Software Is Elementary

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May 13, 2008

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Software Is Elementary

Produced by:

Richard Paul

There's an unusual phenomenon popping up in schools across the country-- educational software is almost never used in a classroom beyond the 8th grade. From pre-school to 8th grade, there is widespread use of specially-designed software to teach math, reading, grammar, and languages, but you'd be hard-pressed to find any of it in high school. Producer Richard Paul talks to professors, teachers, psychologists and software developers on his quest to find out why educational software disappears after middle school. This program is part of our ongoing series on education and technology and is funded in part by the United States Department of Education.

Program Credits

Software is Elementary was produced by Richard Paul. We'd like to thank Liz Kaplan of River-Deep Software and Kim Goodman of Tom Snyder Software for providing us with sound from their products.

Resources

Links:
Riverdeep Software
Software tools, teaching strategies and learning tips for educators, parents and students.

Tom Snyder Productions Software
Educational software products and resources for elementary level reading, math, science and social studies.

Game Developers Conference 2004
The agenda, list of speakers (including Henry Jenkins featured in the documentary), and resources examining the intersection of games, learning, policy, and management.

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Lisa Simeone

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