Software Evaluation
The software evaluation included many of the popular business software titles used today. Below are the software titles I evaluated with a desciption of their purpose and what you can do with them.
1. Adobe Photoshop CS5 - Photoshop is a professional graphic design and photo editing software that is made by Adobe. This program can be used to make designs from scratch or edit existing files to a professional grade for premium printing quality. Overall I enjoy this program more than any other photo editing software on the market. It allows anything you can think of creating to come true. This program will not be used in my classroom, due to the fact that it does not correlate with what the course is teaching. Even though it isn't being used in the class, it doesn't take away the brilliance of the Adobe creators.
2.Adobe Dreamweaver CS5.5 - The Adobe Dreamweaver CS5.5 program is a professional web design program used by experts around the world. The CS5.5 version allows users to create three dimensional images and has new features such as CS Live, which enables users to co-work with other users around the world. This great program saves web designers hours and sometimes days worth of coding by using the Wisawig and coding view. Overall a great program, and i plan on presenting some of the information to my kids in the class through this program.
3. Microsoft Publisher 2010 - Microsoft Publisher is a premier program used to create brochures, fliers, business cards, and generally any kind of layout. Using the presets already installed in publisher, it is very easy for a beginner to make something great in this program. One downfall to this program I find is that it is not as creative as Adobe Photoshop is in terms of versatility. Publisher is great for the average computer user trying to make a great looking document; however for the advanced designer it does lack the tools needed to take your media to the next level. This program will not be used in my class, because I will not be teaching document creations, but it is still an amazing program put out by one of the best computer software companies of all time.
4. Microsoft Word 2010 - Over the past few years, Microsoft Word has made some drastic changes to the layout and overall quality of their program. The newer Microsoft Word 2010 has incredibly surpassed the expectation that I envisioned them being at. This program allows the majority of functions to have a designated button on the tool bar, for quicker and easier editing. Also Microsoft Word has expanded to doing more than just typing up your college essays. Now, Microsoft Word 2010 allows you to edit photo effects, add charts, and customize page layouts to a more advanced level. This program will be used in my class to present notes to the students and is overall the most vital program I have ever used.
Created By: Shawn Granitto
