Educational Software products beginning with 0

123-CD is a practical and fun way of supporting children's learning of counting and early Number, using a variety of activities to introduce, reinforce and consolidate these skills. Once explained, the program can be used by pupils without adult assistance. It is a useful aid for teachers, including educational notes in the user guide and support materials, and objectives for the activities. The program makes the world of numbers fun and the children enjoyed using it.

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This is a useful site for any member of staff planning or organising an educational visit. The Curriculum navigator is particularly useful, allowing a search for museums and sites that are relevant to particular areas of the Curriculum. The site also asks teachers to recommend and review sites that they have visited. The site is especially useful for staff that have neither the time nor expertise to search the Internet for the information they require. The site, with more material, could easily become a one-stop-shop for staff planning educational visits.

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2Animate! is an easy to use program that enables Key Stage 2 children to create animations that can be printed off, posted to the Internet, or saved as a .pdf file. Children can apply special effects to the icons contained in the program, or import their own images to work with. 2Animate! can be customised to suit individual children’s needs, thereby enabling the majority of children to produce work of a high standard.

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2Calculate avoids the complexities of spreadsheet formulas and is aimed at Key Stage 1 and 2. It is ideal for Maths whole class teaching using an interactive whiteboard, as well as Science and ICT, where it can be used for spreadsheets, data handling and modelling activities. Videos outline the ways this program can be used and suggested activities are linked to the National Numeracy Strategy. Onscreen exercises and activities are excellent and the whole program is very user friendly.

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Using a template, it is easy to build with 2Connect and create an effective concept map. Once mastered, the children can create their own maps which can then be used in a variety of ways: to create a word bank, to present their ideas, to export ideas and notes to other word processing programs like Word or to import information from the Internet. The package is suitable for children (collaboratively or individually) from Reception upwards.

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This CD-ROM is differentiated into Basic, Middle and Advanced levels of complexity and enables children to create multimedia presentations. Aimed at Key Stage 1 and 2, it is very simple to use and enables children to develop their writing and presentation skills in a range of Curriculum subjects. Clear and uncluttered screens plus helpful onscreen videos enable children to quickly get to grips with the program, whilst the user guide provides a good overview and clear instructions.

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2Create a story encourages children in Foundation Stage and KS1 to make their own stories and presentations by mixing text, sounds, drawings, animations, together with their own recordings. This simple to navigate program helps to encourage creative writing and develop IT skills. For use by individuals or groups, this package would also be suitable for use by children with Special Educational Needs or pupils with English as a Second Language.

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The title incorporates a selection of features connected with creating and using a database. It is a very comprehensive package. The Tool can sort or graph data in a way that children can see what is happening; the process can be speeded up, slowed down, or paused. Using this program will make children think more logically and clearly when they are gathering information or deciding which information to gather in a survey.

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This title supports ‘Review Writing’ aspects of the National Literacy Strategy. It contains two differentiated templates to enable children to quickly and effectively write their own reviews: one to facilitate review writing, allowing the children to incorporate text and pictures, and one to store and print their work. They are given a choice of fiction or non-fiction, and there are templates for reviews on television programmes, outings, music, art, play and food. Highly recommended.

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This program enables children to explore situations by predicting and making decisions. It consists of five activities, each with three levels of tasks. The activities address key ICT skills such as mouse control, using a Paint program, designing and costing a sandwich onscreen and planning and testing a route around a grid. Children will also cover aspects of other areas of the Curriculum. The program is presented in an attractive way with easy-to-use instructions for teachers and is a valuable resource.

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This CD-ROM contains six music programs that are designed to allow children to explore a range of musical concepts. Suitable for Reception through to the end of Key Stage 2, the programs are simple and intuitive to use. Children can create sequences of sounds and rhythms or use notation to compose short pieces of music. The Teacher’s Options allow the teacher to restrict or allow a number of different settings within each program. A User Guide is provided and further support and suggestions are available from a website.

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Even teachers with limited confidence on computers will enjoy using this basic and unambitious program. There are 22 well designed, easy and reasonably attractive ICT activities based upon the Key Stage 1 Science Curriculum. Useful science-based computer activities include labelling parts of the body and of a plant, constructing an electrical circuit, or putting pictures of plant growth in sequence. There are several drawing programs and graphs can be created. A word bank is provided.

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2Type is a suite of six typing programs designed to encourage Key Stage 1 and 2 children to become familiar with a keyboard, establish correct finger positions and increase typing speed. A series of video tutorials show the user how to perform the different tasks. A good range of teacher controls is provided and the program is easy to differentiate for a range of abilities. A mix of instructional and game-type activities ensure that pupils’ interest is maintained.

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This simple to use CD-ROM is designed for use by teachers to help children aged 4-7 years develop and improve their dance skills. The seven sections each deal with a different topic and provide hints and tips, ideas for warm-ups and games, and also enable teachers to create lesson plans. Children can make their own music and music tracks for use during dance activities are included. This is a useful piece of software which will appeal to both teachers and children alike.

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