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Cross Curricula

    • ABC Kid Genius
      ‘Teach the Alphabet, Letters, Numbers, Counting, Reading and Spelling using Sound, Pictures and Video clips.’
    • AudiFlash
      ‘AudiFlash is a Free program for creating and using auditory flash cards. AudiFlash is ideal for practicing and preparing for oral exams and other tests.’
    • Bibliographix Basic
      ‘Combines reference management, information retrieval and Idea Manager in a single application.’
    • Collegiate Daily Planner
      ‘A software application designed to help students manage their academic workload as well as their daily activities.’
    • EclipseCrossword
    • Edu Planner
      ‘A Free application to help you plan and manage your everyday tasks. Edu Planner is a task management tool [designed for University students]. Edu Planner will help you manage your long list of assignments and homework.’
    • Everest Dictionary
    • FunEDU
      Projects, fun with history and fun facts.
    • Launch Menu System
      ‘Allows children easy access to installed programs on a Windows™ PC. It can be configured to display the Programs section from the Start menu and offers a clear, large button menu, from which applications are launched.’
    • MasteryPro
      ‘A patented software program that temporarily interrupts a computer or gaming machine and forces the user to participate in some form of Mastery Learning. The computer will restart precisely where it stopped upon the user completing a short task.’
    • MemoryLifter
      Flash card software.
    • Minisebran
      ‘A Free suite of early learning games for kids 2-6 years old . It includes eight different exercises, including doodle drawing exercises and very simple games to get to know the numbers and letters, and learning to use the keyboard.’ Needs Microsoft NET Framework.
    • MyOwnPlan
      ‘MyOwnPlan contains powerful tools to help you get organised, increase your productivity, and make better use of your time’. Based on Microsoft Access.
    • Sebran’s ABC
      Several activities designed to help learn letters and numbers.
    • Riverdeep Free Downloads
      Slow to load. Note : these are demonstrations and trials only.
    • StudyMinder Lite
      ‘StudyMinder Lite Free student planner for Windows helps students get organized and get better grades. StudyMinder Lite organizes assignment information and records study time. StudyMinder Lite shows the total time you need to prepare for school each day and whether all your assignments are completed.’
    • VTrain [Vocabulary Trainer]
      ‘VTrain asks you questions [“flashcards”] and draws up a schedule of repetitions for each one of them.’

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Health, PE & Sport

    • Food File
      Either download or use online. ‘Selecting a food displays the proportion of fat, protein and carbohydrate contained as well as total calories and more detailed nutritional information. Also displayed are various ‘food facts’.’
    • Life Ahead Program
      Similar in concept to Food File. Measures your cardiofitness and more.
    • My Training Diary
      Australian developed. ‘A simple PC-based program designed to be used by both novice and elite athletes. It caters for both coached and uncoached athletes, as well as coaches and support staff.’
    • No Smoke
      Can help you quit and ‘is also used in schools to educate children about the dangers of cigarettes and tobacco.’
    • Nutrition Access
      ‘Displays detailed nutritional information for individual foods. The program includes a database of over 5 000 foods. Up to 29 values will be displayed for each food.’

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Language

    • IrrTrainer
      ‘… train English irregular verbs with fun !’
    • OPhonics
      ‘A combination Flashcard and Drill, that keeps track of quiz scores and writes each student’s activities and answers to a log file’.
    • Ray’s Letters and Numbers
      A series of programs.
    • Sentence Builder
      ‘A simple tool to help with sentence construction.’
    • Speed Reading
      Articles, games, advice and software.
    • Talking Alphabet
      ‘The perfect tool for toddlers, children, or anyone else to learn their abc’s and 123’s easily’.
    • Thinking Man’s Thesaurus, The
      ‘Includes a powerful thesaurus and a dictionary which can check the spelling of individual words as well as provide you with a list of similarly spelt words.’ Links with the WordWeb dictionary. Scroll down the page to find this.
    • Vocabulary Flashcards
      Free flashcard software.

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Mathematics

    • Abscissatron
      ‘Large polynomial equation solver’. Check the other Freeware on the sites as well.
    • Americalculator
      Has a scrollable tape and allows you to save calculations as a text file or send them to the printer. Optional large screen display is very easy to read. Suitable for Primary level.
    • Basic Facts Bingo
      ‘Generate random bingo cards with basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division questions.’ Needs Microsoft NET Framework. [Fee-based]
    • Calc 3D
      ‘Mathematical graph and charting software for geometry and statistics.’
    • CALCUL
      ‘Help [your] elementary school students practice mental arithmetic or to do fractions.’ All operations.
    • Calculait Calculator
    • C.a.R. [Compass and Ruler]
      ‘A program that simulates school geometry constructions with a pair of compasses and a straightedge. You can use it for a variety of purposes, including teaching of geometry, testing geometry skills, classroom demonstration and much more.’
    • Curve Builder
      ‘Draws graph[s] for parametric functions where you set a real function for each coordinate in 3D space.’ [Scroll down to find this]
    • Daisy Maths
      Try online or download the program for 3 to 12 year olds.
    • Equation Wizard
      While this program looks very good indeed, with clear presentations and explanations of what is happening, it is Fee-based.
    • ESB Scientific Calculator
    • ESB Unit Conversion Utility
    • Flash Cards for Kids
      A shareware program that supports all operations except division. Only ‘addition’ is available in the evaluation copy.
    • FlatGraph
      ‘The program is designed both for inexperienced and the professional user as in it are combined the intuitive interface and professional functions. Plotting functions [usual and parametric] with more possibilities. Differentiation of any order [with simplification]. Construction of tangents to the graph [and more].’
    • Fractals
      ‘The ultimate wedding of beauty and mathematics. An IFS Generator.’
    • GeoGebra
      ‘GeoGebra is a dynamic mathematics software for education in secondary schools that joins geometry, algebra and calculus. On the one hand, GeoGebra is a dynamic geometry system. You can do constructions with points, vectors, segments, lines, conic sections as well as functions and change them dynamically afterwards. On the other hand, equations and coordinates can be entered directly.’ Multiple Awards.
    • Geometry Calculator
      Circles, areas, surface area and volume.
    • Graph
      ‘An open source application used to draw mathematical graphs in a coordinate system.’
    • Jmath
      ‘Is a Computer Algebra System[CAS] targeted at high school students.’
    • Julius
      ‘Julius is a simple Arabic-Roman number converter : it can translate numbers written in Arabic digits to Roman numbers, and it is able to translate Roman numbers in[to] Arabic ones. You can even have more information if you click on the [+] button. A drawer will show the translation’s explanation.’
    • Math Expression Calculator v2.0
      ‘Windows software for evaluating complicated maths expressions involving multiple variables.’
    • Math Game : Multiplication
      Use this quite exciting game to work with multiplication facts.
    • Math Homework Maker, The
      A range of activities from fractions to statistics.
    • MathMatic ‘Junior Edition’
      ‘Print worksheets, operations recording, operands crossing, timer etc..
    • Math Ninja
      ‘The game has 8 levels of difficulty, and knowing the age of the student, program can select appropriate level automatically. Math Ninja provides exercises for Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division [also for negative numbers]. Correct answers and response time are scored appropriately’.
    • Math Search
      ‘A traditional word search game with a mathematical twist. Instead of searching for words, you search for numbers representing the answers to an equation. You need to be able to calculate the answer to the equation and then search the answer in a grid of numbers’. Play online or download. Suggested Upper Primary area.
    • Methvin Converter
      ‘Quickly convert all measurement formats and units into others. The application’s other features include the ability to add user-defined conversions.’
    • Multiplication Facts
      ‘Learn and practice the basic times tables using the numbers zero through twelve. Review times tables, see graphic representations of problems, or take speed drills.’
    • Numerimal
      ‘A numeral converter. It will convert between decimal, hexadecimal, octal, binary and any other user-selectable base up to 64-base.’
    • Peanut Software
      Software for completing calculations and carrying out a variety of investigations.
    • Quad-Lock Unit Converter
      ‘An easy-to-use interface and contains most of the units commonly encountered while solving engineering problems. With more than 650 units, you are likely to find the units you are looking for.’
    • Radix
      ‘A numerical base converter’. Access other simple programs at the same site.
    • Ray’s Letters and Numbers
      A series of programs.
    • Roman Numeral Converter
      Type a number and it will be converted in front of your eyes. [Numbers to value of 4 000]
    • WebMathematics Interactive
      ‘WebMathematics Interactive is a software that makes it possible for a wide range of students of universities, colleges, and high schools to practice exercises of mathematical nature, to check the solutions of exercises, and to test their knowledge.’

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Science

    • ABA-X1
      ‘The Free calculator for scientific work. ABA-X1 is an application that calculates mathematical expressions. It has a large number of built-in operators and functions.’
    • Alice Law
      Learn about both special and general relativity.
    • BK Periodic Library
    • Crocodile Clips Elementary
      Software that ‘comes with a set of worksheets introducing electric current and circuits’.
    • Electric Astrolabe, The
      ‘A fully animated planetarium program in the form of a planispheric astrolabe.’
    • Encyclopedia Galactica
      A planetarium program. Not the newest but with some very good features.
    • EniG. Periodic Table of the Elements
      ‘ Contains the basic data about the element in 7 languages. It shows visually the change of physical condition with the change of temperature. The language, the speed of temperature change and the exchange of elements can be adjusted by configuration file.’
    • ESB Scientific Calculator
    • Gravit
      ‘A gravity simulator which runs under Linux, Windows and Mac OS X.’ In addition, ‘it also creates beautiful looking gravity patterns.’
    • Home Planet Release 3.1
      ‘A comprehensive astronomy/space/satellite-tracking package for Microsoft Windows’.
    • Periodic Table
      ‘All the elements of the Periodic Table along with images of the elements in their natural state.’ [Also the Periodic Table Explorer]
    • Periodic Table XP
      ‘Quickly determine a significant amount of information such as Atomic Weight, Oxidation State, Boiling Point, Melting Point, Density, Electron Configuration, Acid/Base Properties, Atomic Volume, Atomic Radius, etc. of an element.’
    • Photosynthesis
      ‘In two sections, the first, useful for younger students, shows a animated plant, the second section shows a cross-section through a leaf and asks a student … to correctly arrange the labels.’ Also has worksheets.
    • Physlets
      ‘Small flexible Java applets designed for science education.’ Also includes tutorials, download instructions and example problems.
    • Printable Periodic Table
      B/W or colour in either .pdf or Postscript formats.
    • Sicyon - Freeware Expression Calculator
      Lite version is Freeware.
    • Solar System Discovery Kit, The
      ‘This Discovery Kit allows you to experience and learn planetary dynamics. Watch the Moon orbit the Earth and then compare it to Jupiter’s moons dancing to the same time scale. This demonstration lets you experience the motion of the planets in true to life scales’. Large download and really needs a 3D card to operate effectively.
    • Stellarium Astronomy Software
      ‘Software which renders realistic skies in real time … you really see what you can see with your eyes, binoculars or a small telescope’. For Linux, Mac and Windows. User’s Guide being developed.

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Social Sciences

    • Arm Map Explorer
      ‘Map Explorer lets you locate and view any place on the planet using dynamic interactive maps. These maps are draggable, meaning no need to click and wait for graphics to reload each time you want to view adjacent parts of a map.’
    • Atlas of World History Map Animation
      ‘Historical atlas software for Windows PCs’.
    • Celestia
      A 3D Space Simulator
    • Maps that Teach
      ‘Interactive maps to learn continents, countries, states, capitals, borders, physical features and cultural monuments.’
    • World Wind [NASA]
      Requires .NET runtime environment and DirectX. At 180mb, broadband is virtually essential.

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Special Education

    • Alien Speech
      ‘A Freeware Text to Speech program. Simply type in some text or load a text file, and Alien Speech will read it for you, at a speed and pitch of your choice.’
    • Braille Games Page
    • DesktopZoom
      ‘A zoom/magnify program with lots of options : zoom around the mouse, zoom a fixed window, zoom the entire desktop, use the mouse inside the zoomed window, etc..’ Only works with Win2000 and Windows XP.
    • J-Mouse
      ‘Designed for people who can’t use the mouse. You can use a gamepad or a Joystick and it will control the mouse on the screen.’
    • Language Reader
      A Text-To-Speech Reader for Microsoft Windows. Multiple languages and document formats supported.
    • Lens - Magnifying Glass
      Up to 64x magnification. Slow to load.
    • Magnifixer
      ‘A screen magnifier utility. You can place it anywhere on your screen, make it any size you want and select a zoom level.’
    • Natural Voice Reader
    • Readout
      ‘Your computer can read out text.’ Requires some Microsoft components which are both listed and Free.
    • ReadPlease
    • Serotek FreedomBox
      This could be quite expensive, but the quality cannot be denied. Provides high levels of accessibility.
      Note : this is Not Freeware.
    • textHELP ! Systems
      Several programs, some Free.
    • Virtual Magnifying Glass 2.35
      ‘A Free, open source, screen magnification tool for Windows. It is simple, customizable, and easy-to-use.’
    • yRead - Text to Speech reader
      ‘yRead will load a plain text [TXT] or HTML file and display it in a single-column, resizable window. Then it will read the file to you out loud, using human speech. You can even get voices for other languages. Use it to listen to ebooks, your own writing or any other piece of text.’ Australian to boot !
    • Zoomit
      A very small [36kb] program that is a screen zoom and annotation tool.

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Teacher, Classroom & Administration

    • Centre - Open Source Student Information System
      ‘Is a web-based, open source, student management product with features that include student demographic info, scheduling, grade book, attendance, report cards,eligibility, transcripts, and more.’
    • Crossword Sage
      Create crosswords for students and others to complete. Open Source software.
    • CyberMatrix Class Scheduler
      ‘CyberMatrix Class Scheduler is an easy to use single or multi-user application for scheduling students classes. The software is ideal for schools and other educational institutions that need to quickly schedule classes. The most significant change in version 5 are the new visual scheduling features. Be aware this is a Fee-based software.’
    • Exam4Fun
      Open source. ‘An examination program designed to test your vocabulary. It is designed to be flexible and to fit to different kinds of exam. It allows user to create their own sets of questions and choose from different types of exam [Identification, Flashcard, Hardcopy].’
    • jMemorize
      ‘jMemorize is an Free open-source Java application that manages your learning processes by using flashcards and the famous Leitner system. jMemorize makes memorizing facts not only more efficient but also more fun.’
    • Mimosa Scheduling Software
      ‘A universal scheduling and course planning software application for use in any kind of school …’
    • Moodle
      ‘Moodle is a course management system [CMS] - a Free, Open Source software package designed using sound pedagogical principles, to help educators create effective online learning communities. You can download and use it on any computer you have handy [including webhosts], yet it can scale from a single-teacher site to a 50 000-student University.’
    • OpenProj
      ‘a Free, open source project management solution. OpenProj is a complete replacement of Microsoft Project, and other commercial project solutions. OpenProj is ideal for desktop project management.’
    • Open Workbench
      ‘An open source desktop application that provides robust project scheduling and management functionality, … a Free and powerful alternative to Microsoft Project.’ Need to register to download. Lots of support and tutorials.
    • Puzzlemaker
      ‘Puzzlemaker is a puzzle generation tool for teachers, students and parents. Create and print customized word search, crossword and math puzzles using your word lists.’ Not Free.
    • Qedoc Quiz Maker
      ‘Application for creating and modifying interactive learning content for playback on the Qedoc Quiz Player.’ Both maker and player are available Free [check requirements on FAQ page] as are a number of ready made quiz modules. It is a big download - 40+mb.
    • Question Tools Editor Suite
      ‘Create exciting, interactive e-learning lessons, exercises and tests for delivery using the Free Question Tools Exam software, or any modern web browser.’
    • School Plan Management Software
      ‘An integrated solution to reduce the bureaucratic burden, save teacher hours and improve your school’s efficiency.’ Be sure to select the LITE version which is Free.
    • SchoolTool
      ‘Is a project to develop a common global school administration infrastructure that is freely available under an Open Source licence.’ Includes SchoolTool Calendar and SchoolBell with SchoolTool2006 scheduled for 2006-7. Open-source.
    • Splendid City Sports Scheduler
      [Splendid City Lite 3.0] ‘Useful for people who organize team sport events. Use it to manage/publish sports schedules of any size and complexity. Automatically create high quality double or single elimination tournament brackets, round-robin, swiss round, cross divisional or practice schedules for any sport that requires pairings.’
    • Teach2000
      ‘A private teacher to help you memorize a foreign language, topography or even the history of Italy by date. Improve your school results with this Free trainer.’
    • Teacher’s Report Assistant
      ‘Time saving utility for teachers who word process student reports.’
    • Wink
      ‘Wink is a Tutorial and Presentation creation software, primarily aimed at creating tutorials on how to use software [like a tutor for MS-Word/Excel etc]. Using Wink you can capture screenshots, add explanations boxes, buttons, titles etc and generate a highly effective tutorial for your users.’

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Technology & Applied Studies

    • Algodraw
      Flowcharting software.
    • A Simple Guide to HTML
      Both online and downloadable.
    • Creation Station
      ‘Big buttons and a simple layout make learning valuable computer skills fun and easy. Children are Free to explore and learn without parents fearing they will harm other data on the computer.’
    • Electronics Assistant
      ‘Program which performs electronics-related calculations. It includes a resistor colour code calculator, resistance, capacitance and power calculations and more.’ Save or print results.
    • FMSLogo
      [An Educational Programming Environment]
      ‘FMSLogo is a Free implementation of a computing environment called Logo, which is an interactive programming language that is simple, powerful, and best of all fun. You can download FMSLogo from the project portal on SourceForge.’
    • FreeCAD 3D CAD with Motion Simulation
    • Gemini Space Simulator
      A program to simulate a space flight. Check descriptors and requirements for use.
    • iTouchType
      Both downloadable and online. Includes typing test and typing course. Windows only download. Make sure it is the Freeware version.
    • KAZ Typing Tutor
      ‘An entirely new approach to teach you to how to learn how to type and master your computer keyboard fast. Our interactive, multimedia typing tutor software uses a revolutionary learning method so you can learn to touch type very quickly without the need to resort to repetitive typing drills and games.’
      Fee-based.
    • Learn2Type
      Online.
    • Letter Chase Typing Tutor
    • Logowriter
    • Mouse Trainer
      ‘Will quickly train any novice user to use the mouse.’ Suitable for all levels.
    • Relatran
      ‘Calculations of forces, mechanical advantages, wheel’s diameters, number of teeth, speed ratios, forward and turning speeds …’ It includes a help file to solve the exercises.
    • Robomind
      ‘ROBO is a new and very simple educational programming language that will familiarize you with the basics of computer science by programming your own robot. In addition to an introduction into popular programming techniques, you will also gain insight into areas such as robotics and artificial intelligence.’ Free for personal use, reasonable licence fee for educational institutions.
    • Tux Typing
      ‘An educational typing tutor for children. It features several different types of gameplay, at a variety of difficulty levels.’
    • TypeFaster Typing Tutor
      Open source software with multiple versions including
      an Accessible version for those who are visually impaired.
    • typeonline.co.uk
      Online.
    • Typing Made Easy
      ‘A fun and interactive way to learn to type.’

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The Arts

    • All That Chords !®
      ‘Provide[s] visually, the chord you want to play on your keyboard.’
    • Audacity Player
      Music player and audio editor.
    • Celtx Scriptwriting Software
      High quality software that will assist you in everything to do with scriptwriting.
    • Chord Wizard
      ‘Designed to display musical chords on a piano keyboard, a musical staff and in plain English. Create major, minor and 7th chords’.
    • Electronic Piano 2.5
      ‘Electronic Piano 2.5 is a Freeware program that allows the user to play Musical Notes, Chords and Drums using the computer keyboard.’
    • Ginkgo Paint !
      ‘Colouring book program for children [age 3+]. It helps them to use the mouse properly and guides them in the world of colours.’
    • Guitar Tuner
      ‘Digital Guitar Tuner is Windows software, which lets you accurately tune your guitar using direct input or microphone. Now it features 27 tuning types !’
    • Happy Note
      ‘Learning music is a game’ - in fact it is several !
    • LenMus
      ‘A totally Free program that allows you to focus on specific skills and exercises, on both theory and aural training. The different activities can be customized to meet your needs. LenMus Phonascus allows you to work at your own pace, providing interactive feedback until mastery of each concept is achieved.’
    • MagicBook, The
      ‘A Free electronic colouring book with a twist !’
    • Music Theory Basics
      Go to the bottom to access the English version.
    • NoteID
      ‘Teach yourself music notation/keyboard notes on grand staff in all keys’.
    • Painter 23
      Excellent, full featured program.
    • Photofiltre
      Excellent graphics program with a huge range of options.
    • RoboGuru Guitar Tools
      A guitar chord finder and tuner.
    • Solfege
      ‘Train your rhythm, interval, scale and chord skills’.
    • Tux Paint
    • VioLet Composer
      ‘Is a tool for writing music from scratch using only a single [  ] compatible PC with a soundcard … providing a complete composing toolkit in one application.’ Open source software.

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