CS92/ED89 Software Evaluation Assignment
http://www.cs.brown.edu/courses/cs092/cs92.inventory.html
Each project team is responsible for the analysis, or a user-study, of
two pieces of educational software that, in the minds of the team
members, is of particular interest to the project. In choosing a program
to analyze or study, you may want to consider the programs created
in CS92 in years passed, commercial programs we own, or related
programs and projects in the Computer Science Department. You are
of course free to choose programs not in this list. Evaluations
should be prepared and linked to each team's Project Page.
CS92/ED89 Programs (by subject, sort of)
(available at the CS92/ED89 web site)
English and Language Arts
- Back to Canterbury (CS92, 1994)
- Dekodihpukan (CS92, 1994)
- The Adventures of SuperWriter! (CS92, 1996)
Social Studies and History
- Campaign Trail (CS92, 1998)
- Master Mayans (CS92, 1996)
- Whaling (CS92, 1994)
Science
- States of Matter (CS92, 1998)
- Energy Crisis Advisor (CS92, 1996)
- Enviro P.I. (CS92, 1996)
- Team Einstein (CS92, 1996)
- Water (CS92, 1994)
- Wetlands (CS92, 1992)
Mathematics
- Pizarro's Haunted Mansion (CS92, 1998)
- Citybuilder (CS92, 1995)
Other Topics and Multidisciplinary Programs
- Adventures of the Intergalactic Space Cadets (CS92, 1996)
- Rima the Rat (CS92, 1998)
- Color Theory (CS92, 1998)
- Wires Inside The Internet (CS92, 1998)
- Breaking the Chain (CS92, 1995)
- Search Wizard (CS92, 1996)
- Stress (CS92, 1994)
Commercial Educational Software
(available from the TAs -- platform restrictions in "[ ]")
- The Algebraic Proposer (Judah Schwartz, 1989) [MS-DOS]
- The American Girls Primiere (The Learning Company, 1997)
- Chemistry Explorer: Student Edition (Prentice Hall, 1996)
- Decisions, Decisions: Building a Nation (Tom Snyder, 1997)
- Decisions, Decisions: The Environment (Tom Snyder, 1990) [Mac]
- Discovering American History (Prentice Hall, 1997)
- FreddiFish And the Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds (Humongous, 1995)
- Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology (Prentice Hall, 1997)
- Geometric Supposer (Sunburst, 1988) [IBM]
- How Would you Survive? (Grolier Interactive, 1996)
- International Inspirer (Tom Snyder, 1997)
- Language Explorer (Nordic, 1994) [Mac]
- The Magic School Bus (Microsoft Home, 1994) [Windows]
- Math Blaster Mystery (Davidson, 1991) [Mac]
- Microworlds (LCSI, 1995) [Mac]
- Millie's MathHouse (Edmark, 1992) [Mac]
- Operations Frog (Scholastic, 1992) [Mac]
- The Oregon Trail (MECC, 1993) [Mac]
- Point of View 2.0: United States History (Scholastic, 1993) [Mac]
- Port of Entry: Immigration (National Digital Library Program, 1996)
- Reader Rabbit 3 (The Learning Company, 1994) [Mac]
- Reelect JFK (Quadra Interactive, 1995)
- Run Time Chemistry Explorer (Prentice Hall, 1995)
- Run Time Macroeconomics Explorer (Prentice Hall, 1997)
- SimCity 2000 (Maxis, 1996) [Windows]
- Thinkin' Things 1, 2 and 3 (Edmark, 1995)
- Where in the World is Carmen San Diego? (Broderbund, 1994) [Mac]
- Where in the U.S.A. is Carmen San Diego (Broderbund, 1998)
Applets from the Graphics Group at Brown
(see http://www.cs.brown.edu/exploratory/appletindex.html)
