MULTIMEDIA DALAM PENGAJARAN PPEA2107

LENNY ANAK RANDI PEK100007 NOREZAN YUSUF PEK100019 MAJORIE PAUL PEK100008 MOHD IZWAN SAHIDI PEK100009

INTRODUCTION TO OTHER SOFTWARE SUPPORT TOOLS

Improved efficiency and productivity Improved appearance of product Better accuracy and timelines of information More support for interaction and sharing

Overview of software tool categories

Tool category Software tools Purposes and benefits

Materials generators Data collection and analysis tools

Graphic toolss Planning and organising tools Research and reference tools Content-area tools

Desktop publishing software Statistical packages

Draw/paint program Lesson planning software Electronic encyclopedias MIDI tools: music editors and sequencers

Create and use document, test, exercise Collect data from student: analyze data
Illustrate document Help organize ideas, plan and schedule activities Help students assigned topics Support tasks specific to content areas

Types of software support tools

Materials generators- help teachers and students produce instructional materials. Data collection and analysis tools- help teachers collect and organize information that indicates student progress. Graphic tools- allow manipulation of images to illustrate documents and webpages.

 Planning and organizing tools- help teachers and students conceptualize, organize, and communicate their ideas. Research and reference tools- let students look up information in electronic versions of encyclopedia, atlases, and dictionaries. Content-area tools- support teaching and learning activities in various content areas.

Recent Developments in Software Support Tools

Netbooks, PDAs and cellphone. Web-connectivity features Software suites

Desktop Publishing Software.

Design elaborate printed products. Offers more control over the design and production of a document.(classroom brochures & news letters). More advanced layout features. Allows pages to be viewed as separate units.

Desktop Publishing Software.

Most effective. DPS can be used for many of the same classroom activities and products as word processing software. Increases self-esteem.

Test Generators & Rubric Generators

Test generators Teachers use test generators to create and enter questions, and then they have the program prepare the test.

Advantages of test generators

Test creation & revision procedures. Random generation of questions. Selection of questions based on criteria. Answer keys. Test item banks.

Online Rubric generators.

The teachers follows a set of prompts, and the system creates a rubric that can be printed out or referred to online.

Worksheet & Puzzle Generators

Produces exercises for practice rather than test items. Prompts the teacher to enter questions of various kinds. Puzzle generators create crosswords. Word search puzzles & similar game-like activities.

Common uses of worksheet & puzzle generators.

Practice for lower level skills. Cloze exercises. Exercises to review words and definitions.

Individual Education Program (IEP) Generators

Teachers of students with special needs paperwork requirements. Autism Network for Direct Instruction Initiative. (ANDI Initiative) Dyslexia Association Kuala Lumpur Klang Valley. Some IEP generation programs accept data updates on each students progress.

Graphic Document Makers.

Awards certificates & greeting cards teachers & students can add their own content. Include templates for various kinds of achievements. Students motivating to use these packages to design their own certificates. The most popular of these document makers is printshop.

PDF & Forms Makers.

Portable Document PDF software is often Format (PDF) file used in conjunction software was created by with forms makers such Adobe to permit the as PDF Maker Pilot, a viewing and sending of software tool that documents as images. creates documents and web pages with forms that can be filled in onscreen.

Using Data Collection & Analysis Tools.

Electronic Gradebooks allows a teacher to enter student names, assignment names, data from test, weighting information for specific test scores. Statistical Packages Teachers & students use statistical procedures to analyze data from experiments and research projects.

Using Data Collection & Analysis Tools.

Students Information Systems Teachers, administrators, and parents keep track of student and class progress on required curriculum objectives ; teachers give online test and use data to support decision making.

Using Data Collection & Analysis Tools.

Computer-Based Testing Systems Teachers have students take tests on a computer screen; software grades tests and compiles data. (e.g computer adaptive testing(CAT) for nursing education) Students Response All students answer a question at the same time, and the system summarizes/displays results immediately; teachers use these systems to engage students and check comprehension.

Using Graphics Tools

Software tools Draw/ paint programs Sample product Adobe illustrator

Kid pix
Image editing tools Adobe photoshop GIMP Charting/ graphing tools Tom Synders Graph Master and the Graph Club 2.0 Advance Grapher NetChart Reporting Suite

Clip art, animation, sound, video, and font collection

Graphics for Teachers Microsof Clipart and Media Collection Flaming text Animation Factory

Paint program

Image editing tool - adobe photoshop

http://www.photoshop.com/home

Graphing tools

Text online
http://www.flamingtext.com/

Clip art online

http://office.microsoft.com/enus/images/

OVERVIEW OF MATERIALS GENERATOR SOFTWARE TOOLS

SOFTWARE TOOLS Desktop publishing software Test generators and rubric generators SAMPLE PRODUCTS Microsoft publisher http://wwww.microsoft.co m/ Exam view learning series http://www.fscreations.co m/learningseries.php DESCRIPTION/SAMPLE CLASSROOM USES Create own letterhead, brochures, etc Teachers can create test item banks

Worksheet and puzzle generators IEP generators

Puzzlemaker Teachers produces exercise http://puzzlemaker.discove and games for student skill ryeducation.com practice. SchoolMax enterprise Teachers create individually http://www.schoolmax.net edu. program /

Graphic documents makers Smartdraw http://www.smartdraw..co m

Teachers and students can create awards, flyers

PDF and forms makers

Adobe acrobat http://www.adobe.com

Can create PDF files to send formatted documents.

Using planning and organizing tools.

Outlining tools and concept mapping software

Outlining tools- designed to prompt writers as they develop outlines.

Concept mapping software- designed to help people think through and explore ideas or topics by developing concept maps.

Overview of planning and organizing tools

Software tools Outlining and concept mapping software Lesson planners Scheduling and time management tools Sample products Storyweaver http://www.storymind.co m/ Centrons lesson planner Decription/sample classroom uses Organize ideas in outline or concept map. Help teachers prepare and document lesson plans

Reel logix Helps teachers organize http://www.thecalenderpla their time and plan nner.com/ activities.

Using research and reference tools

Electronic encyclopedias Electronic atlases and mapping tools Electronic dictionaries(word atlases)

Overview of research and reference tools

Software tools Electronic encyclopedias Sample products Description/ sample classroom uses o Britannica Help students research any http://www.britannica.com topic / o WorldAtlas.com http://www.worldatlas.co m/ o Thesaurus http://www.thesaurus.refe rence.com Help students learn local, national, world, and extraterrestrial geoghraphy Give definitions and synonyms

Electronic atlases and mapping tool Electronic dictionaries

Electronic atlases and mapping tool

MapQuest.com
Help teach geographic concepts
by showing distances between point

Summarize geographic and demographic information See information on a specific country/city Gather information on all countries

Electronic dictionaries ( World Atlases)

A.k.a thesaurus
Give pronunciations, definitions and example uses for each word entry Can play an audio clip of the pronunciations of the words

Computer-assisted design ( CAD) and 3-D Modeling/Animation Systems

CAD graphics production tools precise drawings of objects such as houses and car used in vocational-technical classrooms to teach architecture and engineering skills students create virtual models of houses as they study design concepts www.alibre.com

Musics editors, Sequencers, and MIDI Tools

Musics editors Sequencers MIDI Tools

Can enters the musical keys, time and note that constitute a piece of music
Develop musical compositions on screen

Support the creation of music scores

Teaching music

Process of precomposing, composing, revising, and performing

Students create and revise their own musical pieces

www.korg.com www.apple.com

Reading tools
Calculating the reading level of a written work Word count, average word length, number of sentences
CLOZE SOFTWARE Provide passages with words missing in a given pattern. INTERACTIVE STORYBOOK/ELECTRONIC BOOK Children can explore the screen, activating animations and sound. Interactive way to read can increase reading fluency.

Students read the sentences and try to fill in the words.

Use them as exercises to improve reading comprehension

Cont

Reading Tools

ACCELERATED READER / AR
Track students reading skills, the number of books they read and test their comprehension

To motivate student to increase the reading they do

Give teacher an information about how students progressing in their reading abilities

Microcomputer-Based Labs ( Probeware )

Useful in Mathematic and Science classroom Consists of software with hardware sensors design to measure light, temperature, voltage and speed. Can replace lab equipment such as oscilloscopes and volmeters ( Bitter, Camuse, Durbin 1993) Dual purposes ; I) gathering empirical data II) revealing the relationship between science and math (Ladelson, 1994)

Graphing Calculators and Calculator-Based Labs

Mathematics and Science education GC used to make possible various experiments and concept demonstrations in algebra (Bornstein, 1997) Probes or sensors connected to GC called Calculator-Based Labs (CBLs)

Geographic Information System (GIS)

Useful in teaching science and the social studies GIS is a computer system that is able to store in a database a variety information about geographic locations

Can be display in a map form

Parmenter and Burns (2001) I) Record and maintain large amount of geographic information II) Produce up-to-date, customized maps III)Allow analysis and comparison of information on different locations

Global Positioning Systems (GPS)

Is a worldwide radionavigation system made possible by a bank of 24 satellites and their ground stations

Can calculate positions of anything on earth accurate to a matter of feet or inches

Purpose; I) finding your way in unfamiliar places II) Guiding farmers as they plant and harvest their crops