Transcript Software Evaluation

The Early
Childhood Center
Colleen
McGaunn
Target Audience
The target audience of ‘The
Early Childhood Center’ is
children ages 2 to 5 years
old.
-There are lower level activities
such as shape and color
recognition for the younger
child.
-There are higher level activities
such as spelling words and
keyboard practice for the older
child.
Instructional Objectives
Upper-Case, Lower-Case Matching:
•
Students will match the upper case letters of the alphabet to the
corresponding lower case letters
Shape Recognition:
•
Students will be able to recognize and match the following shapes: star,
cross, circle, triangle, square, and diamond.
Identifying Colors and Word Recognition:
•
Students will be able to identify colors and then with that skill, recognize
their corresponding color word.
Sound Recognition and Spelling:
•
Students will learn and practice vowel sounds. Students will also practice
spelling color and shape words.
Instructional Use
Instructional use for ‘The Early
Childhood Center’ would best be:
-Give the children a few minutes to work on the
computer to reinforce skills learned in a days
lesson.
-During indoor recess, have a computer
center available for the children to have
extra time to practice these important
basic skills.
Strengths and Weaknesses
Strengths
Weaknesses
• The website is easy to
use for young children.
• There is a speaking voice
to help better understand
the skills.
• The child using the
website is rewarded when
they answer is correct
with a balloon on the
screen.
• The website does not
show any directions on
how to complete some of
the activities.
• For example: Matching
the lower case letters, if
the child is unsure of
what to do, there is no
way for them to find out
on their own.
Demo
Give it a try!!
http://www.literacycenter.net/lessonview_en.
html