July 5, 2006 at 8:46 pm
· Filed under Sunburst
From now until July 31, 2006 if you buy a Sunburst product in either math or science you can get one free. This great deal can save you up to $699.95! The promotion applies to Unlimited Schools, Site Licenses, and Networks only. There are selected titles that you can choose from and the free product must be of equal or lesser value.
Selected Sunburst Math Titles
- Concert Tour Entrepreneur
- Data Explorer
- Fraction Attraction
- Graphers
- Green Globs and Graphing Equations
- Hidden Treasures of Al-Jabr
- Hot Dog Stand: The Works
- Hot Dog Stand: Top Dog
- Ice Cream Truck
- Math Arena
- Math Arena Advanced
- Math Essentials
- My Mathematical Life
- Numbers Recovered
- Numbers Undercover
- Tabletop
- Tabletop Jr.
- Toy Store
- Yoiks
- Zoombinis
Promotion Code for Sunburst Math:
HR95-Mat / Rules and Restrictions apply
Selected Titles for Sunburst Science
- Learn about:
- Animals
- Astronomy
- Dinosaurs
- Human Body
- Matter, Measurement, and Mixture
- Senses
- Space Academy
- Virtual Labs
- Field Trips:
Promotion Code for Sunburst Science:
HR95-SCI / Rules and Restrictions apply
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June 21, 2006 at 7:01 pm
· Filed under Riverdeep
The Edmark House Series, by Riverdeep, is a series of software for children between the grades of Pre-K and 2nd. The software includes four different programs that are designed to help guide students towards success. The programs focus on developing early skills in reading, math, science, and social studies. And through the fun filled activities for the students, the teachers will be able to pinpoint their studetns weak areas with the learning management tools.
The four programs include:
Bailey's Book House
In this program children will learn the basic ideas of letter names and sounds, rhyming words, adjectives, how text relates to clues, positional words, sentence building, and much more.
Millie's Math House
In Millie's Math House children will learn about numbers, shapes, sizes, quantities, patterns, and sequencing.
Sammy's Science House
Students will learn concepts on how plants develop over time, how different animals age, and concepts on observation, analysis, and test theories.
Trudy's Time & Place House
Trudy's time and place house helps students compare cities, towns, and the countryside while also helping them to understand the ideas of landmarks, directions, and map symbols.
The Edmark Series also has features for children with special needs. It has built in universal access and pacing options, the ability to assign accessibility by student, closed captioning of all audio and controls, and screen scaling for larger screen views.
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June 15, 2006 at 6:15 pm
· Filed under Riverdeep
Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing Deluxe for Schools, by Riverdeep, is a program to help students improve on their typing skills. It is designed for grades 3-Adult, and was put together specifically for teachers. The software allows students to work at their own pace to deliver the best overall outcome.
New Features
Custom Lesson Designer
With this feature teachers can modify their own lessons with the editing and importing keys, or they can use the twenty new lessons that the program offers.
Skill Building Games
Included in the software are 10 skill building games that will help students improve on areas such as accuracy, speed, rhythm, and endurance.
Hands Display
On the computer screen there will be a display of a keyboard with hands on it to demonstrate the correct placement of where your hands should be each time you type.
Audio Instruction
You can have the audio instruction provided in either english or spanish.
One Hand Typing
This display is to benefit people who can only use one hand.
Download to your Palm
You can download this program onto your handheld devises so you can practice your typing wherever you are.
Tools for Teachers
Progress Reports
This feature allows teachers to create and print progress reports to show how each student is progressing, or for a complete class overview.
Import School Lists
Teachers can import school lists to make logging in quick and easy.
Export Student Data
This feature creates spreadsheets so teachers can see how well the students are working.
Teacher Resource Binder
The binder comes with 26 lessons and 22 transcription and dictation excercises so the students can receive additional practice time.
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June 15, 2006 at 4:24 pm
· Filed under Riverdeep
Mavis Beacon Teaches Microsoft Office, by Riverdeep, is geared to help students learn how to use Microsoft Office programs such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and Outlook. This version of the software is specifically for schools with students in grades 3-12. There are 59 lessons for Word, 62 for Excel, 51 for PowerPoint, 61 for Access, and 59 for Outlook. There are also two bonus features that include Web Design Fundamentals and a tool called Mavis Beacon Answers.
Word
How to:
- Use the thesaurus, grammar-check, and word count tool
- Use clip art and custom diagrams
- Use borders and shading attributes
Excel
How to:
- Make spreadsheets
- Use charts and diagrams
- Orchestrate documents by linking them together
- Calculate numbers by creating formulas
- Split and merge cells
- Freeze and hide rows
Powerpoint
How to:
- Make proficient presentations
- Use pictures, video, and sound
- Insert speacker notes
Access
How to:
- Use databases to store information with ease
- Sort information
- Arrnage folders with the support wizard
Outlook
How to:
- Accurately use e-mail
- Arrange data on contact lists and calanders
- Schedule appointments
Bonus – Web Design Fundamentals
Learn to:
- Construct a Web site
- Insert photos, backgrounds, and themes into a Web site
- Add visual effects
- Upload files from the desktop to the Web
Bonus – Mavis Beacon Answers
Enter topics or keywords from a lesson and Mavis Beacon will walk you through whatever it is you are having trouble with.
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June 14, 2006 at 4:23 pm
· Filed under Tom Snyder
Neighborhood MapMachine 2.0, by Tom Snyder Productions, is a fun way for students, grades 1-5, to map out their own neighborhoods, other communities, or imaginary places. As students create the maps they will learn and understand the ideas of grid coordinates, location, scale, and compass navigation. Maps can be modified with pictures, movies, and web links. In addition, maps can be printed in various sizes and can also be used in slideshows or on the internet.
- Use directions (North, South, East, and West) to locate places
- Scale distances between different places on a map
- Locate places using compass rose, grid, and symbols
- Communicate directions with written language
Neighborhood MapMachine 2.0 focuses on areas in Social Studies, Math, and Language Arts. The program comes with 25 activities in these subjects, along with pre- and post- tests to see if the students are comprehending what they are learning.
Some features include:
80 map symbols
Paint tools
A notebook with an audio recorder
Bilingual – english or spanish
Add photos, sounds, and movies to maps
3-D models that have paper cut-outs for buildings
And much more…
For more information on Neighborhood MapMachine 2.0 click here.
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June 14, 2006 at 3:41 pm
· Filed under Tom Snyder
With The Graph Club 2.0, by Tom Snyder Productions, students in grades K-4 will learn abstract graphing. They will be able to create, explore, interpret, and print graphs with ease for Math, Science, Social Studies, and Language Arts. With this program students will be able to put together questions from the data in their graphs and solve problems by collecting, organizing, and displaying thier information.
The Graph Club 2.0 is equipped with:
- Over 100 lessons in Math, Science, Social Studies, and Language Arts
- Assessment tools such as rubrics, checklists, and sample graphs
- Picture, bar, line, and circle graphs – plus tables
- 450 symbols
- The ability to import your own symbols
- A notebook with an audio recorder
- A teacher's Guide and a step by step walk through for students
- The ability to graph as many as 12 categories on a scale of up to 1,000
For more information on The Graph Club 2.0 click here.
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June 13, 2006 at 6:31 pm
· Filed under Tom Snyder
Graph Master, by Tom Snyder Productions, teaches students in grades 4-8 how to analyze data, interpret results, and solve problems based on statistics. The program includes 40 activities in math, science, and social studies. Students can enter their own data, take it from a spreadsheet, get it from the Internet, or use one of the 10 data sets that come with the program.
Students will be able to:
- Create questions and then gather, organize, and record the answers
- Evaluate recordings using the Filter, Sort, and Compare features
- Elaborate and analyze predictions from their information
- Enter observations, conclusions, and answers into the Notebook feature
Graph Master Features
- 9 different graph types
- Online glossary
- Generate formulas and compute the mean, median, mode, and range
- Compare graphs next to each other
- Print as many as 4 graphs on each page
Deluxe Version
The deluxe version is equipped with 50 ready made data sets for: American and World history, population and immigration, geography, environment, animals and plants, and geology. Plus, when you order the deluxe version you save up to 35%.
For more information on Graph Master click here.
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June 13, 2006 at 5:08 pm
· Filed under Siboney Learning Group
Journey, by Siboney Learning Group, is a program guided to help students in reading and math skills. Journey runs on a self-paced branching system of over 900 lessons so students can achieve the best results and do the best that they can.
There are Math Lessons in:
- Whole numbers
- Fractions, Decimals, Ratios, and Percentages
- Measurement (customary and metric)
- Algebraic ideas
- Geometry
- Statistics and Probability
And Reading Lessons in:
- Vocabulary
- Reading
- Comprehension
- Writing
- Techniques
- Strategies
- Research Skills
The lessons are based on skills of classroom activities, along with skills needed for standardized tests for grades 3-8. Students will get to travel to destinations as they progress, and will even get postcards and a passport of their own. The postcards can be printed out, and the passports can be stamped by the teacher each time a destination is reached. These are great for encouragement and allow the student to see how much they have accomplished.
Each grade level has 12 destinations.
For grades 3-4 destinations can be reached by car in the United States.
For grades 5-6 destinations are reached by boat to islands and ports.
Grades 7-8 travel by plane to international destinations.
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June 13, 2006 at 3:56 pm
· Filed under Tom Snyder
Understanding what you are reading is essential for students. This is why Tom Snyder Productions came up with the program Reading for Meaning, for grades 3-8. This software is designed to assist students in a four step process to improve reading comprehension. The program focuses on five areas: main idea, inference, sequence, cause and effect, and compare and contrast.
Reading for Meaning includes:
35 lessons in literature – fiction, non-fiction, poems, and articles
30 extra lesson plans on comprehension
Graphic organizers
3 separate reading levels to best suit your students
-and-
Comprehension questions following each selection
For additional information on Reading for Meaning click here.
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June 13, 2006 at 3:09 pm
· Filed under Riverdeep
Riverdeep has put out a new edition of Kid Pix, designed specifically for the classroom. The software, for grades K-8, contains art tools that give a realistic effect so that students can create impressive artwork. It has the ability of easy graphic handling, it is simple to use, and is bilingual in Spanish and English. In addition it also contains new teacher tools to help the educators encourage their students to do the best work that they can.
Teacher Tools:
- 30 lesson plans
- Curriculum matrix
- Illustrated index of all rubber stamps
- Tips for users and teachers
- Tutorials
- And More…
New Features
"Rollover tool" provides descriptions for all features
"Getting Started" Movies shorten time spent teaching how to use the program
17% larger workspace than Kid Pix Deluxe 3
Word Processing tools such as spell check, combining font styles, inserting text within a page, and resizing text in a text box
Text to speech option that lets students hear what they have written
Importing of photos, graphics, and videos
Photo editing where you can move, manipulate, and modify your photos
Stickers that tell students how well they are working (Good Job)
And Much More…
For more information on Kid Pix Deluxe 4 click here.
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