I should just admit up front that I rarely, if ever, go shopping for software (or hardware, for that matter). As long as what I have still works I tend to be complacent, which could explain why my laptop is eight years and my students laugh at my cell phone...
Anyway, I'm also embarrassed to say I had never looked at the http://www.superkids.com/ site until Professor Fine posted the site under the topic of software evaluation. It is amazing!! I mean, where do these people find time to write such detailed review of new educational software?!?! It gave me a window on the world where they live, which made me feel excited and inadequate all at the same time.
I poked around and found a few programs that seemed really great. If my district weren't closing my school next year I would probably ask my principal to buy at least one of these programs, for example, "Professor Finkle's Basic Division" ( http://www.superkids.com/aweb/pages/reviews/math/2009/Professor_Finkles_Division/merge.shtml )
Sad to say, a significant portion of my middle-school students arrive not knowing how to do long division, so that is what piqued my interest in that program.
Anyway, I will keep this and similar sites in mind as resources for wherever I end up!
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