Jennifer Lewis 7 13 06 6 32 PM SED 514 1 General Software Review In this activity you will be reviewing software that you would find useful in your roll as a teacher Note this is a review of software not websites Websites can be used only if they have a high level of interactivity and animation such as those at ExploreLearning com Although we have software on our local servers much of it is antiquated and students are best served by downloading freeware and shareware Review five or more pieces of educational software You are free to choose any piece of software that is of value either for instructional administrative or professional purposes You must have hands on experience with the software watching someone s software review is not sufficient Write a paragraph describing each program and your professional opinion of its usefulness in education At least one of your titles should be freeware or shareware that you have downloaded from the Internet Include a screen capture from the software Choose the best one from among these 5 for the formal software review presentation Title Puzzlemaker 1 Review Puzzlemaker is website that allows you to create puzzles on the internet I can use puzzlemaker to create a word search assignment for my class In physical education the students will be learning the different muscles in the body A word search assignment will help the students become familiar with the vocabulary in the class and the correct spelling of the vocabulary 1 Screen Capture Jennifer Lewis 7 13 06 6 32 PM SED 514 2 Journal of Training JOT words My Pyramid 3 JOT is software that allows you to keep a log of your training program and fitness journal JOT monitors weight loss diet and track fitness It also calculates body mass index BMI and list BMI categories This will be very useful in my profession My students will be creating and implementing their own fitness program and with JOT they can monitor their training Mypyramid software informs you of the different types of food groups and how much of each food groups you need to intake daily Students can enter their age physical activity level sex and weight and find out what type of diet they should have daily This software gives students the opportunity to create a diet Mypyramid list different types of foods in each food group that are healthy It is very economical for the school and students 2 5 Calorie Tracker 2 1 4 Open Fitness 1 0 Jennifer Lewis 7 13 06 6 32 PM SED 514 Open fitness software provides personal trainer advice It will create a customized workout plan for you depending on what type of exercise you would like to do For example it will make a cardio or weight loss program This software also tracks you progress with the training program This will be useful to students when they have to create their own training program Calorie tracker software allows you to track your calorie intake and provides nutrition index on various types of foods My students will be able to use the calorie tracker to log how many calories they intake daily and they can type any different food to see how many calories are in certain foods This is very useful for physical education teachers because you teach students about health and nonhealthy foods This software allows students to see why certain foods are not healthy or healthy for their bodies 2 Formal Software Review In this activity you will be reviewing software that you would find useful in your roll as a teacher Note this is a review of software not websites Websites can be used only if they have a high level of interactivity and animation such as those at ExploreLearning com Although we have software on our local servers much of it is antiquated and students are best served by downloading freeware and shareware Select one software product for formal review and presentation to the class Write reviews for each according to the format guidelines provided on the following page Post you selection 3 Jennifer Lewis 7 13 06 6 32 PM SED 514 Title Calorie Tracker 2 1 1 Description of Program Calorie tracker software allows individuals to find the nutritional facts for over 75 000 foods The following is a list of some of the nutritional facts calorie tracker provides calories saturated fat calcium and fats Calorie tracker can search between processed foods naturals foods and fast foods This software has a built in calorie tracker calculator Calorie tracker can help individual create a healthy diet 2 Basic Information Title Calorie Tracker 2 1 Publisher John Brown Designs Cost 4 00 Shareware 3 Target Population This soft ware is designed for anyone to use Teachers students or any individual can use this software It is easy to use I would suggest that students who are in physical education or health classes use this software I would also suggest that this software be used by individuals in high school or older Students in lowers grade might not be able to understand all of the vocabulary As a physical education teacher my 9th and 10th grade students will create their own diet program This software will be very useful for my students The 10th grade classes will do a more detailed diet program than the 9th grade classes however both grade levels can use this software In today s society adolescents are very familiar with technology I think this software will maintain their interest due to the mass use of technology in today s society and the many features of the software Students will be able to research over 75 000 foods for nutritional facts create diet programs and keep record of their calorie intake 4 Content Goals This program introduces the concept of maintaining a healthy diet Many of my students have health issues and maintaining a healthy diet is an important concept I want to teach my students The software does an effective job of teaching this concept because it shows students the good and bad nutritional facts of foods Students will be able to understand why certain foods are not healthy or healthy Compared to traditional techniques this software is more effective Traditional students would have to look in their books for some nutritional fact go to the grocery store or research on the Internet Calorie tracker saves time and money with its large database of nutritional facts This software can be used in the classroom and the teacher can create lessons with this software 5 Process Goals This software encourages memorization comprehension and evaluation It encourages memorization because it