Assessment No. 4 | Chapter 4-Technology Tools: The Basic

Software tools that are usually part of the basic suite of programs most people buy

• Word Processing

• Publisher

• Spreadsheet

• Presentation Software

The benefits of these basic suite of programs include:

• improved productivity

• appearance and accuracy

• more support for interaction

• collaboration

A software tool that allows people to produce typed documents on a computer screen.

Software tools designed to organize and manipulate numerical data.

A software tool designed to display information, including text, images, audio, and video, in a slideshow format.

Spreadsheet benefits include:

• avoid work

• saving time

• organizing displays of information

• increasing motivation to work with Mathematics

One of word processing issues.

Spreadsheet instructional integration strategies include:

Presentation software issues include:

Developments since these basic suite of programs were first made available include:

• Web-based collaboration tools

• Open-source software & mobile tools

• Web-enabled features

• Better file-exchange compatibility