LIST OF EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE
Children’s software
- ClueFinders titles
- GCompris – free software (GPL)
- JumpStart titles
- KidPix
- Reader Rabbit titles
- Tux Paint – free software (GPL)
- Zoombinis titles
Dictionaries and reference
- OpenCards a free ( BSD ) flashcard learning extension for OpenOffice Impress
- MemoryLifter a free, .NET based flashcard learning software
- Winflash (proprietary)
Geography and Astronomy
- Amiglobe
- Celestia
- Google Earth – free software (proprietary license)
- NASA World Wind – free software (NASA open source)
- Where is Carmen Sandiego? series
- Gravit – a free (GPL) Newtonian gravity simulator
Health
First Aid Basics
Lumosity
Cognitive Labs
Historical
- Balance of Power
- Lemonade Stand
- Number Munchers
- Word Munchers
- Odell Lake
- Spellevator
- Windfall: The Oil Crisis Game
Literacy
Managed learning environments
- ATutor
- Blackboard Inc.
- Curriculum Advantage, Inc. – Classworks is used for on-grade level instruction, remediation, acceleration, or as a Response to Intervention.
- Dokeos
- eFront
- Fle3
- GCompris
- ILIAS
- LON-CAPA – free software (GPL)
- Moodle – free software (GPL)
- OLAT – free software
- Renaissance Place
- Sakai Project – free software
Mathematics
- Accelerated Math
- BMP EMF Grapher
- Compu-Math: Fractions
- Dr. Geo
- The Geometer’s Sketchpad
- Matlab
- Math Blaster
- MathFacts in a Flash
- SAGE – free software (GPL)
- Smart Panda
Programming
Simulation Games
- Capitalism
- Caesar titles
- Civilization
- Colonization
- FreeCiv – free software
- Oregon Trail
- Simcity
- Zoo Tycoon
Touch-Typing Instruction
- Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing
- Mario Teaches Typing
- Typespeed – free software (GPL)
- Tux Typing – free software (GPL)
Visual Learning and Mind Mapping
- Freemind – free software (GPL)
- Inspiration
- Kidspiration
- Perception
Well-known brands and suppliers of educational software
- Adventus Interactive
- Dorling Kindersley
- Inspiration Software
- Knowledge Adventure
- The Learning Company
- Renaissance Learning
- Riverdeep
Historical brands and suppliers
- Broderbund (now part of the Learning Company)
- Davidson & Associates (merged with Knowledge Adventure)
- Edu-Ware
- MECC
