Educational+Software


 * Submit your examples of educational software here. Examples may be ANY type of educational software (you might want to look at software that you could use, or would like to buy, for your own classroom). We don't have to download it. Check page 200-201 in your text if you have questions related to educational software. Please be sure that your submission contains your name, website title and address (hyperlinked), and at least a 100 word review of educational software (see** submission example **with questions).**


 * Tiffany Wrinkle – Math Realm
 * [|Mathrealm.com]
 * This is a great site with a ton of different Math educational software for every grade. The software that I liked in particular is for grades K-3 and is called “Numbers Uncovered.” Max is an undercover detective (and also an interactive animated dog) that is trying to find some stolen numbers. The students play various games and solve puzzles in order to gain clues and help Max find the stolen numbers. It gets students involved and sparks their interest in math as they are having fun playing a “computer game.” However, the reason why I like this program the most is that it does not simply teach adding, subtracting, multiplication, and division. It emphasizes number representation, place value, notation, inequalities, graphing, and word problems. It digs deeper into slightly more abstract ideas of math than what most of us today learned in early elementary school. There is also another program very similar to this one, which I also love because of how it allows students to see the application of math in their own lives, and it emphasizes time telling, measuring/estimating, patterns, and counting money.

Connie Bernert- Software for Kids [] This site is a great site not only to purchase educational software for kids, but it also has helpful tabs for additional information. One of the tabs is named Helpful Resources and provides information for parents, teachers, students, and has links to news and information and Education. The software includes some from Dr Suess and Roger Rabbit, along with many others. The software is for Preschoolers and up to middle school and covers a wide variety of subject matters. Each item gives a detailed summary of the subject matter(s) it addresses. It seems very resourceful in finding software and educating potential buyers in many grade levels and interests. I only wish I had this sort of educational software when I was in grade school and middle school!

Katie LaBorence- All Educational Software [] This is a website where educators can purchase software for their classrooms. The website is divided by grade levels. There is software for early childhood education, grade school, and then middle and high school education. Also, the software is divided by different subjects. Teachers are able to buy software for every subject from this website, including foreign languages and typing lessons. Along with software for each subject, there are educational games for the students to play. I feel that this website can be very beneficial for the classroom. This website is very organized and makes it easy for someone to find exactly what they are looking for.

Leah Close- Smart Kids Software [|www.smartkidssoftware.com] This site is great for looking at educational software. You can search by age level, grade level, subject, brand, or alphabetically. In listing the different software's it gives information on the computer requirements, the appropriate age level, and the company that released it. It is especially helpful in that several of the software programs give descriptions of how it works and the skills that are covered. The site also includes a section of software's on sale in case you are dealing with a smaller budget. I enjoyed looking at this site and seeing all the areas of study possible in using educational software.

Lauren Crossett- Art site, software for art education [] I think this art software would be helpful for teachers and students. Students learn by exploring the ArtSite Museum and then writing a description or interpretation of the art on display. They can also research Internet websites or print sources to find new images and descriptions. It can be used for K-4, 5-8 and 9-12. I like how it starts you off with over 180 Museum pages organized into different collections. I really like this program because it lets you design any kind of museum you want for the time period or artist you are studying at the time. I think it is a very useful and interesting program.

Ashlee Preston - Kidsclick.com [] I think this website will be helpful for the teachers and the students to look up the fun games that can help them with any subject but mainly math. The teachers can buy the fun stuff by brand of the products or by characters. The website has really fun activities that the teachers will have fun doing with the students. There are also gift ideas that you can give to teachers to use in the rooms. This would be a good website to go to when you want to start teaching.

Jennifer Hess- Super Kids [|Super Kids] SuperKids site is mostly for teachers, they can print out some stuff and get software. They have bestsellers list. It is very helpful or teachers in that part. They have hangman games in almost every subject, it is awesome. I know most kids love playing the hangman game. They also have logic games like as checkers, 4 in a row, battleships, etc. It can help out a kid because they have to use their logic and work on that brain a little bit more. At the same time they don’t know they’re actually doing the work. I think it’s pretty cool, but it can work out some things though.

Bobby Gasca- Academic Superstore [] Academic Superstore is a website for students, teachers and schools. This company sells educational software. Some of the software includes Microsoft Office, Classroom Jeopardy, and Type to Learn. Academic Superstore even offers great discounts on software. The only thing about the discounts is that you have to say what your school is in order to qualify, and not all schools qualify. Academic Superstore sells software, computer products, electronics, learning games, teacher supplies, and DVD’s. They also offer live chat with a sales rep. I found this site to have very good deals, and I would recommend it to any teacher.

Aaron Porzelius Super Kids.com [] Leapster Game: Scholastic Clifford The Big Red Dog Reading I really like this website the home page has a list of educational software games for you to choose for with a brief description of what the game teaches students. Once you pick a game it takes you to another page that goes more in-depth about the game. On this page it talk about the educational value of it, its apple to the kids, installment, and what kind of system is required to use it. I think this is very useful to teachers and parents because it allows them to see and understand just what they are going to be paying for. If a teacher can read this, before buying an educational game for their students, it can save time and money.

Sarah Tipton- Educational Software and Maps from Owl & Mouse [] The website of Owl & Mouse seems to provide a wide variety of fun materials. Ranging from maps, puzzles, farms, and atlas'. Their main focus is map software such as U.S. maps, world maps, international maps, and ocean maps. I thought they offered a lot of fun activities in which you could use with your students. Owl & Mouse is also a free software in which you download to your computer rather then having to subscribe to a yearly or monthly subscription. The website seemed convenient to use and straight forward, I would recommend it to teachers. A history teacher studing the U.S. and different parts of the world would definately find this website helpful!

Christiana M. Strebe – educational software directory [] I found Educational Software Directory to be a good place to go if you are looking to buy some educational software for your class. It is any easy and user friendly site to use. The site is well organized into categories. Educational Software Directory also has a easy to use search engine so if you know what you are looking for you can just type it in the search box and hit enter and a list will appear where you can easily pick out what you were looking for. The site also has a list of publications news as well as organizations that will either interest you or help you.

Chiquita Richmond- memory booster http://www.memory-booster.com/us/

I located a great website that allows kids to test their memory skills and give methods to better the ability to learn. The adults are able to find out what is the problems that enable a child to learn. Many adults try to come up with easy task for that child, but a challenge is what is needed. The website is design to keep the attention of children with many detailed activities. The page allows parents to watch a demo version to check out the effectiveness of the software. The ides of students doing computerized lesson made for fun, promote encouragement of learning for all subjects. Memory is the most vital asset to studying and taking test.

Joshua Faretta- Free Educational Software [] This website is packed with all sorts of fun software for teachers and students. It provides a lot of home software that may be useful to teachers at home. Such as preparing grades or making lessons. For students there are all kinds of neat graphic software and learning software. I think if any of these software was interesting enough to do a project with. It would be a great way to do an at home project with your students. I find the website a little hard to determine what you’re looking for though. It would be nice if they provided examples and reviews of the software. That way you don’t have to waste memory downloading all kinds of software. Other than that it defiantly is a useful website.

Katia Petsas- Educational Software [] This website is where you can purchase software called TextAloud. TextAloud is the assistive technology software that has proven especially helpful for children and students with a visual impairment. This powerful text to speech tool is used in classrooms across the world, because it turns what is essentially a text-based medium into something that can be enjoyed even if you can't read the screen. In today's world, students everywhere depend on online sources for homework and academic projects - and when all text is read out loud in a clear, human-like voice, anyone with a visual disability can do the same. This website allows the consumer to try the product for 20 days to see if they really want to purchase it, which is really nice. You can just download it to your computer and give it try!

Casey Sandoval- Educational Software []

This is a great website to get information on any subject. Most of the information was for the junior high level but there was some information for the lower and upper grade levels. This site had information on almost every subject.

Chelsea Gill- All Educational Software.com [] This website has many different types of educational software. This includes software for elementary school, middle school, and high school. The piece of software that I found to be the most interesting would be the Weekly Reader Mastering High School Learning System. This is designed to help high school students and middle school students learn how to accelerate learning. There are many advantages and key benefits to this piece of software. It helps with math, science, English and history. This would be a great piece of software to have in a middle school classroom or in a high school classroom.

Veronica Vargas- Spanish/ Bilingual Educational Software []

This site is quite helpful for Spanish teachers and ESL teachers. It offers a variety of educational software from DVD’s and videos to books, toys, and music in Spanish/English. I feel this website is essential for teachers when looking for software to purchase for their classroom and students. I also feel that students would have a great advantage with this software because it includes characters that are well known and of their interest.

Jake Kelley- Educational software [] This site acts as a search guide for different types of educational software. It provides a home page which then directs you to links which give a brief explanation of what the specific form of software is all about. It also explains how it plans to execute helping each student. It provides students with an out of the ordinary learning experience that may draw their interest. One of the main forms of software that I noticed was gaming. This site seemed to widely project the use of learning games to educate children. There was not too much for older students. There is a linked page that is for comments and feedback to the variety of different types of software.