Educational Applications of Computers

DATA BASE ASSIGNMENT: Summer, 1999 (10%)


Develop a data base designed for instructional purposes. Using a word processor, write a description of the data base and how it would be used in instruction. Use appropriate formatting in the word processing document.



The data base file should include:


• enough records so that a user could do some sample search activities;
• appropriate layouts for data;
• a Layout saved as part of the data base file which selects a portion of the database with appropriate title and header in Browse mode. Print the Layout.


The description done in the word processor should include:


• your name;
• name of the data base;
• description of the instructional purpose;
• description of the content of the data base;
• a description of strategies used in the lesson(s).


For maximum points also include:


• sample questions that students might answer using each of the different data base search strategies; and
• a description of the solution to one of the questions with the answer placed into the word processed document.

Due: Week 6