-Database

=Database=


 * === ** __Definition:__ System designed 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** === ||
 * ===__Purpose:__ To create and manage amounts of data, records, or information in an easy to use, manipulate, change, and report manner. === ||
 * ===__Appropriate Uses/Applications__:===

-Teachers can assign projects for students based on the use, manipulation, and reporting on data
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 * ===Examples:===

=== [|Microsoft Access], ===

[|Open Office Base], [[image:http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQfXZzr94J-AAmudV_QoW_0amglKfqOmCK6Jg6oXIDNv23RqQNc width="77" height="77"]]


=== [|Libre Office Database] ===

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 * ===Advantages:===

-Increasing student's computer literacy
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 * ===Disadvantages:===

-Copying/cheating between groups/students
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Teaching and Learning with Technology Judy Lever-Duffy and Jean B. McDonald