Site Name: Big Bison Hunt

Site Address: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/big-bisonhunt/id1060914268?mt=8

Site Score: 20/24
Criteria

Influence on
-Curiosity
-Initiative
-Desire

Resource has
no beneficial
influence on
any of the
three
measures of
experience
Resource
weakly
improves
cognition
and/or
introduces no
new
knowledge

Cognitive
Developmen
t
-Cognition
-New
Knowledge

Level of
Material
-Grade
Appropriate
for Target

Progressive
Education
Tool
-Student
Freedom
-Tailored to
Individual
-Variety of
Teaching
Methods

Resource has
beneficial
influence on
at least one
of the
measures of
experience
Resource
improves
learner
cognition on
subject
without
introducing
new
knowledge
Resource is
Resource has
not grade
no specific
appropriate
indicators of a
for the target target
audience,
audience, and
and could not could work for
be used for
a general
IEFA lesson
audience for
the right
circumstance
s
Resource
Students
offers limited have freedom
student
to explore
freedom to
content at
explore, the
their own
material is
pace;
non-adaptive however, the
to student
content is
needs and
non-adaptive
input, and
and uses only

3
Resource has a
beneficial
influence on all
three of the
measures of
experience

Scor
e
2

Resource strongly
improves learner
cognition on the
subject and
introduces new
knowledge

Resource is well
suited for its
target audience
and their level of
experience and
could easily be
incorporated for
an IEFA lesson for
that audience

Students have
freedom to
explore at their
own pace, using
technology that
adapts to their
needs and input,
and the
technology may
utilize multiple

Multicultural
:
Realistic
Representati
on

Multicultural
: Relevance

Resource
Viability

Technology

uses only one

teaching
technique
Resource
fails to
provide any
realistic or
nonstereotypical
representatio
n of
American
Indian topics
Resource
fails to
provide any
relevant
examples to
a culture or
the subject
area
Resource
cannot
support a
complete
lesson plan
on its own,
and would
require
additional
objectives
and activities
Resource is
one page of
written words
with no
interaction

one teaching
technique

teaching
techniques

Resource
attempts to
present a
genuine
representatio
n of an
American
Indian topic;
however the
depiction is
incomplete or
oversimplified
Resource
provides
relevant
examples for
either the
culture or the
subject area,
but not both
Resource can
support an
entire lesson
plan by itself
without any
additional
activities

Resource covers a
realistic
representation of
an American
Indian topic in
depth, providing
an accurate
depiction of
another culture
and their
perspectives

Resource provides
relevant examples
for both the
culture and the
subject area

Resource could
support multiple
lesson plans or a
unit plan

Resource has Resource provides

3
links that take interactive
the user to
allowing for active
additional
student
passive
participation
reading pages
Additional Comments: This app was designed by Montana teachers for
Montana students, and therefore is an excellent resource for IEFA. The
app is very informative on the subject of the interaction between bison
and American Indians. The app features games and quizzes combined
with periods of instruction. The app functions well and is easy to use;
however, there is no save functionality.