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These announcements are about new computer products (both hardware and software) for all children of all ages. The most recent announcements are listed first. For a complete list of the new product announcements here at KidSource, including a "what's new" list, visit the New Products area main page.
Video Games Help Teach Kids to Concentrate
The Attention Trainer is a new learning tool that uses enhanced video games to help children develop their concentration skills.
Epotec Launches New Parenting and Childcare Series
Epotec provides online, interactive behavioral health programs and has announced a new program: Parenting and Childcare. Epotec's programs are available to consumers through employer health plans, managed behavioral health programs, employee assistance programs and community mental health organizations.
Web Site Features Toys for Disabled Children
GBkids.com is a new shopping site primarily providing products for children with disabilities. One of the founders' children is disabled and uses many of the products featured on this site.
Life Begins is a CD-ROM which provides parents and teachers with an exciting new way to help teach adolescent maturation and the creation of life. There are six sections to explore -- the Human Body, Man, Woman, Pregnancy, Labor and Birth, and Life Choices.
The Best-Selling JumpStart Series
Knowledge Adventure's ground- breaking JumpStart Learning System remains the number-one selling grade-based educational system, according to the latest sales figures from PC Data. The most comprehensive solution for preparing kids for success in school and the real world, the best-selling JumpStart series is expanding this holiday season to include nearly 20 full-grade and subject-based CD-ROMs for children ages 6 months (JumpStart Baby) to 11 years (JumpStart 5th Grade).
$5 Million In Web Site Software Donated To 25,000 U.S. Schools
The American School Directory (ASD) announced today that Innisbrook Wraps, of Greensboro, NC, has agreed to provide $5 million in free software and scanning services to 25,000 schools for Web site development. Read this article to see how your school can receive this software. ASD is a directly of all 106,000 K-12 schools (public and private) in the United States.
New Product Teaches Kids How to `Get A Head' and Stay Ahead in Language Skills
Sanctuary Woods/Theatrix Interactive announces the release of WORD HEADS™, the latest product in the popular and award-winning GET A HEAD™ series of educational software. Like the best selling MATH HEADS™ product that Parent Magazine called, "dazzlingly hip, with form and content adding up to a winner," the new WORD HEADS is designed to improve essential vocabulary skills for middle school age kids in an enjoyable learning environment.
Technology Shows Results For Children With Language Impairments
Scientific Learning Corporation recently announced a breakthrough training program, Fast ForWord(TM), that offers as much as eighteen months worth of language skill improvements to children with language impairments in less than seven weeks.
Just Grandma and Me is an interactive re-telling of the children's story of the same name by Mercer Mayer. Each page of the book has been animated, telling the story of Little Critter and his Grandma's trip to the beach. Children have a choice of having the story read to them, or browsing each page and clicking on hot-spots to discover the animations or sounds. The CD-ROM is done in 8-bit (256 colors).
Alston Software Labs ("ASL"), developers of graphics software titles for young users, announces the release of KidLabel. This new title is a combination label-maker and paint program designed specifically for children between the age 7 - 12.
New CD-ROM Provides Suicide Prevention Guide
A new CD-ROM suicide prevention guide for educators is being distributed this week to nearly 30,000 junior and senior high schools nationwide to help teachers, principals, counselors and coaches deal with what suicide experts call "the silent killer of our youth."
AAA Unveils CD-ROM To Fight High Teen Driver Crash Rate
To combat teen-age motor vehicle fatalities -- the leading cause of death for young people -- AAA today introduced a new CD-ROM program to help parents provide supervised driving experience for novice drivers.
Language-Learning Impaired Children Benefit New Training Program
San Francisco-based Scientific Learning Corporation (SLC) unveiled today the only state-of-the-art, Internet and CD-ROM training program scientifically proven to benefit many of the ten percent of all school-aged children who suffer from language-learning impairments.
Scholastic Introduces 'Huggly's Sleepover' CD-ROM
Scholastic Inc. has created an interactive learning concept for four- to six-year-olds in a CD-ROM titled "HUGGLY'S SLEEPOVER." The title integrates early academic skills, such as beginning reading and beginning math, into the storyline while modeling social skills and fostering emotional development. Co-developed with professional educators and child development experts, this kindergarten preparation title is the first developmentally appropriate CD-ROM of its kind.
Hasbro Interactive Releases 3-Games-In-1 CD-ROM
Hasbro Interactive delivers three award-winning children's games in one CD-ROM purchase with the release of the new Hasbro Interactive 3-Games-In-1 CD-ROM, announced today and being shipped to retailers nationwide beginning this week. The 3-Games-In-1 CD-ROM includes the Hasbro Interactive games Playskool Puzzles, Mr. Potato Head(R) Saves Veggie Valley, and Play-Doh Creations.
FamilyPC Names Cyber Patrol Best Parental Control Software
Microsystems Software Inc.announced today that its filtering software, Cyber Patrol, has been selected by editors of FamilyPC as one of the 50 best products for families and kids.
Update Online Access For People With Disabilities
CompuServe Incorporated (Nasdaq: CSRV) and Henter-Joyce, Inc., St. Petersburg, Florida, have agreed to work together on a solution that updates accessibility to the CompuServe(R) Information Service and the Internet by visually impaired members.
Guidelines for Computer-Assisted Reading Instruction
The most common concerns of educators in regards to computer-assisted instruction have to do with the effectiveness of computer-based education, and with the appropriateness of the many possible roles computers can play in language arts instruction. This digest discusses these issues and will provide information on how teachers can integrate computers into reading/writing instruction.
