with special needs (Tech.
Comp. 13.2). Since this software has easier concepts as well
as more difficult concepts with phonics, students on all different levels
could use it to enhance his/her reading experience (Tech.
Comp. 13.1).