Educational Softwares

Using educational software's in the class is an effective way to make the pupils learn the concept and use the skill they have learn in their own lives. The educational software's can gain the whole attention of the student making them enjoy the virtual reality that try to mimic the real nature beauty making the student relax and increase the level of their understanding and energy which motivate them to do their best on these software's.

There are four types of educational software's:

1.    Drill and practice software:

Drill and Practice is a directed technology integration software method that helps students practice very structured problems, the Students answer a question and get immediate feedback, and the Feedback can be as simple as “correct” or “incorrect”.

It creates motivation in students, allow students to move quickly past problems they understand and to a new set of problems based on their skill levels, the students be more attention.

It  may be good for helping students practice for tests since focus on memorization of process of solving problems and facts is important aspect of both.

2.    Tutorial software:

A computer tutorial is an interactive software program created as a learning tool. Tutorials help people learn new skills by using a step-by-step process that ensures the user is following along and comprehending the material.

Tutorial software is a highly effective form of training that allows you to complete lessons at your own pace and repeat sections as needed. Many programs include interactive exercises that allow you to practice skills in real time.

3.    Simulation software:

Simulation software is the science of creating statistically accurate models to represent the behavior of real life systems in order to subject them to predictive experimentation.

Computer simulation offers the opportunity to experiment with phenomena or events; it can be used in education to give the student more feeling for reality in some abstract fields of learning.

4.    Instruction game software:

Instructional games are Activities that designed to motivate, engage, involve learners with the course content by addition some techniques and rules to those activities.

Instructional games focus on two main purposes in the learning process:

1.    Understanding

2.    Motivation

Advantages of Instructional games:

·         Powerful educational tools.

·         Strong motivating influences.

·         Good for integrating learning across the subject.

·         Can contribute to the learning objectives related to competition, cooperation and teamwork.

·         Make learning fun.

·         Provide different levels of complexity that match player's ability.

·         Engage the learners in a situation where the learner is competing for a high score.

In my opinion, our world is changing although it is very slow with the second wave now with the evolution of 3D movies.  I believe games are the foundation of future tutoring, imagine a virtual reality school where you learn all your subject using a games when you pass the level you go to the nest harder level, imagine that you see yourself inside that world that surround you and you can use your hands and feet to walk on it and you have a bonus items that will help you when you accomplish a round in a good score and that you can move holograms and use various thing in a fun way. At that time, our student will enjoy their learning and will learn more than the student in our traditional school and deeper than a teacher can say or show.