Evaluating Apps

Educating Eddie

• The first step in evaluating an app for classroom use is exploring questions.
• A question to start with could be...
• "What concepts or activities would you like to cover but don’t have enough time?"
• This app would really help by giving the children extra practice with math when there is no time in class.

Evaluating Eddie

• The next step is to determine what skills are being used with the app.
• This app uses cognitive skills to determine the correct answer to the math problems.
• When you get the correct math answer "Eddie" jumps up a branch, when the answer is incorrect Eddie jumps off the branch and falls.

Educating Eddie

• The next step is testing the app's Instructional Design by asking questions.
• The question I asked is, "Does it effectively communicate its subject matter?"
• This app is very effective because it is great practice for a child to learn adding and subtracting.

Educating Eddie

• Then you want to evaluate the engagement and motivation.
• The goal is for the app to be fun and motivating for the child.
• You want the child to enjoy learning
• This game is very fun to play and it is teaching the child a lot, this game is very motivating.

Educating Eddie

• You want to make sure there is a good balance between learning and having fun while playing.
• The app needs to be just as educating as it is fun.
• Educating Eddie is a fun app for young children and will be just as educating as doing math worksheets

Educating Eddie

• The last step is checking its accessibility
• It is good for the app to have multiple levels of educating.
• In this app each math problem gets more challenging one after the other. There is a wide range of skill level used.
• Overall this app is a great educating app

Pre-School Learning

• The next app I will evaluate using different steps.
• The first step is to evaluate if it requires the child to be mentally active.
• This is app is using mental activity because the child has to stop and think about what it is asking and what their suppose to do.

Pre-School Learning

• Next step is the engagement
• You want your students to engage with the app and ask questions
• Is the app going to be easy for the children to engage with.
• This app is wonderful for children to learn their letters, numbers, and shapes. It is very engaging.

Pre-School Learning

• Is the app meaningful learning?
• Is the content they are learning important or is this app all fun and games?
• This app is very meaningful when it comes to younger children.
• Alphabet, numbers, and shapes are the very first thing a child learns and it is very important.

Pre-School Learning

• Is the app socially interactive?
• This is app does not offer social interaction.
• The teacher does not communicate or associate with the app while the child plays it.

Evaluating

• Over all both of these apps are very good learning and educating apps for young children.
• These apps meet almost all the requirements for being a good app

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