Alpha Betty and Friends
You can fax a copy of your valid School Purchase Order to:
Attn: Education Technology Services - Internet Division
Fax: 866-539-6077
You can phone your order in by calling:
Tel: 570-459-1400
You can mail your payment or a copy of your valid School Purchase Order to:
Education Technology Services - Internet Division
8 West Broad Street
Suite 304
Hazleton, PA 18201
Item Description:
Alpha Betty and Friends an Early Learning Software for Grades K to 1. Alpha Betty and Friends is published by Micrograms Software and is available in different configurations to fit your needs.
Students join Alpha Betty and her friends as they follow puzzle paths to the playground. Each friend exercises a different early learning skill. Program options allow teachers to adjust difficulty levels. Children earn stars for completing each activity and have fun with Betty and her friends when they reach the playground.
The student moves Alpha Betty or one of her friends from the starting position at the lower left of the screen to the playground area at the upper right. Each activity offers a different challenge in crossing the screen. Once at the playground, the student may use the number keys or mouse to see Alpha Betty and her friends at play.
Program options allow the teacher to vary the difficulty or content of each activity in accordance with individual student needs. Increasing the difficulty level of some activities makes it harder to find the correct path to the playground. This encourages the beginning student to solve problems through strategic thinking. Program options vary the content of activities as well.
Alpha Betty and Friends is easy for young children to understand and operate. Most of the time just the Space Bar and Enter or return key are used. Or, children may be introduced to using a mouse since the mouse is active as an optional input device throughout the program. Use of number keys is required only with Add Brad and Subtraction Jackson.
Clarity of design, simple operation, varied tasks within a consistent structure, teacher options which tailor program challenges to student readiness, and a colorful cast of animated characters who keep students involved are all valuable features of Alpha Betty and Friends.
Children take the following paths to the playground:
Requirements for Windows:
Micrograms products compatible with Easy Track run under all the Windows operating systems listed above. Network versions can be served off of Windows 2003, Windows 2000, Windows NT, and Novell (>3.x) servers; or they can be run from the local hard drives of individual workstations and/or stand-alone machines. We offer nothing, at present, designed for Cytrix, other terminal servers, or the "CD tower" environment. We offer no web-based products.
Program Requirements for Macintosh:
Programs with Easy Track
Programs without Easy Track
Network* and Site License
*NT Server, 2000 Server, 2003 Server, Novell 4, 5, 6, AppleShare, OS X Server
*Micrograms programs with The Easy Track Management System are available in OS X native versions. These programs run on AppleShare networks, OS X Server networks, and from Macintosh partitions on Windows-based networks.
Micrograms products compatible with Easy Track run on OS 10 native and OS 9. However, Easy Track itself runs only on OS 10. Easy Track itself DOES NOT RUN on OS 9. This means that while our programs with theEasy Track management can be used on a network with both OS 10 (including Intel Core Duo) and OS 9 machines, teachers must use an OS 10 machine to access student records or set program options with Easy Track. Network Macintosh program versions can be served off of Windows 2003, Windows 2000, and Novell servers with Macintosh partitions, as well as from Macintosh machines running OS 10 Server. They also can be run from the local hard drives of individual workstations and/or stand-alone machines. While Micrograms programs run fine in hardwired Macintosh computer labs, we do not presently recommend their use with AirPort.
Windows Vista, XP, 2000, 98 running on PC's < 6 years old.
Mac OS 10.5.3 Leopard to OS 9 running on Macs < 6 years old, including Intel Core Duo machines with Rosetta.
Mac OS 10.2.8 Classic to OS 8.6 running on PowerMacs or above.
A Network/Site License permits unlimited use of the program on all compatible computers within a school. This includes both networked machines and stand-alone machines. Unlike the Single Station, School, and Lab Pack versions, the Network/Site License version DOES NOT USE CD's while the program is running.
The schoolwide Network/Site License from Micrograms offers outstanding software value because it is a reasonably-priced, one-time purchase, enabling use of the program on all compatible machines throughout the school building from now on.
Buy ANY Micrograms Network/Site License, and get a second Network/Site License (of equal or lesser value at the same school) for 50% OFF!
