miller@loral.UUCP (David P. Miller) (03/06/86)
I recently received literature on a computer learning software library,for kids, called MICROZINE, which is sold by a company named Scholastic. The literature they sent is full of sales hype and pretty brochures, which makes me kind of suspicious, but the price and concept seem attractive. I would like to buy it for my 6 1/2 years old daughter. She is pretty advanced for her age group and enjoys learning a whole lot. I wonder how many of you out there have bought this software, and what are your impressions on it. Is it a good value ?. Would you, or your young one, recomend it to others ?. Does it emphasize entertaining more than teaching and informing? I would greatly appreciate any experienced input on this matter. Thanks in advanced, BIG DAVE. -- David P. Miller - Loral Instrumentation. / USUAL \ sdcsvax!sdcc3!loral!miller \ DISCLAIMER / ******************************************************************************** "Sticks and stones may hurt my bones but words ......................."
halff@utah-cs.UUCP (Henry M. Halff) (03/10/86)
In article <1064@loral.UUCP>, miller@loral.UUCP (David P. Miller) writes: > I recently received literature on a computer learning software library,for kids, > called MICROZINE, which is sold by a company named Scholastic. > I wonder how many of you out there have bought this software, and what are your > impressions on it. Is it a good value ?. Would you, or your young one, recomend > it to others ?. Does it emphasize entertaining more than teaching and informing? > I would greatly appreciate any experienced input on this matter. I subscribed to Microzine for a couple of years wehn my kid was between the ages of 12-14. It has a wide variety of software, for example, a miniature file manager, adventure games, a robot programming environment. I thought it was well done, and it held our kid's attention until he outgrew it. It might be a bit old for a 6 1/2 year old though. -- Henry M. Halff Halff Resources, Inc. halff@utah-cs.ARPA 4918 33rd Road, N., Arlington, VA 22207