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Instructions
to Help Evaluators
Remember
- You are writing
this evaluation to help our colleagues to make an informed choice as
to whether this software is a useful package in supporting the Irish
Revised Curriculum goals.
- Colleagues need
to know what content is in the package and how much of it meets the
needs of the various class groupings within the Irish context.
- Your evaluation
should read like a piece of prose that colleagues can easily read and
obtain an insight into the content and appropriateness of the package
for their own class use.
- You do not need
to answer every question, only those that are relevant to the piece
of software that you are using.
Title:
Publisher:
Age Range :
Subject Area :
System Required:
Price:
Networkable:
Prerequisite Skills - I.T. Skills and Educational skills:
Manual / Instructions:
Other materials provided:
Design
and Navigation -
- Was the software
easy to navigate ?
- Could the children
use the software with ease?
Overview -Describe the package briefly in terms of content and suitability
for the age range it targets.
Features :
- Does the programme
support the child's responses effectively? (Well done! Try again) How
was progress recorded?
- Individual progress
chart
- Numerical scoring
- Printable record
of child's progress
Other:
- Were there multiple
difficulty levels?
- Does it feature
a test?
- Any provision for
special needs?
Effectiveness :
- Objectives achieved
in using this programme / Not achieved
- Did information
from the software package transfer well with classroom learning?
- What aspects of
the programme made it effective / not effective as a learning tool?
- What elements
did the children like / dislike?
- What elements did
the teacher like / dislike?
Experiences of teaching using this Software:
- Describe some
ways you used this software.
- Any interesting
points about its use.
- What areas of the
curriculum does it exactly match?
- Do you need to
modify your teaching in order to integrate this software with your work
in the classroom?
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