Educational software?

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Suze

Hi good people at ACF

I'm trying to find educational software for a roughly 10-16 age range.
Any and all subjects, but English language/literature, history and
human growth and development would be very welcome.

Suitable for kids who for one reason or another have been permanently
excluded from mainstream education, so interesting, attention grabbing
and non-patronising would be great.

We're a tiny, experimental unit and we don't have much money to spend
on software or subscription based teaching resources:(

Thanks in advance for any and all suggestions you may have.

Suze
 
Suze said:
Hi good people at ACF

I'm trying to find educational software for a roughly 10-16 age range.
Any and all subjects, but English language/literature, history and
human growth and development would be very welcome.

Suitable for kids who for one reason or another have been permanently
excluded from mainstream education, so interesting, attention grabbing
and non-patronising would be great.

We're a tiny, experimental unit and we don't have much money to spend
on software or subscription based teaching resources:(

Thanks in advance for any and all suggestions you may have.
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I think that Google Earth is a superb teaching tool..

http://earth.google.com/

Will McGugan
 
Op Tue, 23 Aug 2005 11:49:31 GMT schreef Suze:
Hi good people at ACF

I'm trying to find educational software for a roughly 10-16 age range.
Any and all subjects, but English language/literature, history and
human growth and development would be very welcome.

Suitable for kids who for one reason or another have been permanently
excluded from mainstream education, so interesting, attention grabbing
and non-patronising would be great.

We're a tiny, experimental unit and we don't have much money to spend
on software or subscription based teaching resources:(

Thanks in advance for any and all suggestions you may have.

Suze
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@ www.freewarehome.com is a subcollection with educational freeware
 
Suze said:
Hi good people at ACF

I'm trying to find educational software for a roughly 10-16 age range.
Any and all subjects, but English language/literature, history and
human growth and development would be very welcome.

Suitable for kids who for one reason or another have been permanently
excluded from mainstream education, so interesting, attention grabbing
and non-patronising would be great.

We're a tiny, experimental unit and we don't have much money to spend
on software or subscription based teaching resources:(

Thanks in advance for any and all suggestions you may have.

Suze
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Hi
I'd recommend Artrage from www.ambientdesign.com/artrage.html
It is a freehand painting program, very different from Paint, Photoshop
or any of the other mainstreamers.
 
I think that Google Earth is a superb teaching tool..

http://earth.google.com/
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Absolutely. Thanks for this - I've been messing about with it all
morning.

Also thanks to everyone who sent helpful links - the page of links
looks very good indeed and I'll be checking it all out.

As as bonus - Tuxpaint, although not of much use for my age-range
kids, will certainly keep my grandkids happy for hours. What a good
paint programme for little kids!

Thanks again, folks.

Suze
 
Suze said:
As as bonus - Tuxpaint, although not of much use for my age-range
kids, will certainly keep my grandkids happy for hours. What a good
paint programme for little kids!
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another good one:

Program: Drawing for Children
Author: (Mark Overmars)
Install: (n.i.)
Ware: (Freeware)
http://www.cs.uu.nl/people/markov/kids/index.html

Susan
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