The document discusses the importance of software in education and provides examples. It describes how software like Microsoft Windows acts as an interface between users and computers. It also discusses instructional software that can be accessed online or purchased, and notes teachers should carefully evaluate such resources to ensure they are pedagogically sound and accurate. Guidelines for evaluation include checking for attractive but not distracting design, easy navigation, clear explanations, accurate information, relevance to learning objectives, and lack of bias.

1. Objective:
• The software system that
could be used in teaching and
learning process.
• Importance of Software in
computers.

2. The Software
as an
Educational
Resource

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

5. 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.

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

7. 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.

8. 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

9. • 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