Writing

2Simple Software

Created by ex-teachers and IT professionals, 2Simple software is a delightful range of open-ended computer programs that encourages and assists young children to learn easily and creatively. Winner of many BETT and ERA awards, 2Simple has a wide range of programs to suit all ages and abilities Perfectly suited for interactive whiteboards. All 2Simple programs are available on a free 30 day approval. Contact L.E.A.R.N. for a demonstration, a 30 day trial or a detailed catalogue.

Simple City

WINNER at BETT Awards 2007. Now available with an Australian theme!

Stimulate listening, language, independence, collaboration and creative play in Kindy/Prep and Grade 1. Children are guided through 10 locations based on common curriculum topics. Engaging on-screen activities, including visiting the doctor, going to the cafe or doing the recycling, promote children’s role play both on the computer and afterwards. [More Details]

Maths City 1

Explore practical everyday maths in five topics: Transport, Space, The Farm, Shops and Outdoor Play.

Instructions are spoken or sung to catchy tunes and the differentiated levels ensure that all children engage fully with this unique program. The extensive plans and resources offer numerous activities: Race and sort cars; make patterns or park carefully; Count skips and jumps with animated figures; Sort and count animals to make a farm; Go shopping in the toy shop and pay the correct amount; Create and sort aliens so that similar features animate[More Details]

2Create a Story

WINNER at BETT Awards 2006

Children in Kindy/Prep and Grade 1 can make talking stories in minutes and publish them anywhere! Combine words, pictures, sounds and animation in a storybook format to support Literacy and ICT. Add actions to any picture: spin, rock, explode and more! Add or record sounds using the built-in keyboard, pre-set sound banks or a microphone. Save as Flash (SWF) files to publish anywhere. Help videos included. [More Details]

2Create

Create multimedia projects, interactive books, talking stories, presentations, slide shows, websites and more!

See your projects on the web or play to any audience by saving as Flash, an international standard format! Some features: Combine text, images, sounds & buttons; add actions to any object; link pages with colourful, clear hyperlinks; drag and drop pictures, videos & animations into any project; view individual pages and whole project layout to plan and edit easily; videos and support files are included in a cross-curricular learning resource. [More Details]

2Publish+

A highly flexible program that will fit into every lesson!

This program brings you a host of new exciting publishing opportunities such as leaflets, posters, certificates, comic strips, coins, money, stamps, postcards and picture tables. You can draw, import images and even use images captured straight from a webcam in many of the activities! [More Details]

Infant Video Toolkit

WINNER of 2 Gold BETT Awards 2002—Best Primary Software Tool & Best Educational Software Tool.

An exciting tool for developing a range of skills, created by teachers, tested in the classroom, and loved by children everywhere! Consists of a suite of six colourful, fun programs introducing basic skills such as counting, painting, publishing and direction. Features include heaps of fun templates, customizable tool bars and an interactive whiteboard feature with a ‘pullstring’, enabling children to reach the top of the screen.[More Details]

BrainBooster

Study skills for older students and adults.

A complete study skills program that's easy to use. Boost your brain power and discover your learning strengths. This essential interactive guide will improve your grades by revealing the secrets of study skills.[More Details]

Clicker 5 Award winning software.

Changing the way children write.

Clicker comes with its own child-friendly talking word processor that lets you write with pictures as well as words. Ready-made Clicker grids give children instant access to words, pictures and sounds. You can create your own in seconds or download grids from the Clicker Website. Encourages reluctant & struggling writers, improves self-esteem and independence.[More Details]

CO:Writer Solo

An excellent program for the struggling writer!

This popular word prediction software is essentially a powerful and intelligent writing assistant that makes the writing process easier, faster and better for writers of all ages and ability levels. It works with any software that involves text entry and now comes complete with Flexspell and TVS (Total Vocabulary System), which means there are more words than ever before to be predicted![More Details]

Communicate : In Print

A flexible symbol-supported desktop publishing package

Create books, worksheets, newsletters and posters. Supplied with the complete Widgit Rebus Symbol Set, which is well known by symbol users and acts as an excellent comprehensive set of line drawings for use in supporting literacy. Many mainstream primary schools are finding these to be invaluable tools.[More Details]

Draft:Builder SOLO

A writing and graphics organiser to help students through the writing process.

Draft:Builder SOLO helps students with learning difficulties to learn and practice the writing process by giving them a framework for organising thoughts and information so they can develop detailed first drafts that are ready for editing and revising. The program breaks the writing process into three distinct skills: planning and concept mapping, note-taking and resource citing, and composing a first draft.[More Details]

Easi Keysi

Great for developing basic typing skills and reinforcing spelling patterns

This program motivates children while effectively developing their keyboarding skills and overall vocabulary. With over 100 differentiated typing lists and over 1000 different words, Easi Keysi provides stimulating typing practice at a language level relevant to each individual pupil. Visual and auditory support is provided throughout the program which is of great benefit to children with learning difficulties. [More Details]

English Factory (Years 1-7) Mac/Win (Australian)

A comprehensive program covering 36 English grammar topics.

Fully interactive exercises with sets of 10 questions for each exercise and three difficulty levels. Students receive instant feedback and have access to worked examples when needed. Students can listen to any words that are unfamiliar, which is especially useful for reading out questions, answers and instructions.[More Details]

Inspiration

The essential tool to visualize, think and learn

The key tool students rely on to plan, research and complete projects successfully. With the integrated Diagram and Outline Views, students create graphic organizers and expand topics into writing. This powerful combination encourages learning in multiple modes giving students a better understanding of concepts and improving their performance across the curriculum.[More Details]

IntelliTools Classroom Suite

An easy-to-use, cross-curricular authoring and presentation toolbox.

IntelliTools is a suite of three award-winning classroom tools - IntelliPics Studio 3 - an incredible multimedia authoring tool for teachers and students; IntelliTalk 3 - an innovative and award-winning word processor that allows students to combine graphics, text and speech; and IntelliMathics 3 - a virtual math manipulatives tool.[More Details]

Kidspiration

The visual way to think, write and comprehend

Created for K-5 learners, Kidspiration® provides an easy way to apply the proven principles of visual learning. Students build graphic organizers by combining pictures, text and spoken words to represent thoughts and information.[More Details]

Spark-Space (Idea Mapping Software)

Turns ideas into documents!

Spark-Space software's simple to use style assists students to understand concepts, organise ideas and produce a finished structured document. Its unique 3D view enables students to see the relationships between ideas and is ideal for students with a conceptual learning style, such as dyslexics. Spark-Space is available in three different versions - KidSpark - for children up to age 10; Spark-Learner - for secondary and higher education students; and Spark Educator - designed for the teacher.[More Details]

Speedy Keys

A fun way for children to get familiar with the keyboard

Speedy Keys addresses the area of keyboard familiarity and can also be used as part of a structured reading and spelling program. Speedy Keys incorporates four stunning, stimulating and configurable activities designed to improve keyboard familiarity for all ages.

SuperSpell Grammar 1 & 2: (Australian)

Ideal for ESL students and remedial literacy

Two easy-to-use Australian programs, providing interactive learning activities on nouns, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, verbs, articles, prepositions, conjunctions, punctuation, phrases, clauses and sentences. Questions and explanations can be read out loud by the computer, using Australian speech, and work is presented in context sentences. Over 190 grammar activities, easy to navigate lesson plans, instructions and explanations of grammar rules with strong graphical and sound reinforcement within each activity. School versions include an extra CD with 320 printable worksheets.

textThing Plus (ages 7-adult)

A unique package that creates interactive text-based activities in minutes - using any text!

Build activities for word, sentence and text level work quickly and with no fuss. Using text from the program or your own text document, it takes just three clicks to start any one of the nine activities, which includes re-building text letter-by-letter and word-by-word, grammatical awareness, spelling, sentence construction, Cloze procedure and punctuation.[More Details]

UltraKey

The No.1 Teacher recommended keyboarding tutor

This program is a long standing favourite with educators because it systematically teaches touch-typing and safe keyboarding using voice, 3D animation, video and virtual reality. The program is clear, straightforward and directly instructs students in the art of typing and provides them with regular and meaningful feedback. With adjustable text size, voice supported instruction and many more options, teachers can adjust the program to suit their teaching style and students' needs. This makes UltraKey an ideal program for a wide range of age groups and is especially suited for those students with special needs and the visually impaired.[More Details]

WordQ/SpeakQ

A simple and easy-to-use tool that helps you write independently and with confidence!

WordQ 2 was researched and developed at Bloorview MacMillan Children`s Centre, an internationally renowned children`s rehabilitation hospital located in Toronto, Canada along with educators and professionals working with students with learning disabilities. Use WordQ 2 along with your standard writing software. WordQ 2 suggests words for you to use and provides spoken feedback to help you find mistakes. WordQ 2 benefits a wide range of users; it helps develop confidence, improves productivity, increases self-esteem and fosters a spirit of inclusion - some of the users say that it has changed their lives! The main advantage of WordQ 2 over other products is that it is extremely clean, simple and easy-to-use. Teachers in special education will appreciate its simplicity. SpeakQ is a speech recognition add-on to WordQ that helps you focus on writing through your voice.[More Details]

Write:OutLoud Solo

A talking word processor

An easy-to-use, yet powerful talking word processor with a talking spell checker that guarantees writing success. This award-winning program helps get class work done and makes writing fun. Listening to words encourages poor readers and reluctant writers and helps to eliminate frustration.[More Details]