[MACEP] Edutainment Software

[tchase]

> Tricia's on to something -- there are so many amazing sites out there, 
>  one hardly needs to purchase software. 
> Most public libraries have a plethora of computer games to check out - 
> like Reader Rabbit and Freddy the Fish.  I think this is a better 
> route for these types of programs.
>
> -Jennifer
I like the idea of checking out computer games--that makes lots of 
sense!  I don't believe that the Bend libraries do that, but I'll 
check.  [Somehow I'm not surprised that a Gingerich boy spontaneously 
began podcasting in the third grade!]

I think I am seeking, though, good edutainment software (that I need to 
pay for).  I've used Starfall and PBS Kids and NLVM (and I did go check 
out the flash games from Tricia's link--thanks Tricia!), but I just 
don't feel they're on par with Reader Rabbit and the like.  This 
terribly old version that I have for my first grader so impresses me . . 
. they've rolled all the reading and math activities into a storyline 
and my kid is learning to solve problems while practicing the essential 
skills for grade level.  I think to myself "if they had software like 
this in 1998, what leaps of improvements must have happened in the 
decade between times?"

~Tim
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Tim Chase
Bend La Pine Schools
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