James Stewart Learning Portfolio in IT 645 Chaper 5 & 6

Define database management software and describe how you might use it to help you in teaching responsibilities. How might you construct a learning assignment for your students that used this productivity tool?

One of the most arduous tasks of an educator is keeping records such as grades organized. Database management software is designed to make that task and much more easily done. Database management software is an electronic productivity tool that offers educators an easy-to-use system for creating customized records to contain data, retrieving targeted records, updating and editing the information in those records, and then organizing clear and accurate reports from the data. This type of software is much easier to use then conventional options such as card catalogs and other obsolete ways of filing information. It has key features that help the user maneuver through the stored information. The software offers such options as sorting, querying, and reports.

I would love to have this type of software in my classroom because it would make storing and retrieval student information like grades, numbers, schedules, and other important information more tangible in the event of an emergency. It would certainly make sending progress reports home a joyful task.

If I were to create an assignment for students to do using this productivity tool, I would have then use and electronic card catalog. I would give them a list of five authors, or titles that I want them to look up and ask them for specific information that is contained about the author or title that the software has. After that I would give the free range to search the software for information that. This type of assignment will be beneficial to the students because we are living in a world where technology is constantly advancing and enhancing.