The following resources have been recommended by Department of Education curriculum personnel. These resources are not available for purchase via the Educational Software Acquisition Program (ESAP).They would need to be ordered directly from the product website or other educational software suppliers.
Cosmic Blobs
Create amazing characters, animals and vehicles with the powerful and entertaining Cosmic Blobs 3D graphics software for kids. Suitable for Windows and Macintosh.
Electronic Resources Australia (ERA)
An Australian national consortium for the purchase of selected full-text resources. ERA aims to provide Australians with easy access to a variety of trusted, subscription, information online sources via their library.
FX Equation
FX Equation, an equation editor, takes the original FX Equation paradigm and removes its restrictions. A secondary mathematics teacher can now use FX Equation to quickly produce all of the equations needed just by typing in the equation. FX Equation looks at what has been typed and puts everything in the right place. Available to purchase online or via the Australian distributor CD-Soft.
Kid Pix
Kid Pix has been designed expressly for the classroom, with extensive input from teachers and students to be the best creative tool for every primary classroom. It combines realistic art tools and powerful graphic handling capability, with design simplicity and powerful new teacher tools to inspire creativity and empower learning throughout your curriculum. Available to purchase from Edsoft.
InspireData
InspireData, produced by Inspiration Software Inc., is the foremost tool to visualise, investigate and understand data. InspireData helps students successfully: strengthen the inquiry process; build data analysis skills; and improve data literacy. InspireData includes more than 50 standards-based databases and examples to get students started quickly analysing data and understanding connections. Suitable for ages 10 - Adult. Available to purchase via EdSoft.
Tinkerplots
TinkerPlots software is specifically designed to get students in grades 4-8 exited about what they can learn from data. It enables teachers and students to create colourful visual representations that will help students make sense out of real data and recognise patterns as they unfold.
This software has been trialled by departmental and university staff. A free trial is available from the website.
Turnitin: Plagiarism Prevention
Recognised worldwide as the standard in online plagiarism prevention, Turnitin helps educators and students take full advantage of the internet's educational potential. Turnitin’s comprehensive plagiarism prevention system lets you quickly and effectively check all of your students’ work in a fraction of the time necessary to scan a few suspect papers using a search engine.
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eCentre for Teachers
Edsoft Software