Word Wizard - Spelling and vocabularyAges: 5 - adult learners

Prices in NZ dollars. Excludes GST (NZ only) and freight
Word Wizard Single User	MWWWS	$69.95
Word Wizard 5 User bundle	MWWW5	$315.00
Word Wizard 10 to 15 User, each	MWWW10	$35.00
Word Wizard 16 to 20 User, each	MWWW16	$31.50
Word Wizard Unlimited Site Licence	MWWWSL	$695.00

• 20 interactive learning games
• 196 graded word lists
• 3000+ words
• 7 skill levels
• over 2,700 list-game combinations
• fully narrated
• printable certificates
• achievement tests
• compile custom lists
• higly motivational

This software is suitable for students of all ages and ability, particularly those with learning difficulties and reading problems. It is particularly helpful to students who are dyslexic, or who have ADD, ADHD, or short-term memory problems.

Word Wizard is a comprehensive, Australian spelling and vocabulary program.

This spelling software is a major teaching resource for school and home use. It is especially useful for students with learning difficulties, as well as for mainstream and extension work. The software incorporates two essential components for success; it is fun to use, and it is work based.

Word Wizard uses sound (Australian voices), text and visual cues to teach and reinforce spelling and vocabulary skills including phonics, homophones, plurals, prefixes, suffixes and much more.

Over 3,000 words, across 196 word lists, are incorporated into 20 learning games with full narration. In all, there are more than 2,700 learning activities for students to attempt.

Key features include; placement testing, assessment testing, student record keeping, easy navigation, non-distractive animation and sound, real-time feedback, achievement recognition, printable certificates and highest scores recorded.

Users are able to access a complete word-index and also compile their own word lists from the data bank. Narrated sentences are also available to give the student an understanding of how an individual word is used in context.

[The author Jan Polkinghorne is a tutor and specialist in computer based education, and an educational-software consultant to SPELD (SA) INC. She also lectures and advises parents, educators and schools on the use of computer based programs to help students with specific learning difficulties.]