Week 3

Drill and practice software provide exercises in which students work example items, usually one at the time, and receive feedback on their correctness. Example software is drills in history and geography concepts: http://tutorial.teachtci.com 

Tutorial software is an entire instructional sequence on a topic, similar to a teacher's classroom instruction. Example software would be linear tutorials which gives the same instructional sequence of explanation, practice, and feedback to all learners regardless of differences in their performance.
U.S. government tutorials: http://congressforkids.net

Simulation software is a computerized model of a real or imagined system that is designed to teach how the system works. Example software would be physical simulations which allow users to manipulate things or processes represented on the screen. Social Studies simulations: http://www.socialstudiescentral.com/?q=content/online-interactive-simulations


Instructional games software add game-like rules and/or competition to learning activities. Example software Jeopardy game-maker and library: http://www.superteachertools.com/jeopardy

Problem solving software may focus on fostering component skills in or approaches to general problem-solving ability, or provide opportunities to practice solving various kinds of content-area problems. Example software would be Memory challenge: http://www.criticalthinking.com