Title: American Poetry the Nineteenth Century
Overall Rating:
A+
Source: Satterlee
Playing Time: as long as needed
Date: 1994
Cost: $ 28.38 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1559405589/qid%3D905973652/0
02-0859811-8276621
Number of Players:1
Special Equipment/Facilities Needed: CD-
Rom
Subject Area: Secondary English
Objectives: To help students research
individual poets, poems, folk songwriters, and ballads
Brief Description: An excellent tool to
be used in researching: poems, bibliographies of poets, the notes of poets,
common words that are used in poetry,folksongs, Native American songs,
legends, and ballads.
Entry Capabilities Required: Basic knowledge
of titles/authors that are personally interseting, basic knowledge of how
to use a computer.
Rating: (1-5)
Relevance to objectives: 5 (Excellent
quantity of information as well as good quality of the information provided)
Provides practice of relevant skills:
N/A
Likely to arouse/maintain interest: 5
( A student could look up information for hours and find different topics
every time)
Likely to be comprehended clearly: 5 (
Very easy to run, not at all confusing, student controls what he/she wants
to find)
Technical quality (durable, attractive):
4 (Clear print, pretty background settings)
Game: Winning dependent on player actions (rather
than chance): N/A
Simulation: Validity of game model (realistic,
accurate depiction): 5 ( Great
pictures of the authors, clear print, accurate texts)
Evidence of effectiveness (e.g. field-test results):
N/A
Clear directions for play: 5 ( Clear
directions
as to what to do and how to find topics)
Effectiveness of debriefing:N/A
Strong Points:
Excellent overall tool for poetry projects, research, and even leisure
reading of poems.
Weak Points:
NONE
Reviewer: Valerie McGuinness
Position: Student
Date: 9/16.98
Computer System Reviewed on: Macintosh
PowerPC 6500/250, 32mb ram.