Saturday, September 29, 2007

Using a Simulation - NetFrog


Evaluation

This site is a great way to get information and to practise before dissecting an actual frog. It gives you all the necessary information needed. It helps you through the process with the help of:

  • Narrated Audio


  • Videos


  • The "guess what" button, which gives you information about frogs


  • The "tryit" feature gives you the chance to try different areas of dissecting a frog

It gives you every vital piece of information from what equipment you will need to where you will need to make incisions into the frog. The information is clear and gets you through the process smoothly and are easy to understand. However, there were few problems with the site which were that the photos used were not very clear, and when it came to trying it, it was unclear where to pin the frog or where and how to cut it.



Using only the site, may not be as beneficial as using an actual frog, but it is useful to those who need and want practise before dissecting the frog. However, by just using the site, you will not know the difficulty or ease or understand completely how to dissect a frog.

Lesson

By using this site, it has taught me that online simulation and education has a long way to go before it becomes useful enough to use on its own. As well as this, it shows that people can learn anything online on their own where websites now can provide step by step rules to show you what to do, how to do it and when to do it. This could be beneficial to many, but with the Internet being open to anyone and allows anyone to post information and instructions, this could lead to something dangers.Also,when it comes to simulation, experiencing the real act is a lot more beneficial to using a simulation. Lastly, by using this website, it has taught me that people will find it somewhat difficult using online education because it does not engage those who need to learn this, it takes personal will which some people will not have to keep themselves engaged in what they have to do.

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