A Place to Start in Selecting Software

Table 1: List of software primarily for children

Title	Skill(s)	User	Setting	Teacher role	Approx. cost
Academy of Reading (Windows) Autoskill	Reading, literacy	Child	Class, self-directed learning-review	In control, set tasks	contact publisher
Destination Reading Riverdeep	Reading, literacy	Child	Class, self-directed learning-review	Set tasks	contact publisher
ELLIS Kids Ellis	Comprehensive	Child	Self-directed learning, review	Set tasks	contact publisher
English for Kids ESL Pro	Comprehensive	Child	Self-directed learning, class	Set tasks, control	$
Imagination Express Sunburst Technology	Comprehensive	Child	Self-directed learning, review	Set tasks	$
Just Grandma and Me and other Living Books Broderbund	Reading, listening	Child	Self-directed learning-review	Set tasks	$ each
Kid Works Davidson	Writing, reading	Child	Group, class	Control, tasks	$ from resellers
Kidspiration Inspiration	Writing - organizers	Child	Self-directed, group, class	Set tasks	$
Let's Go DynEd	Listening, reading	Child	Self-directed learning	Limited	contact publisher
Odyssey ELL CompassLearning	Comprehensive	Child	Class, self-directed learning-review	Set tasks	contact publisher
Oxford Picture Dictionary Interactive Oxford University Press	Vocabulary	Child, teen, adult	Group, class, self-directed learning-review	Control, tasks	$$
Read180 Scholastic	Reading, literacy	Child	Self-directed learning-review	Set tasks	Contact publisher
Reader Rabbit Learning Company	Reading, literacy	Child	Self-directed learning-review	Set tasks	$/title
Storybook Weaver Learning Company	Writing	Child	Group, class	Control	$
Zip Zoom for English Language Learners Scholastic	Vocabulary, literacy	Child	Self-directed learning-review	Set tasks	$$$$

Table 2: Teen and Adult Software

List of publishers mentioned

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Last updated 10 March 2006 by Deborah Healey, Email Deborah