The software program I have selected is called "Coloring Book 3.2" by Jim Allison. It is found at http://www.gamesdomain.com/tigger/sw-mac1.html#pre It can be found at this sight, downloaded and opened with "Stuffit Expander".
Question 2
As an exercise in operations, it is a fun and useful program. Children will enjoy it. It costs $16.00 US to licence it. This is not a great cost but the program is fairly simple. I would expect it to cost less than what it does. It is a simple and an easy program with straight forward instructions and simple opperations. It is very effective in increasing the students operational skills with a mouse. I think it is worth the $16 for the help it gives students in computer operations.
Question 3
Acompanying documetation is limited. The instrutions are contained within the program as are the instrucions for how to register for the program. There were no wrksheets or extention activities. The instructions and help setups were useful and made it easy to use. You can however select sertain other immages to import into the program.
Question 4
This program is basically a painting program. The operater uses the mouse to select colours and then to colour the sections of the pictures provided. There are an extensive range of pictures to colour which can be linked into a story. Each section of the pictures can be coloured and can be coloured over if the student changes their mind. The entire picture can also be erased of its colour, if you want to start again.
All operations including selecting colour, adding and changing colour, are simple and easy for young children to do.
Question 5
Observation: The student observed had no trouble loading the program but in starting had a smll amount of difficulty. This was overcome quickly with no prompting from myself. The student enjoyed the game very much and had fun experimenting with the program. as expected, the student required little operating skills to carry out the activity and was helped to aquire more skills in this area.