High school students will understand the detailed descriptions, but they're dry. With anatomy, as with other fields, it's the emotional stories that make information stick. Here, there are no gross anecdotes, no scary images of tumors or diseased lungs, no inspirational stories of survival that show the human body for the incredible thing it is. There are no quizzes, no "What would you do?" scenarios, no options for kids to create, contribute, or connect. It's simply an interactive and free online encyclopedia -- which might be a great supplement for an anatomy lesson, but the reliance on text, outdated graphics, and lack of learning activities won't let you do much more.
Continue readingWith InnerBody, kids manipulate 3D images of the body. They start with a full-body view, which can be explored by highlighting and dimming, with the goal that kids locate objects and understand their orientation in the body.
Once in a body system, kids click a part to zoom in, or roll the mouse over a part to see it labeled and described. For harder-to-see parts, they can click the name of a body part from a drop-down menu. They can change the gender and rotate viewing angles, and the Change Anatomical System tool lets kids seamlessly investigate different systems within the same region of the body.
A search box searches the Web, not the site.
Continue readingIt's easy to explore body systems with InnerBody's tools. At the macro level, 3D graphics are somewhat realistic. However, start digging deeper and tools become unusable and design becomes less realistic. For example, the Change View Angle on the lateral rectus, a muscle of the eye, doesn't change its angle at all but instead leads to simple drawings of eye muscle control with no animation where the lateral rectus looks like a smeared red line.
The problem is that a YouTube search for "eye muscles" returns dozens of animations, narrations, and videos of real eyes. This is where InnerBody needs to be.
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The application was easily uploaded and did not have any troubleshooting issues.
In terms of content, the application has a great amount of information. Unfortunately for most students, this would be no different that reading content from a text book and they may find it unfavorable. The sections are very busy and long winded.
The most helpful part of this application was that it provides mild interaction. Although it is limited to hovering over an area to get the specific body part/system, it is helpful for a student who is self quizzing. It is also helpful that each system is separated and then broken down further in their respective sections.
This application would be best used as a study tool for independent learners who have the capability to grasp concepts mostly by reading them. The application lacks audio and video, so I do not recommended for the visual and audio learning students.
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