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From: halff@utah-cs.UUCP (Henry M. Halff)
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Subject: Re: MICROZINE tm.
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Date: Mon, 10-Mar-86 07:59:58 EST
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Summary: It's ok.

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.
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Henry M. Halff                                       Halff Resources, Inc.
halff@utah-cs.ARPA                 4918 33rd Road, N., Arlington, VA 22207