Product Reviews in Brief
While researching articles on software that could be used by schools and in the classroom, I came across this article written by the News Editor of MultiMedia Schools. The article entitled Product Reviews-In-Brief lists the names of hundreds of software programs which schools might use or want to use and offers details and information on its appropriateness based on a five-star scale. Below is a list of the software programs reviewed for Primary School aged children:
- KidsCulture: The Great Explorers, by Susan W. Hixson (3/99)
- Curious George Learns to Spell, by Michele Sands (1/99)
- Thinkology: Clarity, by Susan W. Hixson (11/98)
- Oxford Children’s Encyclopedia on CD-ROM, by Michele Sands (9/98)
- First-Start Biography, by Susan Hixson (5/98)
- Readers’ Guide for Young People, by Gale Mostacciuolo (5/98)
- That’s a Fact, Jack!, by Sandy Scroggs (3/98)
- Mrs. Murphy’s Media Center, by Sandy Scroggs (1/98)
- CornerStone Language Arts, by Elizabeth Sky-McIlvain (11/97)
- Magic Tales II: Sleeping Cub’s Test of Courage, by Charles Doe (9/97)
- Dinosaur Hunter, by Gale Mostacciuolo (5/97)
- Tenth Planet Explores Math: Shapes Within Shapes and Mirror Symmetry, by Elizabeth Sky-McIlvain (5/97)
- Adventures of Ricky Raccoon: Lost in the Woods, by Charles Doe (3/97)
- CCCnet, by Sally Finley (1/97)
- Tesselmania! Deluxe CD, by Elizabeth Sky-McIlvain (1/97)
- Grammar Games, by Jodi Prchal (11/96)
- Trudy’s Time & Place House, by Fay L. Matsunaga (9/96)
- A to Zap!, by Fay L. Matsunaga (5/96)
- Storybook Weaver Deluxe, by Susan W. Hixon (5/96)
- Favorite Greek Myths (Scholastic Smart Books Series), by Mary Alice Anderson (3/96)
- With Open Eyes, by Ellen Baru and Jennifer Howland (3/96)
- School Font Collection, by Susan W. Hixson (1/96)
- The World of Nature (Microsoft Explorapedia Series), by Susan Eblen (1/96)
For the full list of reviews, I recommend taking a look at the journal article yourself!
