Simulation programs, multimedia encyclopedia, electronic book (ebook)

2. SIMULATION PROGRAMS
• It is a representation or model of
an event, an object, or some
phenomenon. A computerized
model of a real or imagined system
designed to teach how a certain
system or similar one works.

3. BRIEF HISTORY
• Simulation program
developed hand-in-hand
with the rapid growth of
the computer, following
its first large-scale
deployment during
the Manhattan
Project in World War II to
model the process
of nuclear detonation.
Given the security code
name “Monte Carlo”.

4. • Teaches strategies and rules applied
to real-life problems/situations.
SIMULATION PROGRAMS
• Asks students to make decision on
models or scenarios.
• Allows students to manipulate
elements of a model and get the
experience of the effects of their
decision.

5. EXAMPLE OF A
SIMULATION PROGRAM
SimCity

6. SIMULATION PROGRAMS

7. ADVANTAGES OF
SIMULATION PROGRAM
•Making the impossible possible.
• Improves analytic skills and
decision-making skills.
• Increases attention span.

8. • It requires technology which
might not be accessible or
available.
DISADVANTAGES OF
SIMULATION PROGRAM
• Safety issues concerning the use
of computer
• Sometimes, simulation results
may be difficult to interpret.

9. Multimedia encyclopedia

10. Multimedia Encyclopedia
• stores a huge database with texts,
images, animation, audio and video.
Students can access any desired
information, search its vast contents,
and even download/print relevant
portions of data for their composition
or presentation.

11. BRIEF HISTORY
• The first electronic
encyclopedias, such as
Grolier’s Academic
American Encyclopedia
on CD-ROM (1985), were
basically digitized versions
of the printed sets.
•But by the early 1990’s, publishers began
adding audio, video, Internet links, making
them fully interactive multimedia platforms,
and often gave them away with the purchase
of a new computer.

12. Examples of Multimedia
Encyclopedia
Encarta Britannica
Wikipedia

14. Electronic Book
• A book-length
publication in digital
form, consisting of
text, images, or
both, produced on,
published through,
and readable on
computers or other
electronic devices.

15. Electronic Books

16. • Saves trees
ADVANTAGES OF
ELECTRONIC BOOK
• Electronic copies of educational
books and novels can be made
• Does not take up a lot of space

17. • Technological problems (e.g. eye
strain, battery)
DISADVANTAGES OF
ELECTRONIC BOOK
• Breaks easily
• Can be expensive

18. Thank You!