Lynn Gilmore

Elementary Music Specialist

Springfield Public School District 186

Springfield, Illinois, USA

Ridgely Elementary School

Pleasant Hill Elementary School

Springfield School District 186 has many resources in technology available to its teachers. A complete listing can be located on the Web - (IRC Media Catalog of Resources for District 186. http://www.springfield.k12.il.us/LassoLite/irc/ircmedia.html

This database searches the Instructional Resource Center list of media materials and lets the person know what is available to them. The person simply chooses what they are interested in and can order any of the materials by contacting the Instructional Resource Center.

The following is suggested software and CD-Roms for Grades K-12.

http://www.springfield.k12.il.us/software.html

This software is recommended by the our district to be on all Macintosh computers used in classrooms or labs:

KidPix2

At Ease

The Writing Center or The Student Writing Center (K-4)

ClarisWorks for Kids (District licensed; great for grades K-4)

ClarisWorks (currently using version 4.04)

In addition to these District 186 has district-licenses for the following Macintosh MECC products:

Amazon Trail (grades 5-12)

BodyScope (grades 3-8)

DynoPark Tycoon (grades 3-12)

East Color Paint (grades K-12)

Geometric Golfer (grades 7-12)

Number Munchers (grades 3-12)

Odell Down Under (grades 3-12)

Oregon Trail (grades 5-12)

Secret Island of Dr. Quandry (grades 3-12)

Storybook Weaver (grades K-6)

Tesselmania! (grades 3-12)

USA GeoGraph II (grades 5-12)

Word Munchers (grades 1-5)

World GeoGraph II (grades 5-12)

Writing Along the Oregon Trail (grades 5-8)

*All of these programs are also on the K-12 CD that is in each building.

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Updated: June 16, 1998