Reading management software that includes student recordkeeping for 200 students and computerized quizzes for reading-range-specific books. A Spanish/English version is also available, with 100 computerized quizzes for reading-range-specific Spanish language books and 100 computerized quizzes for the same books in English language. Students receive feedback in the language they select: either Spanish or English. Dual tracking lets educators separate or combine reporting on reading practice in either language. Accelerated Reader for Spanish English can be added to an initial Accelerated Reader Starter Kit purchase for an additional $100. The elementary level (grades 1-3) quizzes are for titles such as Goodnight Moon, Amelia Bedelia, Charlotte's Web, Clifford series books by Norman Bridwell and Magic School Bus series books by Joanna Cole. The Middle Grades Starter Kit (Grades 4-9) includes quizzes for James and the Giant Peach, Stuart Little, The Courage of Sarah Noble, The Great Gatsby, and titles from Betsy Byars, Laura Ingalls Wilder, S.E. Hutton, and Scott O'Dell.
Created by Martin Holmes, this is a complete set of macros and a toolbar for WordPerfect 6.1 and 7 and for Microsoft Word 7. It implements a button-based marking system for use within WordPerfect. Complete instructions for installing and using the system are provided. Freeware.
Easy-to-use, non-threatening program to help computer beginners gain familiarity with moving, clicking, and double-clicking a mouse. It works by having the user click on progressively smaller boxes that move around the screen. Excellent for adult learners as well as for children. A website membership fee allows the download of about 100 different programs, at least 15 of them good for English language learners.
Crossword puzzle maker. Includes a thesaurus to help in generating clues. This package received several recommendations and was praised for being easy to use, though it helps to read the documentation in order to take advantage of all the features. Puzzles can be solved on screen, printed out, or exported to a word-processor.
This is an adaptive placement exam that helps evaluate students' skill level in ESL/EFL. Placement includes more than 1,200 validated questions testing the areas of grammar, reading, vocabulary and listening comprehension. According to each student response, Placement calibrates the difficulty of the next question. The student's proficiency level can be accurately established in a matter of minutes. If you are using other programs from the ELLIS product line, Placement will suggest which ELLIS program best suits the needs of each student.
Bibliographic software with one-step creation of bibliographies in over 300 styles, including APA, MLA, Chicago, etc., so it's useful for students, especially graduate students, from many different majors. Other features include storage of reference information in the EndNote database as a personal card catalog and the ability to import search results, including abstracts, from online and CD-ROM databases directly into the EndNote library without having to retype anything. Non-academic price is $300.
Gradebook Plus is a DOS software program that helps educators keep track of grades and scores by providing an easy-to-use record keeping system. First, the class is set up by entering class data and student names and identification numbers. Next, individual grades are entered. At any time, the grades may be displayed on the computer screen or printed. In addition to raw totals and scores, Gradebook Plus will automatically calculate many useful statistics on individual students, on classes as a whole, or on individual assignments. Statistics include mean, median, and standard deviation. A histogram and grades based on an instructor-selected grading scale are also available. The teacher's manual explains how the program works, describes the different report options, and gives samples of the various reports.
A series of templates that teachers can customize easily for classroom use. Karaoke Conversations is high on the fun factor. They are available for download from http://edvista.com/claire/hypercard/templates.htm.
An idea generator and outliner with a large database of ideas and suggestions waitng to link up with your prompts.
Software that lets teachers control multiple PCs from their own PC. Works as part of a Tandberg lab.
Dozens of lesson plans & activities in PDF format, most between 40 and 60 minutes in length. For a variety of skill areas and for three levels: beginner, intermediate, and advanced.
Students go through this questionnaire to analyze their learning styles. The program offers suggestions to enhance studying based on the learner's profile. The profiles for whole class can be stored, so that comparisons of an individual to the teacher or to the class can be printed. Windows and Mac versions have a new interface. Includes spoken questions in both English and Spanish.
Markin is a teacher's tool created by Martin Holmes for marking student writing in electronic form. A student's text can be pasted into Markin from an e-mail message or a word-processor file. The teacher can then annotate the text using a set of buttons, footnotes and other kinds of feedback. The marked text can then be exported as a World Wide Web page in HTML format, and sent back to the student. The student, opening the page in a Web browser, will see that parts of the text have been made into links. Clicking on a link will take the student to the teacher's comment or error diagnosis. The program will also automatically compile error statistics for each piece of work which is marked. Download as shareware. Only short texts can be marked up without paying and registering.
Teacher-management software for handling, student information, grades, and statistics in many report types, including teacher-designed ones. Upgraded to include importing & exporting of info, making of rosters & work sheets, attendance by day/student. Easy-to-use, flexible, and completely customizable.
Concordance program. Can load multiple files totaling several million words, then view contents from within the program. Searches can be case-sensitive or case-insensitive, have wildcards, and include non-letter characters such as '-' or apostrophes. Unwanted concordance lines can be deleted, while a multi-line context can be displayed for a given concordance line. A word list function with a frequency count and calculation of the frequency of collocations is also included. Results can be sorted by search word, text order, or first or second word to the left or right. An earlier and less full-featured version, MonoConc for Windows, is $70.
CD-ROM-based multimedia presentation tool that lets users create multimedia productions. MP Express can import and utilize any standard picture, sound, or video including QuickTime VR. It can also record narration. This can be used by students to create presentations. The company also sells resource CDs that contain movies, pictures, backgrounds, music scores and sounds for use with MP Express. Currently shipping Resource CDs include On the Brink: Endangered Species and Living Deserts & Rainforests.
A special version for the primary grades of Teachers Power Pack with Test Creator and Puzzle Power.
This computer tool is very useful in enabling students to complete such tasks as creating greeting cards, signs, personalized letterhead stationary, banners and calendars. The program comes with lots of interesting pre-made graphics which students can use in the creation of their projects. The new Print Shop Deluxe edition on CD-ROM adds the following capabilities to the previous editions: scalable graphics; color printing; TrueType fonts (which can also be scaled without losing any quality); new styles of ready-made graphics to serve as backgrounds for individual letters or as a border for a whole side of a text; special pre-made headline texts; 'rich text,' which allows users to change fonts, styles, sizes and colors within individual words; a new utility to export Print Shop Deluxe graphics to other programs; and a layout program to facilitate creative mixing of text and graphics. Earlier disk-based version is slightly less expensive.
Assessment management system designed for teachers to author a range of items and organize them into exams, quizzes, tests or surveys. Assessments can be set up to be available on a specific schedule and delivered in a variety of ways. The program provides a number of different report types for the assessments. Assessments can be delivered online, via CD-ROM, on PDAs, or on individual machines.
Opens files in over 200 different file formats, including Macintosh formats. Cheaper if downloaded from http://www.avantstar.com/solutions/quick_view_plus/default.aspx.
Vocabulary practice with four game modules.
Comprehensive management and record-keeping program that works with Clarity software. Helps manage user accounts - especially useful with online licenses.
This program helps users memorize vocabulary (or other memorizable items, such as spelling lists and irregular verb forms). It spaces repetitions of items in such a way as to maximize learning. ESL version available. Teachers can add their own databases of items for their students to learn. Runs under DOS or Windows.
DVD to accompany a book by Anne Burns and Helen de Silva Joyce about teaching practice - latest in the series of publications on action research projects by teachers.
Wide variety of test types available.
The teacher types in a question or cue and the answer is programmed as a complete cloze with clues. You can also program up to around 21 variations for one answer. Now included in Wida's Authoring Suite. Windows 95, 98, 2000, NT supported.
Easy-to-use program to help computer beginners gain familiarity with moving, clicking, and double-clicking a mouse. Users click on various household articles to move them back where they belong (hence the title). Excellent for adult learners as well as for children. A website membership fee allows the download of about 100 different programs, at least 15 of them good for English language learners.
Convert audio to digital audio - records streaming audio, microphone and line-in input, CDs, and DVDs and saves the files to the hard drive. The program also converts various digital audio file formats. The Professional version offers more features. A demo version can be downloaded from the website.
Creates three types of word search puzzles: standard wordsearch (target words are hidden in a grid of letters), clues puzzles where students see clues to the hidden words, and fill-in-the-blank puzzles where students see a paragraph with the missing words found in the puzzle. Can be solved on screen, printed out, or exported to a word-processor.
Classroom control software that creates a virtual lab, where each computer screen can be seen and controlled from the teacher's station. Standard and Professional versions (Professional includes controller for video and other media) available.
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