Microsoft Access is one of the most powerful database software available. If a school instructional technology program includes database software, it will usually include Access. A big advantage of using Access is it's ability to run smoothly regardless of the size of entries.
Database software allows users to store, organize, and manipulate information such as text and numerical data. Databases are designed to work like electronic Rolodex, allowing quick and easy access to important information. Teachers can use databases to keep track of information that can change often, such as student information, schedule changes, and curriculum modifications. It also can help them send personalized letters to all students without having to memorize all the different addresses. Databases can help students learn how to research information quickly and properly using such search techniques as Boolean logic. Also, by having students develop their own databases, they learn organizational skills as well as how to differentiate between essential and non-essential information.
Creating a database of any kind requires students to critically think. Maintaining that same database requires students to revisit those initial levels of thought and move to a higher plane of thought. It enables students to reach higher levels of thinking as students:
1) identify unique characterisitcs of the data;
2) find qualities of the data to compare and contrast; and
3) take that same data and rank the importance of that data for themselves.
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