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- NEWCLOCK Version 1.0 by BILL BUCKELS REGISTRATION $5.00
- NEWCLOCK BUCKELS CLOCK TIME EDUCATIONAL CHILDRENS
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- C language source code included (MIX Power C Med Model).
-
- This is a clean and simple on-screen old-fashioned clock
- with hands and a face and intended to be used as a
- teaching aid for children learning to tell time. This is NOT
- a competitive game and is NOT designed as a challenge. The
- child must be reading at about a Grade 2 (Age 7-8) level to
- use this program.
- Rather than confusing the issue ( which is to introduce the
- BASICS of telling time) by cramming A.M. and P.M. and the 24
- hour clock into one grandly BULBOUS DOORKNOB OF A TIME-BOMB
- and "confusing the view" with cute cartoons like most of
- the clock programs that we have known, we chose instead to
- provide the kid with lots of BASIC INFO. (That other good
- stuff just gets in the way and can come later.) Our clock
- ("Little Ben") is quite active and still fun in-spite of his
- simplicity. An explanation of the parts of the clock
- including "the little hand" and "the big hand" must be done
- in advance of using "Little Ben".
- The Time that is displayed on the clock is given in English
- at the bottom of the screen (i.e. "Twenty-nine Minutes after
- Three", etc.) and in a the now-familiar digital format
- (i.e "3:29") at the top of the screen. The clock is
- controlled by the user. As the time is advanced or retreated
- the hands of the clock move. The positions for the minutes
- are marked and the hours are each properly identified.
- Arrow Keys :
- The Hours are advanced or retreated with the down-arrow and
- up-arrow keys. The minutes are advanced or retreated in
- 5- minute intervals with the left-arrow and right-arrow keys.
- This means that the clock can be cycled forwards or backwards
- by large units to help build a logical association between
- minutes and hours. Since the display is updated every time
- change, the implication of the clock hands can be visually
- verified in usually-familiar digital terms, and in usually
- not-so-familiar colloquial terms. When the minutes are being
- advanced with the arrows, they jump to the nearest 5-minute
- interval. Since most kids at this age (7-8) understand the
- principles of "counting by 5's" and primary multiplication,
- this consistency further catalyzes logical linkage.
- Other Keys:
- Aside from the Escape Key which exits, the other standard
- keyboard keys advance the clock minute-by minute, and permit
- a "round-the-clock" review.
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- Bill Buckels c/o Teacher's Choice Productions
- 982 Hector Avenue
- Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, R3M 2G6
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- Hardware Requirements : IBM PC or compatible
- Display Types: CGA and compatible or HERCULES with emulator.
- Other Requirements : DOS 2.x or higher.
-
- Apple IIe users including schools please note that this
- program is also available from us as a PRODOS .SYSTEM
- program as are many of our other IBM-PC Compat Kid's
- Programs including BINGO the mathematical musical hound.