Instructional Software Evaluation

Team members: Mr. Gavin McKinley

1. Software Title: BrainPOP
Content Area/Standards Grade Type of Software Bloom’s Levels Features: (check all that apply)
(Check all that apply) Levels (Check all that apply) (Check all that apply) Adaptive levels - Yes Customizable Lessons - No Multiple
(Check all that languages - Yes
apply) Mobile devices - Yes Multi-user or collaborative - Yes Secure login,
privacy - Yes Assessment/ Reporting - Yes
Math - Yes K-2 - e-books/e-references Creating - No Provide a short overview: BrainPOP is a website that creates instructional educational
Science - Yes Yes - Yes Evaluating - videos for students. These are classroom-friendly academic videos that students can watch to
Social Science - Yes 3-5 - Drill/Practice - Yes Yes learn various academic concepts. They are a great tool for teachers to use to provide a visual
English/Language Arts - Yes Tutorial - Yes Analyzing - Yes example or explanation of a concept. Students find these videos enjoyable, and they provide
excellent information for students to obtain knowledge on a given subject. This software is a
Yes 6-8 - Instructional Game – Applying - Yes
fun and interactive tool that students would love to incorporate into the classroom and will be
PE/Health - Yes Yes No Understanding hooked once it is.
Other Arts/Music & 9-12 – Simulation - Yes - Yes
Engineering/Tech - Yes No Remembering - Yes

2. Software Title: Gizmos

Content Area/Standards Grade Type of Software Bloom’s Levels Features: (check all that apply)
(Check all that apply) Levels (Check all that apply) (Check all that apply) Adaptive levels - Yes Customizable Lessons - No Multiple languages -
(Check all that Mobile devices - No Multi-user or collaborative - Yes Secure login,
apply) privacy - Yes Assessment/ Reporting - Yes
Math - Yes K-2 - e-books/e-references Creating - Yes Provide a short overview: Gizmos is a tool on ExploreLearning that uses interactive
Science - Yes No - No Evaluating - simulations to practice science and math concepts. These simulations give students practice
Social Science - No 3-5 - Drill/Practice - Yes Yes with real-world phenomenon and put their knowledge of science and math to use on various
English/Language Arts - Yes Tutorial - Yes Analyzing - Yes simulations. Teachers can use Gizmos to provide an application to concepts students learn in
class. For science, students can go through an experiment and take a quiz on the process and
No 6-8 - Instructional Game - Applying - Yes
their result. For math, students can get ample practice in abstract examples. These fun
PE/Health - No Yes No Understanding activities will bring happiness to the classroom, a feeling that students cannot get enough of
Other __________________ - No 9-12 - Simulation - Yes - Yes once introduced.
Yes Remembering - Yes

3. Software Title: Khan Academy

Content Area/Standards Grade Type of Software Bloom’s Levels Features: (check all that apply)
(Check all that apply) Levels (Check all that apply) (Check all that apply) Adaptive levels - Yes Customizable Lessons - Yes Multiple languages –
(Check all that Yes Mobile devices – Yes Multi-user or collaborative - Yes Secure login,
apply) privacy - Yes Assessment/ Reporting - Yes
Math - Yes K-2 - e-books/e-references Creating - Yes Provide a short overview: Khan Academy is a versatile database that gives students a
Science - Yes Yes - Yes Evaluating - wide variety of practice, application, and studying for various academic concentrations, with
Social Science - Yes 3-5 - Drill/Practice - Yes Yes emphasis on Math and Science. They have a multitude of different ways to assess students,
English/Language Arts - Yes Tutorial - Yes Analyzing - Yes through adaptive levels, quizzes, questions during instructional videos, and more. Khan
Academy is a great supplementary tool for the classroom that can dive into complicated
Yes 6-8 - Instructional Game - Applying - Yes
subjects and give excellent analysis and explanations. Showing a walk-through during class is
PE/Health - No Yes No Understanding an excellent way to use this tool and using the adaptive levels for homework helps assess
Other 9-12 - Simulation - Yes - Yes students.
-Economics/Computing/Arts Yes Remembering - Yes

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&Humanities - Yes

4. Software Title: Math 180

Content Area/Standards Grade Type of Software Bloom’s Levels Features: (check all that apply)
(Check all that apply) Levels (Check all that apply) (Check all that apply) Adaptive levels - Yes Customizable Lessons - Yes Multiple languages -
(Check all that Yes
apply) Mobile devices - Yes Multi-user or collaborative -Yes Secure login,
privacy - Yes Assessment/ Reporting - Yes
Math - Yes K-2 - e-books/e-references Creating - Yes Provide a short overview: Math 180 is a personalized math tool that helps students
Science - No No - No Evaluating - improve and practice mathematical concepts. Math 180 is an excellent tool that can help
Social Science - No 3-5 - Drill/Practice - Yes Yes students catch up if they are behind or provide additional practice. This tool can be used in the
English/Language Arts - No Tutorial - Yes Analyzing - Yes classroom or as homework to give students additional resources to practice mathematical
conepts
No 6-8 - Instructional Game - Applying - Yes
PE/Health - No Yes Yes Understanding
Other __________________ - No 9-12 - Simulation - Yes - Yes
Yes Remembering - Yes

5. Software Title: Read 180

Content Area/Standards Grade Type of Software Bloom’s Levels Features: (check all that apply)
(Check all that apply) Levels (Check all that apply) (Check all that apply) Adaptive levels - Yes Customizable Lessons - Yes Multiple languages -
(Check all that Yes
apply) Mobile devices - Yes Multi-user or collaborative - Yes Secure login,
privacy - Yes Assessment/ Reporting - Yes
Math - Yes K-2 - e-books/e-references Creating - No Provide a short overview: Read 180 is a personalized reading tool that helps students
Science - Yes No - Yes Evaluating - improve their reading level, skills, comprehension, and retention. Read 180 is an excellent tool
Social Science - Yes 3-5 - Drill/Practice - Yes Yes that can help students catch up if they are behind or continue to grow. This tool can be used in
English/Language Arts - Yes Tutorial - Yes Analyzing - Yes the classroom or as homework to give students additional resources to practice reading
concepts.
Yes 6-8 - Instructional Game - Applying - Yes
PE/Health - No Yes No Understanding
Other __________________ - No 9-12 - Simulation - No - Yes
Yes Remembering - Yes

6. Software Title: TEDEd

Content Area/Standards Grade Type of Software Bloom’s Levels Features: (check all that apply)
(Check all that apply) Levels (Check all that apply) (Check all that apply) Adaptive levels - No Customizable Lessons - Yes Multiple languages -
(Check all that Yes
apply) Mobile devices - Yes Multi-user or collaborative - Yes Secure login,
privacy - Yes Assessment/ Reporting - No
Math - Yes K-2 - e-books/e-references Creating - Yes Provide a short overview: TEDEd is a wonderful tool that provides lessons and
Science - Yes Yes - Yes Evaluating - Yes instructional videos. The database houses videos of every kind, a uniquely diverse tool that can
Social Science - Yes 3-5 - Drill/Practice - No Analyzing - Yes find even the most obscure topics. It is an excellent tool that can provide both complementary
English/Language Arts - Yes Tutorial - Yes Applying - No and supplementary learning for students, both inside and outside the classroom. Using both
lessons and instructional videos from TEDEd will bring a positive impact on your students.
Yes 6-8 - Instructional Game - Understanding

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PE/Health - Yes Yes No - Yes
Other Everything - Yes 9-12 - Simulation - Yes Remembering - Yes
Yes