Objective:• The software system that

could be used in teaching and learning process.• Importance of Software in

computers.

The Software as

an Educational

Resource

Software

Is a general term for the various kinds of programs used to operate computers and related devices.

Microsoft Windows Also referred to as a program, Microsoft Windows or Windows for short is an operating between the user and the computer operating system.

•User Convenience•A new look• Information center•Plug and play

Instructional Software

Instructional Software can be visited on the Internet or can be bought from software shops and dealers. The teacher through his school should decide on the computer-based instructional (CBI) materials for the school resource collection.

In evaluating computer-based educational materials, the following can serve as guidelines:

• Be extremely cautions in using CBIs and ‘free’ Internet materials

• Don’t be caught up by attractive graphics, sounds, animation, pictures, video clips and music forgetting their instructional worth

• Teachers must evaluate these resources using sound pedagogical principles

• Among design and content elements to evaluate are: the text legibility, effective use of color schemes, attractive layout and design, and easy navigation from section to section

• Clarity in the explanations and illustrations of concepts and principles

• Accuracy, coherence, logic of information• Their being current since data/statistics

continually change• Relevance/effectiveness in attaining learning

objectives• Absence of biased materials