19 files found in Library "education"

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Name Extracted Size Date Description
AUTOTEST.ZIP Yes 82614 1/19/1995
AutoTest is an automatic testing program. It
creates fill-in-the-blank type questions from
any text file. It lets you create rule files
or lists of fill-in-the-blank words for
greater control. It automatically generates
math questions and updates a scores file.
(Larry Colsten) (Reg.Fee: $0)
BERTAA42.ZIP Yes 313493 12/18/1994
Bert's African Animals 4.2 is a coloring
program for children. The child places
animals from Africa on a variety of
backgrounds and colors the picture. A window
is provided for children to write a short
story about their picture. The image and
story can be printed on a variety of
printers, including the DeskJet 500C. Req.
512K, VGA, mouse. Sound Blaster and the PC
speaker are supported. NEW: improved sound
card interface. (Theron Wierenga) (ASP)
(Reg.Fee: $22)
BERTCA42.ZIP Yes 352433 12/18/1994
Bert's Christmas 4.2 is a coloring program
featuring Christmas images. Its features are
the same as Bert's Prehistoric Animals.
NEW: improved sound card interface. (Theron
Wierenga) (ASP) (Reg.Fee: $22)
BERTDA42.ZIP Yes 331347 12/18/1994
Bert's Dinosaurs 4.2 is coloring program for
children. It is also useful for introducing
young children to the computer. The child
places various dinosaurs on a variety of
backgrounds and then colors the picture.
Requires VGA and a mouse. Sound Blaster and
the PC speaker are both supported. NEW:
improved sound card interface. (Theron
Wierenga) (ASP) (Reg.Fee: $22)
BERTPA42.ZIP Yes 343313 12/18/1994
Bert's Prehistoric Animals 4.2 is a coloring
program for children. The child places
prehistoric animals on a variety of
backgrounds and colors the picture. A voice
feature allows the animals to speak their
names. A window is provided for children to
write a short story about their picture. The
image and story can be printed out. Requires
512K, VGA and a mouse. NEW: improved sound
card interface. (Theron Wierenga) (ASP)
(Reg.Fee: $22)
BERTWA42.ZIP Yes 309881 12/18/1994
Bert's Whales and Dolphins 4.2 is a coloring
program featuring sea mammals. Its features
are similar to Bert's Prehistoric Animals.
NEW: improved sound card interface. (Theron
Wierenga) (ASP) (Reg.Fee: $20)
CHINA130.ZIP Yes 165266 11/30/1994
Write Chinese 1.30 teaches basic Chinese
calligraphy. This tutorial focuses on the 150
most frequently used characters. The
student's strokes are monitored as he/she
draws them in a nine-square box. It also
teaches Mandarin/Cantonese transliterations
and character meanings. Requires a 286, VGA,
and a mouse. (Thomas Yee) (ASP) (Reg.Fee:
$29)
CHINE130.ZIP Yes 161117 11/26/1994
Lerne Chinesisch Schreiben 1.30 is the German
language version of a program which teaches
basic Chinese calligraphy. This tutorial
focuses on the 150 most frequently used
characters. The student's strokes are
monitored as he/she draws them in a
nine-square box. It also teaches
Mandarin/Cantonese transliterations and
character meanings. (Thomas Yee) (ASP)
(Reg.Fee: $39)
CREAT35.ZIP Yes 415743 1/24/1995
Creativity Package 3.5 is a set of programs
to enhance creativity: Think Thunder! and
Unleash Your Creativity is an on-disk book
explaining what creativity is and how to use
it. Thunder Thought is computer-aided
brainstorming, and it facilitates the
creative process by automating its initial
stages. It will help you come up with novel
combinations of words, images, or ideas.
Versifier combines words and phrases from a
vocabulary you supply into different kinds of
poems, which you can then save and edit.
Although the program follows a few
grammatical rules and has a number of
predefined structures for the poems, the
choice of specific structure and the
selection of vocabulary are random. This
enables the program to put ideas together in
ways you might not have thought of
consciously, yet they are still your own
ideas, expressed in your own words. (Rosemary
K. West) (ASP) (Reg.Fee: $34)
DOLLA22.ZIP Yes 400957 1/24/1995
Rachel's Fashion Dolls 2.2 is a children's
coloring program. Children can dress any of
three paper dolls, choose from a set of
backgrounds, and add colors to the picture.
Each doll also includes a set of voice files
that can be heard with a sound card. Requires
VGA, 512K RAM and a mouse. (Theron Wierenga)
(ASP) (Reg.Fee: $22)
FACT.ZIP Yes 31335 12/28/1994
FactMaster 1.10 helps you learn practically
any subject using a flash card style of
teaching. Enter the information you need to
learn in a question and answer style. The
program will display the question and allow
you a specified amount of time to consider
the answer before it is displayed. (John
Dodge) (Reg.Fee: $10)
GEOM_AID.ZIP Yes 122849 11/19/1994
The Geometry Aide 1.0 is a geometry plotting
system for teaching novice to intermediate
geometry students. It provides a visual
correlation between equations or physical
parameters of an object and the plotted
equivalent. The program includes default
objects to graph which can be modified
through the use of parameter windows and will
identify any illegal values entered into an
equation or field. (Paul Rogers) (ASP)
(Reg.Fee: $20)
HIST_HI.ZIP Yes 1068899 1/24/1995
Ambrose's Chronology of History 1.0 provides
information about the major events of world
history in a time line format. It contains
information on over 230 countries and world
regions in 4 chronologies: general
chronology, rulers and leaders, war
chronology, and facts at a glance. The
program also includes a bibliography of
sources of information on particular history
subjects. (Historical Enterprises) (Reg.Fee:
$33)
KID20.ZIP Yes 717411 12/22/1994
Kidtionary 2.0 is a dictionary for kids, with
pictures, sound effects, and digital speech.
The screen will display the word, a picture
representation of the word, and a brief
definition. If you have a Sound Blaster
compatible sound card, you can have the word
spoken. There is also a quiz for teaching
children how to spell the words that go with
the picture that appears on the screen.
This unregistered version does not contain
words for the letters I, J, P, Q, W, or Z.
(Harold Holmes) (ASP) (Reg.Fee: $22)
SOAV4.ZIP Yes 379125 1/20/1995
Skill-Oriented Algebra IV generates printed
algebra exercises and tests for elementary to
junior high students. Tests and exercises are
formatted for direct and immediate use by the
student and can be adjusted by the user for
levels of difficulty. Answers are provided in
forms suitable to the classroom situation.
(Alfred D'Attore) (Reg.Fee: $60)
TABC4.ZIP Yes 394493 1/24/1995
Talking ABC's 4.1 uses speech and graphics to
teach the alphabet. Three approaches are
used. The first requires the child to press
the key which was pronounced by the program
and which is displayed on the screen. The
second allows the child to press any keys,
which results in the letter being pronounced
and an associated graphical image displayed.
The third displays images and requires the
child to find the one whose name beings with
the letter pronounced. Requires a hard disk,
512k RAM. (Karen Crowther) (ASP) (Reg.Fee:
$23)
TYPEEN54.ZIP Yes 86850 1/19/1995
Typemate 5.40 is a typing tutor for the
English, French and Dutch languages. It
teaches finger positions, words, sentences,
capitals, numbers and six lessons in which
the number of keys for touch typing is
gradually increased. (Martijn Y. De Deugd)
(Reg.Fee: $25)
VARG60.ZIP Yes 664067 12/21/1994
VAR Grade 6.03a allows you to grade your
class with the same methods you now do except
that the program does the tedious chores of
adding, plotting, and writing the scores. You
may grade using either letters or numbers.
You can change the worth of any exam by
changing the numerical weight of the exams.
You can analyze the exams by standard
statistical measures to see how the students
have done on each exam. You can also sum or
average student scores for any combination of
exams. Password protection is optional. Other
features include sorting the students by
name, ID, name & section, ID & section, or by
the grades from any exam, and list and choose
students by name or ID; temporarily drop
students from statistical measures (like
plots) and print out empty grids for
recording of grades. Printer support for all
dot-matrix, laser, and ink-jet printers.
Limited Mouse support and support for 43 line
EGA and 50 line VGA screens is included.
Requires 512K RAM and 1 MB of disk space.
(Dennis Revie) (ASP) (Reg.Fee: $40)
ZPLR410.ZIP Yes 370247 1/17/1995
Zpeller 4.10 helps improve spelling and
vocabulary. It can be used for an individual
or an entire classroom. The program works
with up to 19 students at once, each having
their own list of words, defaults, and files.
Seven different types of tests can be
conducted and there is an option of retest
for missed words after completion of the
first test. (Charles P. Schell) (ASP)
(Reg.Fee: $20)