SIMULATION PROGRAMS

SIMULATION PROGRAMS

• It is a representation or model of an event, an object, or some phenomenon. A computerized model of a real or imagined system designed to teach how a certain system or similar one works.

BRIEF HISTORY

• Simulation program developed hand-in-hand with the rapid growth of the computer, following its first large-scale deployment during the Manhattan Project in World War II to model the process of nuclear detonation. Given the security code name “Monte Carlo”.

• Teaches strategies and rules applied to real-life problems/situations.

SIMULATION PROGRAMS

• Asks students to make decision on models or scenarios.

• Allows students to manipulate elements of a model and get the experience of the effects of their decision.

EXAMPLE OF A SIMULATION PROGRAM

SimCity

SIMULATION PROGRAMS

ADVANTAGES OF SIMULATION PROGRAM

•Making the impossible possible.• Improves analytic skills and decision-making skills.

• Increases attention span.

• It requires technology which might not be accessible or available.

DISADVANTAGES OF SIMULATION PROGRAM

• Safety issues concerning the use of computer

• Sometimes, simulation results may be difficult to interpret.

Multimedia encyclopedia

Multimedia Encyclopedia

• stores a huge database with texts, images, animation, audio and video. Students can access any desired information, search its vast contents, and even download/print relevant portions of data for their composition or presentation.

BRIEF HISTORY

• The first electronic encyclopedias, such as Grolier’s Academic American Encyclopedia on CD-ROM (1985), were basically digitized versions of the printed sets.

•But by the early 1990’s, publishers began adding audio, video, Internet links, making them fully interactive multimedia platforms, and often gave them away with the purchase of a new computer.

Examples of Multimedia Encyclopedia

Encarta Britannica

Wikipedia

Electronic Book

• A book-length publication in digital form, consisting of text, images, or both, produced on, published through, and readable on computers or other electronic devices.

Electronic Books

• Saves trees

ADVANTAGES OF ELECTRONIC BOOK

• Electronic copies of educational books and novels can be made

• Does not take up a lot of space

• Technological problems (e.g. eye strain, battery)

DISADVANTAGES OF ELECTRONIC BOOK

• Breaks easily

• Can be expensive

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