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Duet Software, Inc.

Software designed by teachers.

DSI: Educational Software

A Little Background: In the early 1990's, Peter Findlay and Doug Colpitts became computer teachers in their elementary schools. They were dissatisfied with the 'educational' software that was available. Most of the commercial software - more edutainment than educational - did not fit with important educational and classroom management requirements. So Peter and Doug began to create their own software, testing and revising it thoroughly with their students. From the Amiga platform to Windows and MacOS, these programs have stood the test of time and thousands of successful students and confident teachers in hundreds of schools.

BCGame

The BC Game

The  BC Game has been a favourite among grades 4 to 7 students for years. In the game, the student visits sixty town and cities in the province, learning facts, remembering photos and videos, and studying maps because she must earn money and comfort points or risk 'meeting the judge"! We have found that this is a 'game' that students at all levels are eager to play all year, year after year.

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Fliptales

Fliptales 3

FlipTales is an exciting graphics program perfect for elementary students.

Using FlipTales, students create a series of pages that can be printed as an illustrated book, or flipped as an animation. FlipTales Slideshow allows the students to present their FlipTales projects as full screen slideshows with recorded narration. (FlipTales has a built-in sound recorder or can call any Windows sound recorder.) FlipTales also has speech-to-text capability allowing students to create "talking books."

FlipTales is an ideal tool for integrating technology and curriculum. It is powerful and motivating as it encourages students to organize and present their ideas creatively in any subject area. Downloaded images can be imported to accompany student drawn images.

FlipTales is suitable for grades 1 - 7 and is configurable for either English or French user interface.

Learn more about Fliptales 3.

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Mathminer

Mathminer

Mathminer was created for students in grades two to five, but we've found that older students love it too. A miner in a gold mine, you must rent the use of the elevator and digging equipment. Your object is to get as much gold as you can in a period, but in order to get rental money you must answer mathematics questions. These questions cover many of the concepts in the grades 1 to 4 mathematics curriculum. At our schools, we have found many students eagerly learn concepts in Mathminer before they are covered in class.

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ATimes

ATimes

ATimes uses a collection of simple circus activities to present the most comprehensive set of times tables drills. Students move sequentially from the 2x table to the 12x table and higher. Difficulty levels are set for each student to ensure appropriate levels of success and challenge. ATimes is a highly motivating and effective way to reinforce those times table skills. (Grades 4-7)

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Skyride

Skyride

Learning the location of the letters on the keyboard can be a tedious and frustrating process.  Our typing tutor, ATYPE, guides students carefully through sequencial lessons. Skyride takes a very different approach. In Skyride, students don't even realize that they are learning to type - they are having too much fun making money and shopping.

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Snapshots 2

Snapshots 2

Snapshots 2 is a vocabulary and keyboarding program that is perfect for primary and E.S.L. students. Students see and hear words before typing them. Upon completing a group, the students can review the words before being quizzed on them. Words can be presented in A - Z groups or theme groups. Snapshots 2 is customizable by simply dragging picture files into the appropriate folder. Any pictures you want to include can become part of the Snapshots list!

Learn more about Snapshots.

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Explorers

Explorers

The game was created to help grade four students understand mapping concepts and main ideas about the European explorers who dreamed of wealth and fame as they crossed the Atlantic Ocean.

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FFT

Food For Thought

Food For Thought is a collection of seven math and thinking games for grades 3 - 7.

Each game can be played with a partner or against the computer and encourages students to develop strategies while playing.

Skills reinforced include addition, subtraction, times tables, decimal ordering, factors, and number sentences.

Learn more about Food For Thought.

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Compose

Compose

Compose is an easy-to-use song creation tool. It is appropriate for grades two to five students to learn about simple song forms and musical terms, while creating and printing their own pieces, even entering in their own lyrics.

Learn more about Compose.

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Word Memory

Word Memory

It's the classic concentration game - optimized for classroom use.

Students can enter their own spelling or vocabulary words before playing the game. Or, they can play Match-em ... searching for opposites, homophones, French/English matches and much more! For grades 1 - 3.

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ChildMinder

ChildMinder is custom designed for use in Sunday School settings.

It will keep demographic and attendance information in a way that is easy for your volunteers and staff to manage.

Learn more about ChildMinder.