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╒═══════════════════════════════════════════════╕ │ TEACHERS TOOLS │ ╞═══════════════════════════════════════════════╡ │ INDEX: this section is divided into several │ │ categories, listed in the order below: │ │ 1) Tutorial, Quiz, Exam, & Worksheet creators │ │ 2) Presentations and Slideshows │ │ 3) Create wordsearches, crosswords │ │ 4) Create "On-Disk" books │ │ 5) Special needs - deaf sign language, etc. │ │ 6) Childrens menu systems │ │ 7) Databases │ ╘═══════════════════════════════════════════════╛ ***************************************************************************** TEACHERS TOOLS - Create quizzes, tests, exams, tutorials Adults ***************************************************************************** E541: MATHS WORKSHEETS (94) R.BIERREGAARD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Two programs ideal for busy teachers, parents, home educators, or anyone that wants to give extra practise in basic or advanced math skills. Ideal when there's a wide ability range in a single class. ARITHMETIC GENERATOR - select whole, integer, decimals or fractions. Then a choice of +,-,x,÷. Followed by further selections such as no. of digits, decimal places etc. etc. ALGEBRA EQUATION GENERATOR - select Linear, Quadratic or Linear System. Then further selections such as whole, integral, fraction or complex; plus 5 difficulty levels. Each program allows between 3-100 problems, which are printed out at 12 per page. 5-ADULT; 280K; $30 (more options); ANY MONITOR. PRINTER. **** H555: TEACHERS TOOLS - VOL 1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CREATE-A-QUIZ v1.36 (94) P.KAPUSTA - for creating or taking quizzes ("fill in" or multiple choice). Caters for up to 9 students at once, all results recorded. Options include - display optional text screen before a question, force questions to be asked in certain order, time-out after certain no of questions or specified time period. Can even setup as a stand alone display (advertising, surveys, etc.) where it prompts each user for name and address and then asks questions about products etc. Select only certain questions from database, etc. Five samples to use as ideas for your own quizzes. Alternatively all quizzes canbe printed out and done on paper. 110K (150); $19 (personal update); mouse option. ANY MONITOR. **** CREATE-A-QUIZ LITE (94) P.KAPUSTA - enables students to take (but not alter, edit or create) tests created with Create-a-Quiz. 100K. ANY MONITOR. EXAM BANK v2.00 (90) EDUCATION SOFTWARE - store 100s of exam questions (true/false, multiple choice, short answer, essay and crossmatch) with course information, teachers instructions, page headings, etc. Fast editing, deletion or replacemnt of questions. Select questions in any order for printing exams or quizzes. Print corresponding answer sheets for easy grading by teacher. Unlimited no. of exam files. Can also "different print order" to create identical exams with different question order - prevents copying from neighbours. 110K (260); $30 (extra utilities); ANY MONITOR. PRINTER. **** H556: TEACHERS TOOLS - VOL 2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LESSON PLANZ v2.51 (93) UNICORN SOFTWARE - keep all lesson details in this specially designed database. Each lesson can have notes (1-5000 lines) under headings of: Methodology, Goals, Objectives, Evauluation Methods and Supplies needed (or use your own headings). Search for specific lessons by name, date, title, number etc. Include teacher's name, school, etc. Print out or view on screen. 270K (340); $25 (manual, support); mouse optional. ANY MONITOR. **** GRADING SKILLS POWER v2.01 (93) WISCO COMPUTING - comprehensive teacher database that keeps attendance details, achieved skills, levels, etc to allow constant monitoring of individual and class progress. Allows for parent comment sheet, teachers comments, print reports, class lists. 170K (400); $59 (manual, support); ANY MONITOR. **** SURVEY POWER v2.07 (94) WISCO - create, analyse (various demographic types) and print surveys. Accepts single choice, multiple choice, rank order, text entry and cumulative type questions. Max 9 choices per question. Save surveys (and results) to printer, text file or Lotus 123 files. For school projects, surveys, maths, etc. 165K (320); $59 (manual, support); ANY MONITOR. **** [available on 3½" DD (£2.00) or 5¼" HD (£3.00) only] H061: TUTORIAL WRITER v2.1 (91) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Superb educational aid. Write your own computer based tutorials without any programming knowledge. Use supplied processor (or your own Word processor) to create files with embedded commands that are interpreted to create tutorials featuring any or all of the following: Menu with max 9 chapters, hypertext, pop-up windows, colours, sounds, graphics (text screen capture utility & screen designer), pointers, large print, other features. Uses 3 systems to check on progress; quick question, quizzes/ tests, or branching multiple choice questions. With demo & tutorial. Mouse option. Extensive help but not for novices. 16+; 300K(600K); £49.50 (manual, support); ANY MONITOR. ***** E063: QUIZZES I (menued) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ QUIZ-MAKER v2.1 (91): make 3 types of quizzes: 1) QUIZ - group of questions & answers shown, match them up correctly. 2) TEST - type in answer, 9 "matches" permitted to allow for differing answers, typing errors etc. 3) MULTIPLE CHOICE - pick from 5. All have the following options: customised comments; max. 100 questions per quiz; review questions & answers. In 2+3 - further info. on answers is available. One sample of each type on disk; word quiz, history & gen. knowledge. Very easy to make your own tests, online help at all times. Mouse support. Excellent educational tool with multitude of uses in all subjects. 10+; 200K; £24.50 (more quizzes). ***** QUESTION TIME (90): general knowledge, multiple-choice quiz. Play against the clock, get 30 questions correct & move to level 2. Nicely set up with colour screens, sound, bonus/score charts etc. 160 questions in each level, password to level 2. Possible to add your own questions using plain Ascii files from a word processor. 10-ADULT; 60K; PD; CGA. **** E064: QUIZZES II (menued) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PC QUIZZER v2.0 (87): makes 4 types of test. 1) True/false. 2) Fill in blank. 3) Multiple choice. 4) K-type, where more than one answer may be correct. Simple mono screens but does allow colour text in questions, also incorporation of CGA colour graphics (BSAVE format) & music. Options inc: help to any question, immediate retry of incorrect questions, correct answer display, load certain questions only - using keywords, sequential or random, acceptance of "almost correct" answers. Max 100 questions. 7 small example quizzes & 2 full quizzes on American states. Quizzes produced easily on any w.processor with ASCII files, but not recommended for complete novices. 14-ADULT (quizzes can be used by younger children) 160K; $25 ( support, colour options, VOTRAX speech support). **** ULTRA QUIZ (90): 100 quite difficult general knowledge questions. Most give clues by providing some of the letters for you. Game can be saved at any stage. 12+; 100K; $15 (quizmaster to make your own, more quizzes). *** TRIVIA (85): trivia quiz with 50 questions in each of 7 categories, with results shown as a %. Astronomy, Grabbag, Science, Startrek, Star Wars, TV Shows, Words. Multiple choice type answers. 10+; 66K; PD. ***************************************************************************** TEACHERS TOOLS - Presentations and Slideshows Adults ***************************************************************************** H169: MULTIMEDIA I (92) C.E.S - £3.00 HD ONLY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Amazing program from the authors of ABC-Talk (E036) & 123-Talk (E123). Allows you to create your own custom presentations, advertising, demos, tutorials, school projects and much more. Combine real human speech, music & sound with high resolution images (up to sVGA). Use PC speaker or sound blaster card. Display PCX, GIF, PIC, TIFF, TARGA files. Image processor to alter intensity, brightness, and scale. Print (Epsom/laser). Use motion, text & special effects. Integrated development editor with mouse support, menus, copy & paste features etc. Easy to use, no programming experience needed. Comes with an excellent demo and comprehensive manual. 14+;800k(1MB); $59 (screen grabber, advanced image processing features); VGA. ***** H250: NEOSHOW v1.0 (93) OSCS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Combine PCX & GIF images (2, 16 or 256 colours in any resolution from EGA to 1024 x 768 sVGA) into slideshows. Multitude of uses; self-running exhibits, tutorials, sales, display scanned photos etc. Shows "thumbnails" of each slide which are arranged using "drag & drop". Extremely professional results with variety of screen wipes, fades, dissolves etc. Runs on XTs, but also EMS / XMS support. 14-ADULT; 320K(900); *REG* £69.50 (guide, technical support); EGA. VGA. sVGA. MOUSE. ***** ***************************************************************************** TEACHERS TOOLS - Create crosswords and wordsearches Adults ***************************************************************************** E344: EDUCATIONAL WORD GAMES III ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ XWORDS FOR TEACHERS v3.0 (94) M.BAKER (UK) - designed to fit as many words as possible into various grid sizes (max 24x14). Allows storage of libraries (max 80 words) and up to 3 sets of clues per word. Quickly & easily make word or number puzzles - great for homework sheets & calculator practice. Use all library words, or mix of new & library. Sample libary included. Prints/saves nice large puzzles with/without solution. Now also with a word search creator and new print options inc. bold print, lowercase letters, print to disk file. Print wordsearch with optional clues/wordlist. Recommended for school or home use. New interface, very easy to use & setup. This latest update makes this a truly excellent tool for teachers of all age groups. 150K. £15 (up to 40 words per puzzle); ANY MONITOR. PRINTER. ***** MARKUP (93) HIGGINS (UK) - punctuation practise. 11 example texts are shown in capitals with no punctuation. Re-enter words correctly. Five progressive levels. 1) CAPITALS, FULLSTOPS. 2) COMMAS, QUESTION MARKS. 3) POSSESSIVES AND CONTRACTIONS. 4) QUOTATATION MARKS. 5)COLONS, EXCLAMATIONS. With pop-up help. Can also print exercises. Best punctuation program we've seen. Age 9+; 100K; £? (save enabled); ANY MONITOR. **** H558: WORD GAME CREATORS FOR TEACHERS (OR ANYONE ELSE!) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don't just stick to wordsearches - why not create crosswords, vocabulary bingo cards or multiple choice quizzes, word jumbles, cryptograms or even (for the ambitious) acrostic puzzles. Ideal for teachers but also businesses, newsletters, party quizzes, or just for fun. VOCABULARY POWER (94) WISCO - amazingly versatile program that uses your own word lists (with associated clues or definitions) to create wordsearches, bingo cards, flash cards, word jumbles, cryptograms, plus word matching and multiple choice vocabulary games. Fully compatible Crossword Power lists (see below). Prints teacher (ie with answers) or student versions of puzzles - with teachers name, class, etc at top. Use upper/lower case. Word searches can have words listed underneath, clues, or just the first letter. 120K (180); $39.95 (manual, support); ANY MONITOR. ***** CROSSWORD POWER v6.01 (94) WISCO - very easy to use, loads of features. Puzzles created automatically or "custom" with sizes from 3x3 upto 24x17. Max 80 words per puzzle, 17 characters per word, 100 characters per clue. Select exactly which clues to use from one or two lists. Create and save your own word/clue lists. Upper or lower case, switch clues/words (if clues are short). Print puzzles or save as text, PCX or Wordperfect macros. Printouts can include titles, class no, teacher, school etc. 250K (360); $39.95 (manual, update, support); ANY MONITOR. MOUSE OPTIONAL. ***** ENIGMA CROSS v1.4 (93) S.BELLOTTO - solve (8 professional example included - some are tough) or create your own acrostic puzzles. A quotation or similar text is placed in a grid. The words from grid are used to create random words - each word has a clue. When all are solved the inital letters of each word spell out the author and source of quote (or whatever is desired). Puzzles can be solved on-screen or printed (excellent printouts with or wothout solutions). Absorbing hobby for word enthusuansts. Excellent graphical, mouse driven interface. 220K (440); $26 (more puzzles, support); EGA. MOUSE. **** [3½"DD (£2.00) or HD 5¼" (£3.00) only] EO20: WORD SEARCH CREATORS (menued) - great for work sheets, magazines. ***** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WORD SEARCH CREATOR v1.10 (91): Brilliant word search creator, you name it & this program does it. Control size (3x3 - 18x18), difficulty, direction of insertion, complexity of fill characters, letter sharing, screen colours, etc. Enter lists of max 80 words (56 for laser printer) or each word manually. Puzzles & word lists can be saved to printer or file. Built-in file manager allows use of your own editor from within the program. Puzzles printed in single/double width format, with/without solution. Also makes number puzzles (or a mixs). Can run automatically. We recommend this (if you've a printer) for school topics (kids like to type in and find lists of related words) and spelling work. 10-adult (puzzles can be made for younger ones to use); 200K; $19.95 (update, no reminders, other SW, tokeniser to create word lists from text). PRINTER. ***** SEARCHER (90): Creates & solves puzzles 5-45 across by 5-18 down. Enter words manually & it fills remaining space with random letters. Or type in a puzzle you're trying to solve (if you've the patience and time!), and it will locate the words you're looking for. 55K; PD. E201: CROSSDOWN v2.6 (91) S.BELLOTTO (menued) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Create & solve crosswords on your PC. Mouse driven with nice EGA gfx. Written by a N.Y Times'crossword compiler. Includes 7 sample crosswords. Grid size 11x11 - 23x23. Hint mode. Autosave, so you can work on several at once, returning whenever desired. Includes separate printer driver (9 pin Epsom or similar) giving excellent graphic printouts of completed crossword, blank with clues etc. All numbering done automatically. NOTE: Runs fine from floppy but print function needs hard disk. 10-ADULT. 300K; $26 ( more puzzles, update, more printer drivers). DOS 3.2. MOUSE. EGA. **** ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ MANY OTHER WORD GAMES AND QUIZZES IN THE EDUCATIONAL AND WINDOWS SECTIONS │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ***************************************************************************** TEACHERS TOOLS - Create "on-disk" books Adults & older children ***************************************************************************** H247: STORYMAKER (94) v2.3 ELSON EMBRY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Create talking story books with music, animation and sound. Tools include a scenery editor, shape editor (for animations), and text editor with built in text to speech capability (PC Speaker, or accepts VOC & CMF files if you've a soundblaster). The Melody Editor is an excellent program in its own right and includes an animated piano. Online help. Easy for older children (10+) to use but sophisticated enough for adults to create stories for children to explore with mouse (clicking objects produces animation, speech etc). Good demo story provided to get you started. Can now import PCX files and create personalised run-time, "stand alone" storybooks (EXE files) to be distributed on floppies. Also new animation effects and numerous minor fixes & improvements. 10-ADULT; 300K(800);$23(more pics,voice maker program);EGA.HD.MOUSE.286.512K RAM.**** H388: NEOBOOK v1.1 (94) OSCS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Brilliant new tool. Create colourful, informative, interactive on-disk magazines, tutorials, flyers etc. Use scrolling text, pop-up help, pictures etc. Once created they can be compiled into self-running EXE files to be distributed on floppies. Import ASCII txt, GIF/PCX pics. 14+;600K(1MB); £45.83 (update,manual etc); EGA. VGA. MOUSE. ***** [3½"DD(£2.00) or HD 5¼"(£3.00) only] H398: NEOBOOK PROFESSIONAL v1.1 (94) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ All features of Neobook (above) plus added sound support. Uses VOC (S.Blaster users) or PC Speaker (SNG) files. 600K(1.2MB).£69.50. EGA. VGA. sVGA. ***** [3½"DD(£2.00) or HD 5¼"(£3.00) only] ***************************************************************************** TEACHERS TOOLS - Special Needs, Sign Language Various Ages ***************************************************************************** H548: SIGN WRITER v4.2 (93) DEAF ACTION COMMITTEE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Word processor that allows the inclusion of signs, finger spelling & English in the same document. For writing signed languages from all over the world. NOT for teaching sign langauge, but for those that can already sign and want to learn sign writing. Can save documents as PCX files for inclusion in other packages. Tutorials, comprehensive on-disk manual and 1300 ASL signs in the dictionary. 12+; 300K (750); $25 donation (newletter, support); HD. CGA. **** W533: LEARN SIGN LANGUAGE WITH WINDOWS - £2.00 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WIN SIGNMASTER (91) MIKESOFT - shows each letter of the alphabet with large clear diagrams. Tutor and Test modes. Mouse or keys. 271K (1MB); $10; *** LEARN TO SIGN FOR WINDOWS (94) ADSOFT - a larger more comprehensive title that includes finger spelling plus a dictionary of 120 common words with full diagrams and explanations. Test or tutor modes. Also translates text files of up to 32 000 characters. Other options include using left or right hand, delay time and colour choices. 420K (600); $19 (larger dictionary); **** ***************************************************************************** MISCELLANEOUS EDUCATIONAL AIDS - Childrens Menu Systems All ages ***************************************************************************** H329: MAGIC DESK v3.0 (93) VIRTUAL MAGIC (formerly TOYBOX II) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Graphical DOS menuing system designed for children. Easy to use & set up, it allows young children to start their own programs. Displays your DOS programs as large buttons with colourful Windows compatible icons, simply click with mouse to run (or use keys). "Child features" inc; all mouse buttons have same effect, no double clicking, no access to specified areas. Other features; max 6 levels of menu pages (covers 1000s of programs), optional use of hotkeys & passwords. Built in Icon editor - design your own or convert Windows icons to Magic Desk format. 30 sample icons included. Excellent EGA/VGA gfx. If you're fed up of loading programs for your kids (or PC-phobic adults) get this! Was previously known as TOYBOX II - this latest update includes screensaver, PCX background pictures, customised colour scheme and other enhancements. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. 4-ADULT;130K(260);*REG* £25 (100s of icons, printed user guide); EGA/VGA. DOS 3.0+. 512K RAM. ***** H330: PICTURE MENU ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The ultimate graphical interface! Totally freeform. Use PCX pics formats), click to run your programs. Not for computer novices. Good for setting up menus for children or new users. **** ***************************************************************************** MISCELLANEOUS EDUCATIONAL AIDS - Databases Older children and adults ***************************************************************************** W500: LIBRARIUS v1.3 93 J. BANCROFT (UK) - £3.00 HD ONLY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Superb cataloguing system for printed and audiovisual materials. Allows for ISBN (or in house) nos, authors titles, etc. with user-defined key words and other easy search facilities such as words, word beginnings, date, etc. Audiovisual section allows many types of media to be catalogued in the same Windows - cassttes, film, CD, vinyl, stills etc. Paradox compatible files allow export to other programs. Can also display statistics with a range of very clear graphs (bar, pie, 3D etc) that can printed for reports etc. Very flexible and easy to use. Ideal for schools, libaries, home use. 14-ADULT; 1MB; £40+ (depends on total no. records); WIN 3.1. ***** E228: EASYBASE v2.7 (93) HOMEGROWN SOFTWARE (U.K) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Easy to use database. Good introduction for children, or adults that don't need a huge, complicated system. All fields (max 14) colour coded according to type with key shown at top of display. 6 types field: Alphanumeric, numeric, yes/no, telephone, date, currency. Screen & menu colours can be customised. Nice printouts using graphics if available. Prints in form or table style (with field select before printing). Plus all usual functions - find, sort, search, copy template, multiple field search, merge files. Very nice graph function - pick any alpha or numeric field and it is represented graphically on screen in colour. Max no of records depends on no. & size of fields that can be held in memory but would be typically around 200. Very fast operation. Lots of sample files - those of interest to kids inc. Computer games, police (get children to search for all brown-eyed burglars with scars!). 300K; 8-ADULT; £10 (support, update, manual). CGA. **** ╒═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ │ OTHER RELATED PROGRAMS │ ╞═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╡ │ Related programs that may be of interest. To locate, make a note of the │ │ disk number and then use the CHECKLIST option from menu screen. │ │ 1) H386 - NEOPAINT FONTS - can also be used in Neobook │ │ 2) W339 to W342 - Softline Multimedia - create brochures, shows, resumés│ │ 3) H176 (NEOPAINT) & H185 (ENVISION) - ideal for worksheets & pictures │ │ 4) E113 - ECLIPSE - create "gapped text" and other written exercises │ │ 5) E215 (MATH PROBLEM GENERATOR) and E217 (LONG DIVISION printed sheets)│ │ 6) H285 - PRINTPARTNER - create posters, banners, cards & letterheads │ │ 7) H383 - PC FASTYPE - excellent computer typing tutor │ ╘═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛