TY  - JOUR
T1  - Educational Software Design for Young Children with Reference to Trinidad
AU - , Michael Hosein 
JO  - Asian Journal of Information Technology
VL  - 6
IS  - 8
SP  - 870
EP  - 872
PY  - 2007
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1682-3915
DO  - ajit.2007.870.872
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ajit.2007.870.872
KW  - Educational software
KW  -software design
KW  -children`s software
AB  - Numerous application software packages exist that attempt to teach children various educational skills. However, some of these programs tend to have short-comings. A discussion is made of some pros/cons of children`s educational software programs, as well as recommendations for improvement in the design of such programs. Some comments are also made on the appropriateness of several children`s software packages to the curriculum of a particular country. No specific packages would be quoted since general comments would be made that all designers can look at for improving their packages. A study using questionnaires and observation was conducted to review existing software and suggest improvements that could be made to them. The results show that many packages still need a lot of improvements before the software can be extremely beneficial to students. The results of the survey also show that although general "all-country" packages are useful, local developers in each country should attempt to write packages that explore the cultural heritage, geography and history of the individual countries and also customize certain parts of the software that are related to curriculum content. Alternatively, software that meets the needs of individual countries and syllabuses may be outsourced. This can be expensive.
ER  -