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Title: Seven
Days in August
Overall Rating: A
Source: Time Warner
Interactive
Playing Time: Unlimited,
I played for two hours.
Date: 1993
Cost: $
Number of Players: 1
Special Equipment/Facilities Needed: 13
inch 256 color monitor, 4MB Ram, CD-Rom Drive, Mac System 6.0.7 or later
Subject Area: Social
Studies
Objectives: Independent
learning on the Building od the Berlin Wall, and the process of the Cold
War.
Brief Description: Displays
a table of information that the students controls. Every block linkes to
some aspect of the Cold War with discussion forums, political speeches,
common opinion, and current events of the time frame.
Entry Capabilities Required: None,
although the format would be more effective on older secondary students
because of the complex format of the disussion.
Rating: (1-5)
Relevance
to objectives: 5 ( very effective in self
learning)
Provides
practice of relevant skills: 5 ( to understand
History you must follow discussions )
Likely to
arouse/maintain interest: 4 ( may be more
effective for older students)
Likely to
be comprehended clearly: 3 ( more advanced
students will comrehend )
Technical
quality (durable, attractive): 5 ( gives you
the feeling of the 1960's )
Game: Winning
dependent on player actions (rather than
chance):
1 (not a game although does supply a baseball
type game that does not work very well )
Simulation:
Validity of game model (realistic, accurate
depiction):
5 ( the footage is taken for the time so it
appears to be a realist image of the 1960's )
Evidence
of effectiveness (e.g. field-test results): None
taken
Clear directions
for play: 5 ( very effective direction that
takes you through the entire software)
Effectiveness
of debriefing: 1 ( no debriefing )
Strong Points: The
Guidemape displays all areas that the software covers so is an effective
tool to students. Clear directions give you the simple format for using
the software. Gives a good represtation of the events leading up the building
of the Berlin Wall. A very interesting piece of software.
Weak Points: The
baseball game tends to lock up and in not very interesting.
Reviewer: Steven
Brouse
Position: Student
Date: Sept. 21,
1998
Computer System Reviewed on: Macintosh
PowerPC 6500/250, 32mb
ram.