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What is an authoring system?


Authoring system software assists you in writing your own custom computer-enhanced lessons.

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What is the difference between multimedia authoring and web authoring?

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Multimedia authoring lets you create lessons that use multiple media such as audio and video as well as text and graphics. Multimedia may be sequential or hyperlinked. Web authoring lets you create lessons in HTML for inclusion on a web site.

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What is the difference between multimedia authoring and web authoring?


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What is HTML and what does a teacher need to know about it?


Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML) is the computer language that formats documents for inclusion on a website. Most web authoring tools do not require teachers to know HTML commands but instead generates the language for them when they set up how they want their documents to look.

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What is HTML and what does a teacher need to know about it?


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What is desktop publishing software used for?


Desktop publishing combines word processing and page layout software into a single package. It is used to create professional looking documents that can be printed on paper or transparency film. It can also create electronic documents to use on a website.

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What is desktop publishing software used for?


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What are clip art libraries and where can a teacher get them?


A clip art library is a collection of drawings and photos created by artists and made available in electronic format. Clip art comes with word processors, but extended collections may be purchased or downloaded for free from the web.

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What is the difference between a paint program and a draw program?

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A paint program uses a series of electronic brushes and tools that emulate a painting set to create computerized art. A draw program uses layered objects such as squares and circles to create computer art.

What is the difference between a paint program and a draw program?


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How might imaging and editing software be useful in the classroom?


Imaging software creates graphics from hard copy. Editing software lets you manipulate computer graphics. Teachers can use both to improve the quality of images, to annotate images, and to add special effects to accent key features.

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How might imaging and editing software be useful in the classroom?


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What types of software are considered reference software?


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Reference software includes electronic encyclopedias, atlases, dictionaries, grammar tools, and almanacs. This type of software is available on CD, DVD, and online.

What types of software are considered reference software?


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How do tutorials and drill & practice software differ?


Tutorials present new content in a prepared instructional sequence (either linear or nonlinear) while drill and practice software reinforces previously taught material. While both usually provide feedback to the learner, tutorials typically offer the learner more control.

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How do tutorials and drill & practice software differ?


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What types of educational game software is available?

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Adventure games which let students solve mysteries and participate in adventures related to content; Board-type games which allow students to advance when they give the correct answer; Sports or video games; Puzzles and strategy games

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What types of educational game software is available?


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What is simulation software?

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What is simulation software?

Simulations are a type of academic software package that lets students participate in a simulated version of the real world. A popular simulation is software that lets students explore the human body by pointing and click to move through layers of skin, muscle, and organs.


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How does special needs software differ from conventional academic software?

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Special needs software is software that has been developed to meet the specific requirements of exceptional or special needs students. Examples of special needs software includes speech synthesizers, screen readers, and Braille readers.

How does special needs software differ from conventional academic software?


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What academic skills might problem solving software help develop?

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Problem solving software helps develop critical thinking skills in relation to any content area. Students can use content variations of this type of software for experimentation, to test math theories, or to test social hypotheses.

What academic skills might problem solving software help develop?


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How is concept mapping software used?


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How is concept mapping software used?Concept mapping software is software that lets students create a visual representation of the concepts under study. Students pictorially identify the concepts and then connect them to show their relationship. The resulting concept map is the visual outcome of the brainstorming process.

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