1. USING SOFTWARE TO PROCESS WORDS, PUBLICATIONS, GRAPHICS, COMMUNICATION AND DATA ANALYSES
CHAPTER 5

2. ADMINISTRATIVE SOFTWARE
Assists an educator in accomplishing the administrative, professional, and management tasks associated with the profession.
assists educators in preparing memos, letters, reports, and budgets
Assists educators in tracking student information, computing grades. And preparing lesson plans.
Helps educators create student activity sheets, transparencies, grade report, and parent letters
E.g Microsoft Office 2016

3. ACADEMIC SOFTWARE
Assists both educators and learners in the teaching and learning process
Authoring systems
Hypermedia authoring systems
Web authoring systems
Multimedia authoring systems
Desktop publishing
Graphics software
Paint programs
Draw programs
Imaging software
Reference software
Tutorial software
Drill & practice software
Educational games
Simulation
Web

4. Evaluating and using productivity software
Word Processors
Document preparation and editing
Insertion and deletion of text
Text selection and enhancement
Word wrap and formatting
Spelling and grammar tools
Copy, cut , paste, drag, and undo
Desktop Publishing
WYSIGWYG Displays
Graphics and Clip Art
Tables and Columns
Autoformats
Word Art
Archiving and Printing
Ready-Made Word Processing Tools
Templates
Macro
Wizard

5. Evaluating and using productivity software continued…
Electronic spreadsheets
Spreadsheet organization
Formulas and functions
What-If analysis
Charts and graphs
Templates and macros
E.g. Excel 2016
Database management software
Database organization
Sorting
Querying
Reports
E.g Microsoft Access 2013
Presentation software
Multimedia elements
Wizards and templates
Resource libraries
Hyperlinks
Animation
Printing
Display options