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1. Chapter 3Teaching with Instructional Software
2. INSTRUCTIONAL SOFTWARE
3. Instructional Software Classifications Drill and Practice
skill practice
Tutorial
information delivery
Simulation
demonstration
exploration
4. Problem of Identifying Types of Software Today’s software packages
Hard to classify
Several different activities
Overlap of functions in one package
Example: Reader Rabbit
Drill activities
Problem solving
Games
5. Recent Trends in Software Design and Delivery
6. DRILL AND PRACTICE Benefits
Immediate feedback
Motivational
Saves teacher time
Limitations and problems
Perceived misuses
Criticism by constructivists
7. TUTORIALS Benefits
Immediate feedback
Motivational
Saves teacher time
Limitations and problems
Criticism by constructivists
Hard to find
Reflect only one instructional approach
8. SIMULATIONS Benefits
Compress time
Slow down processes
Get students involved
Make experimentation safe
Make the impossible possible
Save money and other resources
Allow repetition with variations
Allow observations of complex processes Limitations and problems
Accuracy of models
Misuse of simulations
9. NetLogo http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/
Click Download on the left
Fill in your information and uncheck the boxes
Pick the Mac OS X version
Double click to install
10. NetLogo Files/Models Library
Pick a model to open
Click on Set Up before starting
Click Go to start and click Go again to stop
Experiment with changing parameters
11. NetLogo Pick a Netlogo simulation (xxx) to examine in more detail.
Describe the xxx simulation and how you would use it in the appropriate classroom. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the xxx simulation (at least 250 words).
12. INSTRUCTIONAL GAMES Limitations and problems
Learning versus having fun
Confusion of game rules and real life rules
Inefficient learning Benefits
High interest
Retention
13. PROBLEM SOLVING Benefits
Motivates students to solve problems and spend time on topic
Keeps knowledge from becoming inert Limitations and problems
Many names for problem solving skills
Does it teach what is claimed?
Software claims versus effectiveness
Possible negative effects of directed instruction
Transfer
14. Geometer’s Sketch Pad Download at www.keypress.com/
sketchpad/evaluation
Choose Mac version and click download
Double click the sit file and Stuffit Expander will open and install the software
Open the Sketchpad folder
Open GSP4.06D (not GSP X!!)
It may install some Mac Classic files and ask for a replacement font – choose any font and click OK
When you see the Evaluation Edition screen, click OK
File/Open (navigate to Desktop at top) – you may have to click open twice
Navigate to Sketchpad/Samples
15. Geometer’s Sketch Pad
16. Geometer’s Sketch Pad Sketches/Fun/Half Head
Sketches/Fun/Cosmos
Sketches/Fun/Headlights
Sketches/Fun/Sheep Dog
Sketches/Investigations/Rainbow
Teaching Mathematics/Add Integers
Teaching Mathematics/Distance
Teaching Mathematics/Tangent Circles
Tours/Quadrilaterals
17. Biology in Motion http://www.biologyinmotion.com/
Pick an activity and describe the type(s) of instructional software represented
Discuss how you would use this in the appropriate class
18. Switcheroo Zoo http://www.switchzoo.com
Describe the type(s) of instructional software represented
Discuss how you would use this in the appropriate class