Title: Insights Teachers and Parents
Overall Rating:
D
Source: Satterlee Computer Lab
Playing Time: N/A
Date: 6/11/98
Cost: $
65.00 &nb
sp;  
;
http://cd-rom-guide. com/cdprod1/cdhrec/003/478.shtml
Number of Players: N/A
Special Equipment/Facilities Needed: CD/Rom
Subject Area: Teacher Aide
Objectives: Support development of teacher
from trainees to lectureers, gives ideas to parents, kids, teachers.
Brief Description: Software to help teachers,
kids, parents. For example, multiplication tables.
Entry Capabilities Required: The program
was beyond capabilities, so I do not know.
Rating: (1-5)
Relevance to objectives: 1 No relevance
to the objectives.
Provides practice of relevant skills:
0 There was nothing to practice.
Likely to arouse/maintain interest: 1
Boring, monotone, no real information.
Likely to be comprehended clearly: 1 Did
not feel it was clear, kept trying to find more information, I kept thinking
there must be more to this program.
Technical quality (durable, attractive):
2 Quality was ok, but not imaginative or creative.
Game: Winning dependent on player actions (rather
than chance): N/A
Simulation: Validity of game model (realistic,
accurate depiction): N/A
Evidence of effectiveness (e.g. field-test
results):
no booklet provided There was no instructions with this program.
Clear directions for play: 1 No instructions
with CD, since there is no viable information on the disk and not manual
user has no where to turn for more information.
Effectiveness of debriefing:
1 No debriefing, one comes to the conclusion there is nothing here that
is the extent of your debriefing.
Strong Points:
I could not find any possibly if I could have figured the program out it
may have some stong points. This may be a great tool for educatiors in
classroom, it did seem to offer some advice on software.
Weak Points:
Difficult to use. There was no instruction manual to look at, so there
was no help when trying to access the program. I seemed to go around
and around and not get past a few screens.
Reviewer: Laura V
Position: Student
Date: 09/21/98
Computer System Reviewed on: Macintosh
PowerPC 6500/250, 32mb ram.