List of Approved Software Titles

Name

Description

Vendor/Email

Microsoft Office Professional

Microsoft Office Professional gives you the tools you need to create rich documents, powerful spreadsheets, and compelling presentations. The suite of applications includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Access.

ASAP Software

Microsoft FrontPage

FrontPage is a web editing tool with the intuitive Microsoft Office interface. FrontPage includes templates and components that make web design easy and fun.

ASAP Software

Macromedia Studio

Macromedia Studio brings the powerful web development tools to your classroom. The studio comes with four powerful programs — Dreamweaver, Fireworks, and Flash.

Contact Instructional Technology for more information at (601) 960-8355

Adobe Acrobat Elements

Adobe Acrobat Elements 6.0 software enables enterprises to extend the value of their Microsoft Office investment by standardizing on Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) for reliable document distribution.

ASAP Software

Adobe Photoshop Elements

Powerful yet easy-to-use image editing software for print, e-mail, and the Web
Capture images from digital cameras, scanners, and CDs.
Quickly correct photos and use powerful editing tools with ease.
Count on top quality from the leader in image-editing software.

ASAP Software

ArcSoft Photo Montage

ArcSoft PhotoMontage’s patented imaging technology turns your regular digital photos and videos into one-of-a-kind works of art in just seconds. Gather all of your photos and the program will automatically assemble them, one at time, to create a larger primary image.

ArcSoft Software

Sony Movie Studio

Easy-to-use editing program for capturing music, video, and images from digital devices. Movie Studio also includes a library of transitions and effects to apply to movies.

Academic Superstore

Name

Description

Vendor/Email

Academy of Reading

The AutoSkill Academy of Reading is an accelerated software intervention solution to help struggling readers get quickly up to grade level. Designed to complement your existing reading program, the Academy of Reading offers teachers the tools they need to deliver a balanced approach to reading in every classroom.

Alfred's Interactive Musician

For developing essential musicianship skills, no other software package can equal Alfred's Interactive Musician. The program is self-paced, and includes sections for pitch training, sight reading and rhythm.

Alfred's Interactive Music

Cosmic Blobs

3-D animation software that allows users to create, modify, and publish their own 3D animation graphics.

Cosmic Blobs

Digital Frog 2.5

A full interactive frog dissection, including all major body systems, an in-depth anatomy section, and an investigation of the diversity and ecology of frogs.

Digital Frog 2.5

Inspiration

Inspiration is a powerful visual learning tool that inspires students in sixth through twelfth grades to develop ideas and organize information. This organizational and outlining tool
is a great enhancement to all language arts, science and social studies curricula.

Learning Services

Kidspiration

Students build graphic organizers by combining pictures, text and spoken words to represent thoughts and information.

Learning Services

PrintMusic from Finale

Finale PrintMusic is the fast, easy way to bring your music to life with professional results. From the makers of Finale®, the world's leading music notation software, PrintMusic is perfect for songwriters, students, teachers, church musicians, and band leaders.

Academic Superstore

Renaissance Place

All Renaissance Learning products now fall under the umbrella of the web-based management system.  Products that can be ordered with Renaissance Place include Accelerated Reader, Accelerated Math, STAR Reading, STAR Early Literacy, STAR Math, and Fluent Reader. Foundation product versions of these products will no longer be purchased.

Renaissance Place

Tom Snyder
Reading for Meaning

Reading, Language Arts
Grades 3–8
Through explicit modeling and guided practice, students develop skills in five key areas: main idea, inference, sequence, cause & effect, and compare & contrast.

Tom Snyder
Learning Services

Tom Snyder
Graph Master

Math
Grades 4–8
Graph Master equips students with these essential skills by helping them learn to analyze data, interpret results, and solve problems.

Tom Snyder
Learning Services

Tom Snyder
Science Court

Science
Grades 4–8
As each case unfolds, students examine the facts and perform hands-on experiments to help them predict the verdict.
Available in a variety of titles or as a collection.

Tom Snyder
Learning Services

Tom Snyder
Decisions, Decisions

Social Studies
Grades 5–10
Employing an authentic 5-step decision-making model (based on one used by national policymakers today), students gather and analyze information, use examples from history to assess options, evaluate possible outcomes, and make decisions.
Available in a variety of titles or as a collection. Also available as online subscription.

Tom Snyder
Learning Services

Tom Snyder
Geography Inspirer

Social Studies
Grades 4–12
Teams of students travel throughout an area of the world in search of important resources, commodities, and characteristics of states or countries. Working in teams, students interpret maps, share information, and plan strategies.
Available in a variety of titles or as a collection.

Tom Snyder
Learning Services

Name

Description

Web Site

Brain Pop

BrainPOP is the leading producer of educational animated movies for K-12. The company creates original animated movies to explain concepts in a voice and visual style that is accessible, educational and entertaining for both children and adults.

www.brainpop.com

Head Sprout Reading

Headsprout Reading is a reading intervention progam for struggling readers.

www.headsprout.com

Know Zone

The Know Zone is a private and protected learning environment on the Internet. Students receive direct reinforcement of classroom math and reading lessons based on the Scott Foresman, Silver Burdett Ginn, and Prentice Hall textbooks. Students' attention and imagination are easily engaged through skill review activities, games and practice tests.

www.kz.com

MyGradebook

Set up your online grade book to reflect your class schedule and the way you grade and weight assignments. No more calculating and recalculating final scores. Once you have defined how you want your grades computed, the work is done for you automatically.

www.mygradebook.com