A Place to Start in Selecting Software

Table 1: List of software primarily for children

Approx. cost: $ = less than $100; $$ = 100-250; $$$ = over $250 per station or license

Titles are for Windows unless otherwise noted

Title	Skill(s)	User	Setting	Teacher role	Approx. cost
Academy of Reading (Windows and Macintosh) Autoskill	Reading, literacy	Child	Class, self-directed learning-review	In control, set tasks	$$$
Destination Reading Houghton-Mifflin	Reading, literacy	Child	Class, self-directed learning-review	Set tasks	$$$
ELLIS Essentials Mac network clients; Windows Pearson Education	Comprehensive	Child	Self-directed learning, review	Set tasks	$$$
English for Kids ESL Pro	Comprehensive	Child	Self-directed learning, class	Set tasks, control	$ - $$
Imagination Express Sunburst Technology	Comprehensive	Child	Self-directed learning, review	Set tasks	$
Kidspiration Inspiration	Writing - organizers	Child	Self-directed, group, class	Set tasks	$
Let's Go DynEd	Listening, reading	Child	Self-directed learning	Limited	contact publisher
Odyssey ELL CompassLearning	Comprehensive	Child	Class, self-directed learning-review	Set tasks	$$$
Oxford Picture Dictionary Interactive Oxford University Press	Vocabulary	Child, teen, adult	Group, class, self-directed learning-review	Control, tasks	$$
Reader Rabbit Learning Company	Reading, literacy	Child	Self-directed learning-review	Set tasks	$/title
Storybook Weaver Learning Company	Writing	Child	Group, class	Control	$
Zip Zoom for English Language Learners Scholastic	Vocabulary, literacy	Child	Self-directed learning-review	Monitor	$$$$

Table 2: Teen and Adult Software

List of publishers mentioned

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