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Humanities Software Evaluation

Marble Springs

Copyright Date

1993

Author

Deena Larsen

Publisher

Eastgate Systems

Description

Features interactive hypertext of Marble Springs , a collection of inter-linked poems by fictitious 19th-century frontier women. The program allows the user to contribute new characters and stories. It also contains bibliographies on topics related to the Old West.

Disciplines

History, Literature, Humanities

Type of Program

x Single            |     x Mac
  One of a Series   |       IBM

Suitable for:

Individual Instruction

Minimum Requirements

1 MB of disk space is required to run this program.

Vendor

Eastgate Systems

Cost

$19.95

Instructional Characteristics

Instructional Techniques

  Game
x Tutorial
  Simulation
x Informational
  Problem Solving

Documentation Available (Y=yes, N=No, NA= Not Applicable)

N  Student worksheets/Supplentary Material required
N  Student worksheets/Supplentary Material provided
N  Reference Manuals Required

Quality 1 (low) to 5 (high)

3  Content Characteristics
3  Instructional Characteristics
3  Technical Characteristics

Recommendations

I would use this program, but with some reservations or change

Comments

Even though I had more RAM than recommended on my computer, I would get an 'Out of Memory' error message after I used the program for about 5 - 10 minutes. This happened several times, making me wonder if I had a defective disk.