More Guidelines for Evaluating Software:    

If you are evaluating software and need guidelines with a specific focus, use the annotated list below as a starting point. Click on a link to go to the guidelines.

Adult Education Software Review Sites:

http://alri.org/litlist/software.html

(1999 site for evaluation guidelines and reviews)

Making The Right Choice: Evaluating Computer Software and Hardware for Adult Literacy Instruction:

http://literacyonline.org/products/ncal/pdf/PG9504.pdf

(1995 in-depth guide from NCAL)

NWREL's Seven Steps to Responsible Software Selection:

http://www.netc.org/software/

(a useful 1995 procedure from ERIC)

Software Buyer’s Guide:

http://www.nwlincs.org/nwrlrc1/sftwarebg1.html

(1998-99 Northwest Educational Technology Consortium review process used for rating software)

Software Evaluation Criteria:

http://www.so.cc.va.us/vccsit/softchek.htm

(undated checklist of software evaluation criteria from Virginia Community College System)    

Software Evaluation Guide:

http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~ling417/guide.html

(very useful ESL software evaluation site from Rice University CALL)

The Software Trap:

http://emifyes.iserver.net/fromnow/may2000/softwaretrap.html

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