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From: mpcook@chinet.chi.il.us (Mike Cook)
Newsgroups: misc.kids,comp.edu,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: educational software
Message-ID: <1989Dec21.160408.5318@chinet.chi.il.us>
Date: 21 Dec 89 16:04:08 GMT
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Reply-To: mpcook@chinet.chi.il.us (Mike Cook)
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<I'm looking for software for my children, primarily educational software,
<but I'm interested in any that would involve thought on their part.
<I'm not interested in their becoming inter-active couch potatoes,
<substituting (or adding!) mindless games for TV.
 
  Call the DISCOVERY PLACE BBS in Oak Park IL at 708-383-6335 3/12/2400 
  baud, 8N1. We maintain a large collection of public domain and shareware
  educational software for a range of ages totalling over 20 megs online.
  You may also order diskettes by US mail for a minimal fee.
 
<Recommendations?  Sources for educational software?  Journals, etc.,
<that review and recommend software for childen?  Sources that publish
 
  There are messages on the bbs that critique educational software, and a 
  request there will also get a response from parents.
 
<The software would need to be for an AT clone.  Is their a sufficient
<base of good educational software for PC compatibles, or does one
<really need an Apple?  One place I called in San Francisco,
  
  All of our software is for the IBM or IBM compatible.
 
  -- Mike Cook