Chapter 6
August 5, 2009
This chapter dealt entirely with Academic software, administrative software’s student counterpart. We learned that first and foremost, just because something is academic software, doesn’t mean it is always going to be the best. Teachers should choose wisely when it comes to picking the software that’s right for their learners. Another aspect of academic software we learned was about authoring systems. Authoring systems aid teachers in the creation of instructional software and can very based on hardware needed as well as operating system. There are also several types of these authoring systems including, Hypermedia authoring, internet authoring and multimedia authoring. All of these various authoring systems, ultimately aid in the creation of various interactive components for the students, each with an emphasis on their respective area (ie: the internet authoring tool, will aid a teacher in the creation of an online based learning system). There are also a plethora of desktop publishing software’s to also aid in the creation of learning tools, including drawing, image editing, reference, and drill and practice based software’s.