Chapter 6 Reflection

Chapter 6 was on academic software and how it can be used in the classroom to aid student learning. This chapter related back to the information in chapter 2. In chapter 2 the material was on designing software and instruction correctly for the situation. This chapter discussed the software talked about in chapter 2 and the features of each. I enjoyed the section on reference software. As a future social studies teacher good reference software will be an excellent tool for use in the classroom. Students need to learn how to use resources other that google search engines and wikipedia to research topics and projects they are working on. I am definitely planning on using academic software in my classroom. There are so many different types of software suitable for student use. Plus students enjoy being able to play educational games and use online resources. It seems like if it has a screen it is already liked and ahead of things that are not electronic and have no screen.