PsL Monthly 1994 January/PSL Monthly Shareware CD-ROM (Public Software Library) (January 1994).iso/reviews/ed_12

Text File | 1993-11-08 | 22KB | 611 lines

ED-12:  Educational, Other


--------------------
#2118 Health Related          Small Programs Disk
---------------------

CrimeLab (CRIMLAB)
   Bumblebee Enterprises
   $10-$20
is a lesson in blood typing which is presented in a form of a graphical
adventure game in which you must complete the proper blood analysis to catch
the thief. (The authors are no longer at the address provided in the
documentation.)

EKG For Nurses
   Sall, Anna
   $5
quizzes you on parts of the heart, applying EKG electrodes, and administrating
of IV's, as well as on the interpretations of EKG tracings.

MegaCode (MEGACOD)
   Hatton, Richard C.
   $0
is a game or testing program for paramedics, medical students or doctors.  In
the program, you are presented with treatment alternatives in emergency
situations and must select the proper courses of action.  This program is not
recommended for those without more knowledge than first aid, unless you watch
a lot of medical shows on the TV.

PC-NurseWorks 2.1E (NURSWRK)
   NursePerfect Software
   $10
consists of seven modules that nurses in clinical practice and nursing students
will find helpful. The first facilitates speedy and accurate tallying of
intake-and-output sheets. Module two makes short work of all sorts of drug
dosage calculations: solid and liquid forms, children's dosages using the body
surface area method, and individual doses of drugs that are administered in
mg/kg/day. Other modules provide more calculations useful to nurses.

Sexware
   Challenge Software Co.
   $0
Were you one of the 50% that flunked the recent, controversial survey of
sexual knowledge given by Masters and Johnson? If not, and you wonder how you
might have done, here is an unrelated, but still revealing, survey that you can
try.

--------------------------------
END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #2118
--------------------------------


---------------------
#2399 Education,Other          Small Programs Disk
---------------------

Bookrpt
   Raker, Richard
   $15
helps a student organize information for writing a book report. It asks a
series of questions designed to elicit information about the setting, main
characters and their relationship, most important scene, and the reader's
general thoughts about the book. Then this summarized data can be printed out
for aid in giving a verbal report or saved to a text file which can be further
expanded into a complete written report.

Grades 2.51
   Singh, Manu
   $10
allows students to keep track of all the courses that they have taken, their
course numbers, and their grades, including Grade Point Average.

Guitar Chord Dictionary 1.0 (GCHORD)
   Web-Man
   $10
is a hypertext reference of commonly used guitar chords. Five chords are
available in each of the 12 keys. These are the major, seventh, minor, minor
seventh, and major 7th. Each chord is listed in three different positions on the
fingerboard. A total of 60 chords are included. Chords may be marked and later
played back in sequence.

IQ-Bild
   is an IQ Builder which drills on analogies, antonyms and synonyms.  While
this won't really make you any "smarter", it will give you practice on the
types of questions asked on IQ tests.

Jem Logo 1.10
   Moriartey, James
   $20
is a very simple programming language that teaches children the logic
associated with a computer and how to combine commands to carry out complex
tasks.

Learnit
   will help memorize things.

Memory
   teaches you how to improve your memory.

Phone Memory 1.1 (PHONEMM)
   Pinnacle Software
   $0
is a program that helps you remember telephone numbers by creating mnemonics.
Actually, the techniques described in the documentation can be used to
remember all kinds of numbers.

Research Planner PC 1.1 (RESPLAN)
   Hatch, Laurence C.
   $79
produces detailed research proposals for scientists, graduate students, and
other researchers. Over 60 major topics and ideas are presented.

Schedule Maker 2.4 (SCH-MKR)
   Caballero, Mallku
   $?
helps students schedule classes during registration.  Given a list of classes,
sections, and times, this program finds all the schedules without time
conflicts.  It will also produce neat outputs of these schedules.  The program
will also optimize the schedules based on your specifications of desired times
between classes for study, jobs, etc.  Pascal source code is included.

--------------------------------
END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #2399
--------------------------------


-------------------------
#3061 Education, Other #2          Small Programs Disk
-------------------------
#3061 Music
-----------
ListenUp 3.0 (LISTNUP)
   Fred Palmer Software
   $19
helps improve your sense of pitch. The first exercise plays a note and
you must identify it (as C, F#, etc). The second exercise drills you on
intervals. The program has a very attractive EGA/VGA interface and
supports Sound Blaster and Ad Lib compatible sound cards.

Melissa's Music Flashcards 3.0 (MMF)
   Fischer Grafix & Software ASP
   $21
provides a colorful, interactive environment for children to learn the notes and
keys of the music staff. It allows you to choose the clef and the number of
sharps or flats in the key signature to be displayed at random on the staff. You
can either guess at the note or have it displayed as a key on the keyboard.
Correct guesses produce a happy, winking note while wrong guesses produce a
tearful one. EGA and a mouse are required.

Shoot-the-Notes 1.0 (SHTNOTE)
   Dworsky, R.J.
   $25
is a game for learning musical notes. It can be set for beginning to advanced
levels. The program displays a staff with notes on it and tells you a note to
shoot. You have a limited time (in the non-beginner levels) to aim at and shoot
the correct note. Misses reduce your playing time. The program, written by a
music teacher, looks like an excellent learning tool. Requires 640K RAM and VGA.

#3061 Morse Code
----------------
The Code Machine 3.0 (TCM)
   Wilson, Lloyd J.
   $0
is a ham radio program created to key radio transmitters and offer Morse code
practice. It transmits code at any speed from 1 to 100 words per minute.
Features include 1000 character type-ahead buffer, 22 single key messages of up
to 255 characters each, user modifiable transmission signals, and versatile
practice programs.

Morse Code Converter 1.0 (MORSECC)
   Risenhoover, Paul
   $10
will convert a text file to Morse code through the PC's speaker. It also
displays the text as it goes, making this an excellent tool for learning and
practicing Morse code. The transmission rate and pitch are user selectable.

Morse Code Practice (MCP)
   Adkins, Jerry
   $0
is an excellent program for learning and practicing Morse Code. You can type in
letters or words on your keyboard, and it will translate them to code. It can
also read text files, and play them back in code. Other features include a
random code generator, and a quiz section. Pascal source code is included.

--------------------------------
END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #3061
--------------------------------


Creativity Package 3.2
   R. K. West Consulting ASP
   $34
   #7167/1684 [2 disks]
is a three-disk set containing the following:

Think Thunder! and Unleash Your Creativity (Thomas A. Easton) is an on-disk
book explaining what creativity is and how to use it.

Thunder Thought (Thomas A. Easton and R. K. West) 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 (R. K. West), 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.


DBSteel Education
   #7168/077 [5 disks]
is a program that will help prepare students for the S.A.T.'s.


Behavior Evolution Simulations and Tutorials
   Psytek Services
   $30
   #7573/3811 [2 disks]
contains some fascinating information about human behavior. These simulations
vividly demonstrate cumulative selection, evolutionary stable strategies,
population dynamics, genetic evolution, and other theories. A construction kit
is provided to allow students, teachers, and researchers to develop their own
graphical simulations of behavioral evolutionary stable strategies (ESS's)
within a genetically unchanging population. Requires 640K.


Bicycle Tune-Up and Repair
   Napier, Jeff and Another Company
   $10
   #3088
will teach you all about tuning up any bicycle including cruisers, BMX,
road and mountain bikes. There are lessons on wheel alignment, flat tire
repair, bearing adjustments and more.


Build-A-Fish
   Virginia Marine Science Museum
   $20
   #3089
allows you to choose physical characteristics of a fish, which will then be
displayed on screen, along with a short description. Up to 67 different types
of fish can be displayed. The files unarchives to over 1.2 meg of disk space.
CGA compatible video is required.

The program uses a timed display, which will probably be too slow for you. Run
TIMEOUT and enter a large number to slow it down. We used 10,000 for a 286-10.
This program is an interactive exhibit used on the floor of the Virginia
Marine Science Museum.


CEES
   Kids `R' Us
   $15
   #4081
provides comprehensive evaluations of educational software. It gives a
quantitative rating assessing ten different criteria including documentation,
user-friendliness, motivational value, sound/music, age suitability, and more.

Among the 12 categories are Language, Math, Social Science, Craft/Music/Home,
and Data Processing, along with some assorted Games and Utilities. Over 800K of
disk space is required.


College Bound Advisor 1.0
   The College Bound Advisory Service
   $49
   #20058 [2 disks]
will help students prepare for college. It covers financial aid, family
contribution, the Pell grant, loan analysis, military options, state
agencies, college cost comparison, information requests, and
scholarships. It contains a database of sources of information about
many college related topics, a bibliography of books on college related
topics, and a glossary college related terms. Requires 512K and a hard
disk.


College Probe
   Carolina Programs
   $35
   #3993
lets you review information about U.S. colleges and universities. The program
lists more than 1500 accredited four-year schools. You can search by a variety
of criteria including SAT/ACT scores, tuition costs, size of enrollment,
handicap access, male/female ratio, and more. A hard disk is required.


ET-CAI 1.24 [ET_CAI] (11-93 CD)
   Ormon, Charlie E.
   $45
   #20141 [2 disks]
is a tutorial about electronics for high school and college levels. Topics
include AC/DC circuits, digital circuits, and semi conductors. Requires 512K and
hard disk.


VGA Dinosaur Database
   Owens, Tony L.
   $10
   #2799
is an entertaining game that teaches about dinosaurs. The program tells you the
common and scientific names of a dinosaur, and lists other dinos in the same
family. A world map graphically displays habitats, and the time period they
lived in. Other options include printing, changing screen colors, and painting
the dinos. Also on the disk is a Concentration-type game. Requires VGA and a
high density floppy or hard disk.


DC Circuit Analysis 1.2
   Tanzella, Arthur ASP
   $15
   #4412  (10-93 CD)
teaches the concepts of DC circuits in general and digital computer circuits in
particular. It creates and evaluates Direct Current circuits and digital
computer circuits on screen. Eight sample circuits are provided. The
documentation may be a helpful tutorial about semiconductors, logic and digital
computer circuits. Mouse support is included. Requires EGA/VGA color monitor and
325K RAM.


DC1
   Crescent Multimedia Systems
   $42
   #20318/12374 [2 disks] (12-93 CD)
is an introduction to DC electronics. It covers basic atomic makeup of
the atom, and its function in the generation of electrical voltage and
current. Concepts like electrostatic effects, polarity, current flow,
ions, conductors and insulators are covered in depth. Basic batteries
and voltage sources are also discussed. Requires VGA.


Knowledge Bowl Trivia
   Electronic Learning Enterprises
   $31-$41
   #2045
is a colorful knowledge trivia program to make learning fun. There is a
Game Mode for competition among up to 4 players and a Quiz Mode for
individual study. These are TOUGH questions. We gave up after our
percentage of correct answers dropped below 20%.


CNA Review 3.0 [CNAV3U]
   Small, Frederick ASP
   $29
   #7663/3730 (12-93 CD)
will test your knowledge as a certified nursing assistant.


EMS Review
   CalMark
   $50
   #7663/2875
assists EMS (Emergency Medical Services) workers in reviewing material that
relates to their level of certification and preparing for advanced
certification. This is a very thorough program with 24 categories covering
everything from acid-based balance through trauma.


LVN Vocational Nurse Review 2.1 [LVNV3U]
   Small, Frederick ASP
   $38
   #7663/3731 (12-93 CD)
will test your abilities as a vocational nurse. It provides an evaluation of
your knowledge or hematology, CPR, respiratory system, gastrointestinal system,
endocrine system and metabolism, and orthopedic nursing. Health field employers
could use this to screen job applicants.


BrainScape
   Purdue Research Foundation
   $0
   #7664/1486
is an adventure game that gives you the opportunity of learning neuroanatomy by
wandering around inside of your brain.  There are 50 locations available for
exploration, including the ventricular system, limbic system, sensory and motor
systems, and cortical and brainstem regions.  There are also treasures to be
found, problems to be overcome, and a few denizens of the brain to be met.


Skull
   Cogent Software, Ltd.
   $0
   #7664/1503
is a HyperText application about the anatomy of the skull which will display
several digitized EGA views of the skull.  You can point to areas of the skull
in the pictures and get more information in a HyperText format.


Nervous System Construction Kit
   Williams, Pat and Greg
   $0
   #7664/2876
is designed for user experimentation with artificial neural networks. Based on a
computer simulation of a cockroach by a Dr. Beer, the bug in this program has
about 80 neurons with about 150 connections and 500 user-settable parameters.
The networks are designed to perform specific functions with the context of an
organism's ecological niche. Using the data files included, the bug will wander
around exploring, following walls, avoiding barricades, and seeking out food
when its energy level falls. C source code is included, and EGA is required.


Mt. St. Helens Simulation
   Greaney, Ed
   $0
   #7631/3996 [4 disks]
is an outstanding presentation of the Mount Saint Helens eruption of 1980. The
story of the eruption is told in compelling style. You are shown impressive
digitized color photos (VGA required) of the mountain and surrounding areas
before, during and after the eruption.

The presentation ends with a deadly game in which you are in the area when a
volcano erupts. You must make the right decisions at every turn about how to
get out alive, or you instantly fall victim to burning ashes or toxic gases. A
hard disk is required.


Metric Tutor [METRIC] (11-93 CD)
   New Software Evaluation
   $8
   #12588
is a tutorial on linear measure, weight and volume. This program
includes basic measure concepts, an introduction to the metric system, a
course on linear measure with text and graphics, a test for linear
measure, a liquid and volume measure tutorial, a review of Celsius and
Fahrenheit basics, and an introduction to temperature measure. Metric
tables and abbreviations are included. Requires hard disk, VGA.


Note by Note
   Applied MicroSystems, Inc.
   $70
   #3658
is an excellent teaching aid for musical note recognition. As you click on a
graphical representation of either guitar strings or piano keys, the note is
displayed on a staff. The letter equivalent of the note is also displayed, and
the corresponding tone is sounded.

In the drill mode, a note is displayed on the staff and you must find the note
on the keyboard or guitar. The beautifully done interface requires VGA and a
mouse. 512K free RAM is also required, and a hard disk is recommended. Support
is provided for the Sound Blaster card.


PC-Piano Teacher [PCPT]
   Data Assist, Inc.
   $29
   #12534 (10-93 CD)
is an instruction package for teaching music. By using colorful graphic
screens, the student is presented with a series of questions designed to
test their understanding of musical notes and scales supplementing their
music lessons.


NTSC
   ItWorks
   $25
   #4413
is a tutorial on video graphics and multimedia. It can also be used as a
reference for TV station engineers.

Features include diagrams of video signal, measurements, and references; video
phase delay calculator for studio genlock timing; glossary of video terms and
abbreviations; database of USA TV channels; test pattern examples and how-to
guides for measurements that can be done using these patterns; and extensive
video formats section with theory, color examples, and references for most video
formats used around the world. Requires 512K RAM, DOS 3.0+ and a hard disk or
high density floppy.


Oxy-Acetylene Welding Tutorial
   Napier, Jeff and Another Company
   $10
   #7574/3091
teaches gas welding from beginning to advanced, including cutting and
welding aluminum.


PC-AC Information System
   PMA Technology Group
   $65
   #7574/3813 [2 disks]
is a training course in automotive air conditioning. It includes competency
tests, a service manual, reference materials, and electronic catalog samples.
Requires a hard disk.


PC-Tech: Intro. to Electrical/Electronics
   PMA Technology Group
   $23
   #3997
is an introductory tutorial covering basic electrical/electronic terms,
concepts, and diagnostics. It includes quizzes and a final exam, and is targeted
at non-technical personnel and others with no background in the subject. The
program has an automotive slant, but is applicable to most systems. 500K of disk
space required.


Parables & Parabolas
   Niche Software ASP
   $10-$100
   #4639
is an interactive lesson in moral sensitivity aimed at teenagers. It asks
several confidential questions involving teen-oriented situations, then
provides recommended parables derived from authors such as Kafka,
Casteneda, and Kierkegaard. Requires at least a 286 machine with VGA, and
DOS 3.3+. A hard disk is recommended.


Piano Tuning
   Hoose, Ron Van
   $0
   #3814
is a complete course in professional piano tuning. It contains all the
information you need to tune your own piano or tune for profit. It was written
by a professional tuner/technician with over 30 years experience.


Quizzle 1.0
   PractiComp
   $15
   #4666
is an entertaining and educational quiz game. It can be played alone or
against an opponent. A Quizzle screen consists of sixteen squares. Points
are awarded based on the number of questions needed to answer a square
correctly. Study sheets can be printed for each player.

Categories include Famous Quotations, Inventors and Inventions, Women of
the Bible, the Books of the Bible, U.S. States and Capitals, and Third
Grade Vocabulary. Requires 512K RAM, and two floppies or a hard drive.


San Mateo Education
   #7169/754 [2 disks]
is a nice little collection of educational games and puzzles for teenagers and
up.


StoryMaker 2.0 [STORYMK]
   Elson Embry
   $23
   #12208 (12-93 CD)
lets you create talking story books with animation, music and sound
effects. It provides a paint module for scenery background, shape
editor for animation, melody editor with animated piano for music, and a
text editor for creating text-to-speech. It accepts CMF and VOC files.
Requires 512K, EGA/VGA, hard drive and a mouse.


Teacher
   Edwards, Larry ASP
   $15
   #3633
is a self teaching program including lessons for Spelling, Antonyms, Synonym,
Math, History, and Geography. Also included are categories in Vocabulary
study, Definitions, Prefixes and Suffixes. The program is designed to aid in
preparing for the S.A.T.


Test
   Shipley, William
   $10
   #1572
is intended to be a study aid, particularly for students who have a problem
studying on their own.  Once the questions and answers are entered, the
computer can provide the student with a structured approach to learning the
given set of facts.  Typically, the student could first take a multiple choice
test, which is relatively easy.  Next the question and answer test could be
taken, followed by additional question and answer tests on incorrect responses
until all answers have been given correctly.


Morse Practice
   Jones, Larry S.
   $0
   #7170/656
allows you to practice Morse Code.


Super Morse
   Murrah, M. Lee
   $10
   #7170/1288
is a full-featured program which provides several modes of learning and
practicing the Morse code.


PSpice
   MicroSim Corp.
   $0
   #7620/1133 [3 disks]
Do you know what PSPICE is?  If so then you might be interested to know that
this is a classroom version of it that can be used at no charge.  Beyond that,
there is no documentation on the disks.


Wolfie's Music Games 1.1
   Dawson, Paul T.
   $10
   #4789
is a collection of 10 games designed to teach children music notes. The
games teach relationships between the notes on the staff, note letters,
and piano keys. The games are challenging enough for teenagers, but
probably can be played by young children as well. Requires EGA/VGA and
640K.

]]]]]