Best New Software
Volume 29, Number 5, June 2002
Vocabulary
Joanne Troutner
Ariel’s Story Studio.
Disney Educational Productions (www.Edustation.Disney.com)
Grades K-3
This animated storybook includes a number of games to help younger students
with reading comprehension, vocabulary development and other skills.
Get a Clue Mastery and Get A Clue Jr. Mastery.
Sunburst Technology (www.sunburst.com)
Grades 5-Adult
Excellent set of vocabulary-building activities. Great practice for standardized
tests and college entrance exams.
Cosmic Reading Journey.
Sunburst Technology (www.sunburst.com)
Grades 2-3
This program includes a number of reading comprehension and writer response
activities, as well as vocabulary development options on 100 pre-selected
books.
Island Reading Journey.
Sunburst Technology (www.sunburst.com)
Grades 4-5
This CD contains a multiple-choice test, a Cloze passage and an essay question
for each of 100 pre-selected titles.
Jumpstart Languages.
Knowledge Adventure (www.KnowledgeAdventure.com)
PreS-Grade 1
This engaging set of games helps youngsters learn about the languages and
cultures of Japan, France, Mexico and the United States.
Encarta Reference Library 2002.
Microsoft Corporation (encarta.msn.com/)
The 2002 DVD version of Encarta expands this well-known resource even further.
Users will find the Encyclopedia Deluxe, Dictionary and Thesaurus, Interactive
World Atlas, Researcher, Africana, Factfinder and Online Deluxe options contained
in one DVD. Multimedia features are even more impressive with this version.
Joanne Troutner is director of Media/Technology for
the Tippecanoe School Corporation and owner of Creative
Computer Enterprises in Lafayette, Indiana. She can
be contacted at troutner@mindspring.com.
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