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Software Evaluation

 

bullet Evaluation Forms
bullet All Star Review provide accurate software reviews as well as other product reviews.
bullet Children's Software Review is a bimonthly magazine that reviews software. There is an online searchable database so that you can check reviews of various titles. You can also add your own reviews to the database.
bullet The ComputED Gazette lists award winning titles & has several articles of interest.
bulletCyber News and Reviews is a monthly column by Howard Berenbon, developed to offer information on some of the best computer products available covering business, education and entertainment software and hardware.
bullet The Family Education Network has software reviews. Just choose the Learning Tools link & then choose the software tab.
bullet The Schoolhouse Review offers reviews of various educational software reviews broken down by subject for all ages.
bulletSuperkids Educational Software Review is updated monthly. You can look through the current issue or do a search of all the reviews looking for a particular title. They also have a search engine which does price comparisons for you of various web based vendors.
bullet ParentsPlace.com This site has good software reviews.
bullet PEP - Parents, Educators, Publishers is a very informative website. There is a special section of reviews of educational software titles here.
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The Design, Evaluation and Usage of Educational Software

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SuperKids education software review

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Children's Software Review

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Evaluating Instructional Software

bullet California Learning Resource Network
bullet Children's Software Finder
bullet MultiMedia Schools : Product Reviews in Brief
bullet Nova Scotia Software Evaluation Reports
bullet Ohio SchoolNet Software Review Project
bullet ReviewZone: CD-ROM Reviews
bullet Superkids Software Reviews
bullet Technology and Learning Magazine's Software Reviews
bullet Through the Glass Wall
bullet Evaluation Guidelines
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The Best Software in the Education World!  

  Recommended software rated on quality, performance, and usefulness:
  Productivity Software
  Presentation Software
  Curriculum Software
  Keyboarding Software
  Concept-Mapping Software
  Classroom Management Software
  Reference Software
  Web Authoring Software

 

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Software Evaluation Forms

 
bullet Software Reviews
bullet Software Evaluation A form created by Tim Jansen which you are free to use and distribute within a school setting. (This file is a word document in form-field format)
bullet Software Evaluation Same form as above but not in form-field format.  You are free to use and distribute within a school setting. (This file is an easy to print PDF format)
bullet Kathy Schrock's Evaluation Form (also available in PDF for printing.)
bullet Educational software evaluation form
bullet Shelbyville Software Evaluation Form
bullet J. Kerr's Software Evaluation http://cnets.iste.org/teachers/pdf/App_D_Software.pdf

 

 

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Spanish Software/Freeware

 

WARNING: Downloading programs from the Internet can be dangerous!!!!

 

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Spanish Vocabulary Add-On for Quiz-Buddy (with Audio) 1.1 This add-on contains over 600 Spanish words and expressions with audio recorded by a native Spanish speaker. The material is divided into 15 topics. Important: this add-on requires a full version of Quiz-Buddy 3.5 or better.

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Language Freeware on NewFreeware.com

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Spanish Whiz The Spanish Whiz program has three different levels of Spanish which are designed to help the serious student get on with learning the language. The program contains most of the common vocabulary and verbs which exist in the language while making an extra effort to give you practice in typical problem areas such as ser and estar, por and para, prepositions, the imperative forms, the subjunctive and idiomatic expressions.

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JlearnIt is a multilingual dictionary sorted by categories that helps you learn vocabulary of another language progressively (each word has a level of use). The languages available are English, French, Spanish, Dutch, German and Italian.

bullet Spanish E.L. Easton Languages Online Entire Online Classroom!
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Magic Translator (ZhangDuo Corporation International)

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Buensoft Spanish BuenSoft Spanish is a free innovative listening-based interactive program with 14 interactive games designed to give learners of all ages a fast and easy way to have fun and improve their Spanish.

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Aare Spanish Dialogs V2.0 - Speaking Spanish fluently with this software. You can make full use of spare time to work while studying.

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Learn Spanish Today  Learn Spanish using Free Interactive Online Lessons

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Artefact Dictionary integrates into the system and allows you to get an translation of any word or expression, regardless of which application displayed it. All you need to do - is to hold 'Alt' (or some other) key and select some text by the mouse.

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StartSpanish StartSpanish is for you if you want to learn Spanish from the beginning, or you’d like to review your Spanish and quickly get back on track. It contains brief yet comprehensive explanations (with examples) about all of the most important parts of Spanish grammar, combined with interactive exercises to help you get a firm grip on the language. A guide to pronunciation is also included.

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Aare Recite Spanish words V2.0 is a kind of very convenient & high-efficient software for the native English speaker to recite Spanish words, and provide 38 categories including 3800 classical and practical words for the user to study

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Learn vocabulary in over 30 languages. 4 testing modes; multiple translations; intelligent response evaluation; notes on grammar; specialized editor; file import/export; vocabulary files for French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish.

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Procesador de Palabras is Spanish for "Word Processor." This program will be a basic word processor for the Spanish speaking. It has built in features for easy accented vowels. In its early releases, it will more than likely be very limited in a lot of commonly found features. It is not meant to be a power editor. It is meant to simplify the task for Spanish speaking people who want to type in their own language with less of a hassle than other word processors. 2.2 MB

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Aare Spanish Dialogs V2.0 - Speaking Spanish fluently with this software. You can make full use of spare time to work while studying.

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Learn To Speak Spanish V2.4 is specially developed for the people who are learning Spanish. It includes 551 scenes of common conversation and 3800 words of basic vocabulary that will be only presented in small screen with pronunciation, therefore, you can remember all while doing other things, the software will make every second of your time useful. Learn To Speak Spanish V2.4 mainly comes with conversations learning tool, vocabularies learning tool, Dictionary and Reader Angel.

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Learn To Speak Spanish  Learn to speak Spanish - Learn to speak Spanish with this software.

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JumpStart Spanish is the complete Spanish preparedness program for kids! Designed especially for young children, JumpStart Spanish offers a simple, age-appropriate introduction to Spanish. This product uses the JumpStart award-winning teaching approach to expose your child to Spanish vocabulary, phrases, culture and music in a friendly atmosphere that relates to your child’s everyday surroundings. JumpStart gives your child the foundation he needs to succeed later in life! There’s no better time to get your child off to a bilingual head start in today’s multicultural world and there’s no stopping a kid with a JumpStart!

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Middle School Excellence is designed by professionals with lesson plans backed by detailed scope and sequence specifications in each subject to help students enhance their learning. Identify the names and positions of constellations in the sky, learn the Spanish language, visit and learn about Roman empires, Chinese dynasties and more!

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Broderbund’s Spanish Titles

 

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Special Education Software

 
bullet SpecialEd.net Special Education Network
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Keyboarding Software/Freeware

WARNING: Downloading programs from the Internet can be dangerous!!!!

 

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Senselang Touch Typing Touch Typing Learning Program that you can try out online before downloading! The program uses a large keyboard and, when you strike the wrong key, animation will show you where the key is and which finger to use. For beginners, lessons start with the letters F and J and continue to teach all other letters and you have the option to use your own text for practicing. Just copy any text from wherever you like (sites, word processor, etc.) paste it into the program and practice the text guided by the program.

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TypingMaster A family of Windows applications and web services enabling computer users to improve their typing efficiency. Also offers free typing tests.
Touch Typing Now! Friendly typing tutor with games. Free trial. 30 days refund guarantee.

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Nail It Now Typing Tutor For busy people. A free preview is available online.

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Ainsworth Keyboard Training Systems Typing tutor and 10-key software for individuals, schools, and corporations. Download and evaluate typing software that builds communication skills.

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Typing Pal [Win] Typing tutor offering a fully customized learning scenario that suits both beginners and those with more keyboard experience.

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ALL Typing Tutors Information about all touch-typing tutors (shareware, freeware). Description, screenshots and links for download. Both traditional and alternative approaches to touch typing technique are reviewed.

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GS Typing Tutor A full-featured software for helping you to learn touch typing quickly through an amusing, easy, and effective way, for both adults and children.

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Touch Typing Tutor Auto-adapts to the learner, ensuring keyboard mastery in two to six hours of practice; also auto-adapts to keyboard language and layout. Online ordering; immediate download.

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Nimblefingers A free program for learning touch typing quickly. For all age groups. Additional features when registered.

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KP Typing Tutor series This tutor is free for non-commercial use. Typing Course Generator is available for teachers to customize the tutor for kids and other alphabetic languages. Courses for Dvorak keyboards are bundled.

 

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Software

bullet IU 13 Statewide Software Discount Program Lancaster-Lebanon IU 13's Statewide Software Discount Program offers Pennsylvania schools the unique opportunity to purchase quality instructional and administrative software at significantly reduced prices. Each company highlighted below has discounted their software exclusively for schools in Pennsylvania.
bullet Broderbund®
bullet SchoolExpress.com
bullet Knowledge Adventure®
bullet DK Multimedia®
bullet Edmark®
bullet Humongous Entertainment
bullet Sunburst®
bullet Worksheet Factory
bullet Lucas Learning
bullet Mindplay Educational Software
bullet Microsoft Kids®
bullet Scholastic®
bullet Tom Snyder Productions®
bullet Inspiration Software®
bullet Education.com Store
bullet Softkey®
bullet EPICENTER The Education Process Improvement Center, Inc.
bullet Teachers' Institute for Special Education specializes in unique custom designed keyboarding software and typing books designed for the physically handicapped, learning disabled, dyslexic and bilingual student. Each software program and typing book is a complete course.
bullet Trialware from many of these vendors

 

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  Trialware
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Inspiration® Demos

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Riverdeep® Demos

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Sunburst® Demos

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Scholastic® Demos

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Mindplay® Demos

 

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Educational Freeware & Shareware

WARNING: Downloading programs from the Internet can be dangerous!!!!

 

bullet Free Stuff For Teachers
bullet eSchool.net Freeware and shareware A collection of freeware and shareware especially suitable for young children. All the programs have been tested and are easy to use.
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Freeware sorted by subject

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Freewarehome.com The best FREEWARE Collection on the Web!

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KIDS FREEWARE

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Free Stuff For Teachers

bullet Free Gradebook Software, GradeSpeed Lite
bullet Download ClassRoom Windows Free Gradebook and Class Management Software
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Family Games freeware educational games

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Keyboarding & Typing

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It's Free 4 U.Com - Educational Freeware

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Educational free software

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Educational Freeware

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Grey Olltwit's Freeware

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Bob Bowman's Freeware list for Educational Technology

Academic Aids Artificial Intelligence 
Business  Comp asst drawing 
Desktop Publishing  Dictionaries, etc
Editors  Games 
Internet Software  Languages 
Mac Software  Math
Music  Programming 
Science Special Ed 
Special Interest  Utility/Misc
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Educational share ware and Freeware for homeschooling

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Colin Edmonds Educational Freeware

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ByKeyword.com educational Freeware Downloads

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Welcome to SimplytheBest Educational shareware

E-book compilers Flash cards
Geography History
Language & spelling Kids' stuff
Mathematics Memory trainers
Miscellaneous Music tutors
Quiz makers Science & engineering
Speed readers Teacher tools
Tutorial writers Typing tutors
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