Key Term Website Resources

Applications software

• Definition from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_software

Computer assisted instruction (CAI)

• Computer Assisted Instruction, from Northwest Regional Educational Lab http://www.nwrel.org/scpd/sirs/5/cu10.html
• Educational Software: Computer Assisted Instruction http://www.ceap.wcu.edu/Houghton/Learner/Look/CAI.html
• Computer Based Technology and Learning http://www.ncrel.org/tplan/cbtl/toc.htm

Courseware

• Courseware Tools http://www.adec.edu/courseware.html

Drill and practice

• Instructional Strategies Online: What is Drill and Practice? http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/DE/PD/instr/strats/drill/
• Drill and Practice, from European Schoolnet http://www.eun.org/ww/en/pub/celebrate_help/lo_walk_through/drill_and_practice.htm

Instructional games

• Instructional Games from James Madison University http://coe.jmu.edu/mathvidsr/inst_strat/descrip/ig.htm
• Games, Parents, Teachers http://www.gamesparentsteachers.com/
• Games2Train http://www.games2train.com/
• Social Impact Games http://www.socialimpactgames.com/
• Marc Prensky http://www.marcprensky.com/

Integrated learning systems (ILS)

• Integrated Learning Systems, from North Central Regional Educational Lab http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/content/cntareas/reading/li3lk59.htm

Logo

• Logo Foundation http://el.media.mit.edu/logo-foundation/
• Microworlds http://www.microworlds.com/

Simulation

• Simulation Education http://www.sosresearch.org/simulationeducation/

Software

• Definition from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software

Systems software

• Definition from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_software

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