Online Software Reviews

The textbook for our class is called Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching.  On page 105, four different software review websites were provided.  My assignment was to compare the information that they present.

The websites that were reviewed were the following:  SREB Evalutech, California Learning Resource Network, SuperKids, and Education World.

In my opinion, Education World appeared to evaluate the largest number of various software titles.  Super Kids appeared to be updated most frequently and also included reviews from visitors to the site.  I would likely consider using Super Kids if I was looking up various software for my students.  I liked how the site was organized and it appeared to have the most software titles that interested me.  I also liked that it included various apps because my students really benefit from using their iPad, iTouch, and iPods in therapy sessions.  The California Learning Network's site was also well organized and easy to access and navigate.

I was not very impressed with SREB Evalutech.  SREB Evalutech's website was difficult to access and I had trouble locating software reviews and resource materials.  It appeared to be much more for professional development instead of software reviews for a classroom.