Introduction to Application Package – SS3 Data Processing Lesson Note (Second Term)

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to

1. Define Application software
2. Discuss the application packages for specialised areas

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES: 

• Identification, 
• explanation, 
• questions and answers, 
• demonstration, 
• videos from source

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: 

• Videos, 
• loudspeaker, 
• pictures, 
• Data Processing for Senior Secondary Education by Hiit Plc, 
• WAPB Computer Studies for Senior Secondary I by Adekunle et al,
• On-line Materials.

NOTE

APPLICATION PACKAGES FOR SPECIALIZED

Application packages can be classified into:

1. Application Specific,
2. General purpose application packages. 

Application Specific

These application packages are programs designed to carry out a specialised task.

General Purpose

General purpose application packages are designed to provide users with a general set of facilities to handle a wide variety of problems.

PACKAGES FOR SPECIALISED AREAS

Packages for specialised areas are based on the categories of application packages. These are: 

• Payroll programs e.g GUSTO, Paychex, SurePayroll, Paylocity etc
• Education Management Software e.g Moodle, Google Classroom, Lanschool, Edmodo etc
• Accounting Software e.g Xero, Quickbooks, Netsuite, wave accounting, sage group etc
• Statistical Software e.g Stata, JMP, SPSS, MATLAB, Minitab, JSP etc
• Web design software e.g Bootstrap, WordPress, Adobe XD, Figma, Wix, Sketch etc

 EVALUATION:    

1. Define the different categories of application software

1. Discuss some application packages for specialised                areas

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the students positively