1. Teaching and Learning with Technology Academic Software Chapter 8
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2. Academic Software
Enriches teaching and learning for both teachers and students
May include packages that help teachers teach and learners attain competencies
Teachers need to review and evaluate to find best software to meet objectives
Money and time required to acquire and implement effectively

3. Academic Software Authoring Systems
Assist teachers in creating instructional software
Academic software varies by
Type of hardware required
Operating system necessary to run them

4. Academic Software Desktop Publishing
Electronically design and layout pages
Create and arrange text, word art, clip art, digital pictures, and graphic objects
May include a web authoring
Useful for creating handouts, transparency masters, etc.

5. Academic Software Graphics Software
Can create, capture, and/or edit or enhance digital images
Most productivity software includes libraries of graphic images (clip art)

6. Academic Software Paint Programs
Create and manipulate digital pictures
Tools include pens and brushes with variety of sizes, shapes, and capabilities
Use for simple enhancements or to create high-end digital artwork
Paint® is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.

7. Academic Software Draw Programs Create and manipulate digital images
Use layered, arranged objects instead of paint tools to create sophisticated drawings
Can create drawings, add objects that emphasize points, or create collages
Paint® and Windows Draw® are registered
trademarks of Microsoft Corporation

8. Academic Software Imaging Software Packaged with scanners
Turns hard copy into digital images
With OCR features, can convert hard copy into a word processing document
Photo-styling software edits and manipulates scanned or digital photos

9. Academic Software Editing Software
Edits digital images - photos, clip art, scanned images, or ones you create
Powerful tools for editing photographic images
Often include powerful advanced effects or “filters”

10. Academic Software Authoring Systems
Allows educators to create custom computer-enhanced lessons
Systems vary greatly in their format, capabilities, and the platform they run on

11. Academic Software Hypermedia Authoring Systems
Hypermedia an adaptation of multimedia
Enables learner-driven “jumps,” linear or nonlinear, to different areas of content
Most programs can produce full multimedia lessons
Other programs can produce similar but less robust lessons (PowerPoint)

12. Academic Software Web Authoring Systems
Designed to create lessons for presentation online
Can link to other pages within the lesson or to other related sites on the Web
Content saved as HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language), Web standard
Many software vendors add HTML capabilities to their applications

13. Academic Software Reference Software
Digital versions of reference materials
Often on CDs
Often stored in a hypermedia format
Includes text, sound, animation, video, and graphics
Can be navigated via links

14. Academic Software Tutorial Software
Presents new material or reinforces a lesson
Normally carefully planned lesson with opportunities for practice and review
May be linear or use a hypermedia format
Typically includes feedback
Lets students proceed at their own rate
May include classroom management

15. Academic Software Drill and Practice Software
Reinforces lessons existing skills
Usually linear sequence
Questions on key points
May increase difficulty as mastery advances and/or focus on weaknesses
Provides instant feedback and further review
Critics call it “drill and kill”—due to repetitiveness
Teachers need to be sensitive to not overuse

16. Academic Software Educational Games
Present/review content in game or video arcade format
Can be better received than “drill and kill”
Solve mysteries and participate in educational adventures (e.g., Carmen Sandiego)
Important that game aspect not overshadow learning elements

17. Academic Software Simulations
Present a virtual model of a situation or environment
Provide safe way to experience situations
Examples: flying an airplane or conducting a chemical experiment
Can time-shift over real experiences, slowing down processes or speeding up impact of student-directed changes

18. Academic Software Special Needs Software
Targets specific learning needs
Sometimes used with assistive hardware
Readers read scanned or computer text aloud
Speech synthesizers turn spoken word into computer text

19. Academic Software Integrated Learning Systems
Provide targeted instruction and/or remediation
May include tutorials, drill and practice, and classroom management
Usually sold as a bundle and cover several consecutive grade levels
Typically expensive
Difficult to fully implement in classroom

20. Academic Software Problem-Solving Software
Helps students acquire and practice problem-solving skills
May be content-oriented (math) or content- neutral
Offers opportunities to learn by doing
Test hypotheses
Gain problem-solving skills to apply to other areas

21. Academic Software Brainstorming or Concept Mapping Software
Visually develops ideas and concepts
Create organization and link ideas showing relationship
Encourages creativity, clarifies thinking, and helps identify misconceptions

22. Academic Software Academic Databases
Subscription databases are fee based but can be more reliable and authentic than general web searches
Different academic databases focus on particular types of information
If available at your school, offer a unique academic reference

23. Academic Software Content-Specific Academic Software
Software may be unique to area it supports
Teachers who are aware can call upon it when needed
Sampling of major types:
Math software
Science
Social studies
Language arts

24. Academic Software Academic Software in Teaching and Learning
Many software choices and factors to be considered, but return from good selection can be significant
Possibilities and options to enrich learning are vast
Review and evaluation are critical steps before acquisition
Software should address objectives and support and enhance teaching and learning