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Peer reviewedNewman, Judith M. – Language Arts, 1988
Discusses the rich potential of Logo (a computer programing system for children) and particularly LogoWriter (its word processor) as learning tools in the language arts. Cautions against their use as rote exercises. (SR)
Descriptors: Children, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Software Reviews
Download full textWeaver, Dave; Pollard, Jim – 1989
These three volumes list and describe a total of 65 new educational software products. The lists are the result of February and September 1988 polls of 10 computer coordinators from large educational software preview centers and evaluation agencies, who were asked to identify new products they had seen which, in their professional opinion, were…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Games, Computer Graphics, Computer Simulation
Classroom Computer Learning, 1989
Reviews three software programs: (1) "Microsoft Works 2.0": word processing, data processing, and telecommunications, grades 7 and up; (2) "AppleWorks GS": word processor, database, spreadsheet, graphics, and telecommunications, grades 3-12, Apple IIGS; (3) "Choices, Choices: On the Playground, Taking Responsibility":…
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Computer Software Reviews, Computer Uses in Education, Critical Thinking
Educational Software Evaluation Consortium, Menlo Park, CA. – 1987
Developed to help educators locate computer software programs they may want to preview for students in K-12, this guide lists commercially available programs that have been favorably reviewed by members of the Educational Software Evaluation Consortium. Programs are listed alphabetically by title within curriculum areas: art; business education…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programing), Computer Graphics, Computer Software Reviews, Courseware
Eiser, Leslie – Classroom Computer Learning, 1989
Reviews 70 software programs and 19 print publications, and provides a short synopsis of the best programs. Included areas are: teaching others to use AppleWorks, writing templates, curriculum applications, tools for teachers and administrators, and desktop tools and utilities. Lists resource books for AppleWorks. (MVL)
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Computer Literacy, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software
Kruse, Ted, Comp. – Classroom Computer Learning, 1987
Provides a list of evaluation services currently producing critical reviews of educational software. Includes information about The Apple K-12 Curriculum Software Reference, The Educational Software Preview, The Educational Software Selector, MicroSIFT, and Only The Best: The Discriminating Guide for Preschool-Grade 12. (TW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Simulation, Computer Software Reviews
Classroom Computer Learning, 1987
Reviews several computer software programs appropriate for educational use. Includes reviews of a graphic environmental operating system, a writers workshop, an exploration of an artificial intelligence program, and a microcomputer based laboratory (MBL) package. Provides information on hardware, grade level, purchasing, and strengths and…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Software Reviews
