Update of Know Your USA, version 1.6 is now available. This is a free to all current users. There are a few minor and major improvements and features:
Printable state fact files, you can now print state information including a high quality map of each state, great for class projects.
View state maps from the Capitals study area, so you can see where the capital is in the state.
Further web links, you can easily disable web links to Wikipedia, but you can now use Encarta, Lonely Planet links too, offering greater access to online content.
Updated content and more information on each feature.
State maps are now larger and can be expanded to full screen and include further state information.
School Editions also have a new Interactive White Board state map feature, allowing you to flick through layers of detail on each state map, and provides drawing tools too.
Each state flag can now be enlarged to full screen.
New map of New York City, and updated Washington DC map.
Even more photos added, we have close to a hundred photos now included with Know Your USA.
Minor bug fixes including support for dual screen displays.
Improved Windows Vista and Windows 7 support, works great with Windows 7.
Early next month Know Your Europe 2.1 will be available, follow us on twitter at @edwarelearning for the latest updates and educational news.
Know Your Europe, Know Your USA and Know Your World were reviewed this week at anseo.net today, and it's another great review from anseo.net. Our software was again awarded their "Top of the Class" award and I am very pleased with the feedback, thanks again Simon.
"Know Your Ireland is in my opinion the definitive solution for any teacher teaching Geography classes. There is nothing else out there that looks better, works better or teaches better. There are a number of other solutions out there but I think this is the very best.
I would echo these sentiments in all three other products. Another worthy “Top of the Class” award." anseo.net - 12 May, 2009.
What is anseo.net? "Anseo.net has grown from humble beginnings as a basic blog to a fully-featured magazine-style web site. The basic premise of Anseo.net is opinion. The authors, all practicing primary school teachers, write about things in education that they are passionate about."
Barack Obama became the 44th president of the United States of America yesterday, January 20, 2009. Our worksheet on the USA is a great school resource and exercise for students. I have also posted some useful links below with photos and more information for the classroom.
January 20, 2009 is inauguration day for the new president of the United States, Barack Obama. To celebrate the inauguration we have created a nine page worksheet (1.0 MB) about the United States, perfect for school. If you want to learn more about the United States please consider our awarding winning Know Your USA software.
Page 1: Map of USA with Regions and States marked. Page 2: Join the Dots maps of the USA. Page 3: Map with each State name and the Capital. Page 4: Name the States of the USA pop quiz worksheet. Page 5: Blank Flag of the United States, great for colouring. Page 6: Barack Obama factfile with colouring. Page 7: Washington DC factfile with photos. Page 8: Barack Obama factfile and photo. Page 9: US Election Results worksheet, colour in the winner of each state.
This worksheet is perfect for printing and photocopying. It is a great introduction to the United States and excellent classroom activity for the inauguration.
We also have a free online quiz for testing your knowledge of each State in the United States. Play it online at our website. Remember that each aspect of the USA is covered in detail in our award winning Know Your USA software. You can also watch the YouTube Animaniacs cartoon clip we posted a few weeks ago, a quick way to introduce the United States to younger children.
The inauguration takes place at 12:00 in Washington DC (17:00 GMT) on Tuesday January 20, this is too late to watch in school, but our worksheet is perfect classwork or for home work exercise that evening.
November 4th, 2008 is election day in the United States. To celebrate the election we have created a five page worksheet (0.6 MB) about the United States, perfect for school. If you want to learn more about the United States please consider our awarding winning Know Your USA software.
Page 1: Map of USA with Regions and States marked. Page 2: Map with each State name and the Capital. Page 3: Name the States of the USA pop quiz worksheet. Page 4: Blank Flag of the United States, great for colouring. Page 5: US Election Results worksheet, colour in the winner of each state.
This worksheet is perfect for printing and photocopying. It is a great introduction to the United States and excellent classroom activity for election week.
We also have a free online quiz for testing your knowledge of each State in the United States. Play it online at our website. Remember that each aspect of the USA is covered in detail in our award winning Know Your USA software. Also you can watch the YouTube Animaniacs cartoon clip we posted a few weeks ago too, quick way to introduce the United States to younger children.
To keep up-to-date with the election we recommend the IrishTimes.com or the NYTimes.com for the latest news and results. Some good mapping websites for the election include: electoral-vote.com and politicalmaps.org. Learn more about the candidates Obama and McCain at Wikipedia.
UPDATE: Obama Wins the 2008 US Presidential Election. You can view the results on our blog or at the interactive maps available on-line at Yahoo.com, NYTimes and the IrishTimes.com
The New York Times have developed a great website that allows you to keep track of the results for the 2008 election. Click on the Your Map button and then you can set each state to either Obama or McCain, depending on the winner of each. To set the winner, click on each state and select the color blue or red.
I just want to thank the guys for the mention, I really appreciate it. If you haven't already subscribed to the podcast you can do so through iTunes, it offers a great insight into the world of technology and I highly recommend it for everyone interested in technology.
The E-Report podcast is co-hosted by Tom Dziubek and Paul Herrmann. It's tacked on to the end of the Late Day Tech Briefing on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays (it also runs all weekend). They also have a Facebook page where you can keep up-to-date with the latest edition.
The United States Presidential Elections are fast approaching, Know Your USA is a great way learn about the USA. A quick way to introduce students to the states and state capitals of the USA is through this Animaniacs cartoon.
This is a blast from the past, originally broadcast 15 years ago in 1993. You can purchase the Animaniacs box sets from Amazon.com
Know Your USA 1.5 was reviewed in the September 2008 issue of Children's Technology Review and received the Editor's Choice Seal.
Version 1.5 [Know Your USA], released Summer of 2008, includes more content (60 photos, better maps of each state with more details, better puzzles, and a direct link to both Google Earth and the Wikipedia entry on the United States). With these new tweaks, the program provides a straightforward and effective way to practice geography facts by way of a series of lessons and timed quizzes.
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Know Your USA was reviewed in the June 2008 issue of the School Library Journal magazine. The School Library Journal has a circulation of 38,000 subscribers and over 100,000 readers. The review was based on version 1.0, so many of the new great features of version 1.5 were not covered, learn more. The entire review is below, you can read it on page 81 of the magazine too.
Know Your USA: Discover the Geography of the United States. CD-ROM. Systems: Win 98 & later. Prod. by Edware.
Gr 3 Up -Here's a fun way to test your general knowledge of the 50 states including location, capitals, major cities, rivers, mountains, lakes, and National Parks. The "Study" section provides basic information about each state such as the area, population, nickname, and other statistics. Political and physical maps are included. The major flaw is the direct link to Wikipedia when more information is desired since there is no guarantee that all the material provided on that site is reliable. In the "Teach" section, users take a quiz and if they give an incorrect response, they are first given a hint and if their response is incorrect again they are given the correct answer. In the quiz section, the player is given the state name and must click the correct state on the map. Hints are given until the state is identified correctly. This game may be accessed for free at knowyourusa.net/quiz. The "Examine" section presents a test on all the topics covered. User progress is tracked and stored in a database to monitor future progress. An additional purchase. -Lisa Hardey, Sprague High School, Salem, OR
Interested in reselling or distributing Know Your USA in North America, get in touch.
The nominee for each party will almost certainly be decided on Feb 05 which is called Super Tuesday in the United States. 24 of the 50 States will vote for the Democratic and Republication candidate for the 2008 presidential election.
This is a great time to use Know Your USA to learn all about each state of the USA along with lots of other topics. I would suggest that you visit the New York Times website on Wednesday morning for the latest information and results.
We attended the Florida Educational Technology Conference (FETC) last week (January 22nd to 25th, 2008) in Orlando, Florida and had a great week promoting Know Your USA which was extremely well received.
As the United States 2008 Presidential Election approaches Know Your USA is perfect for learning all about the USA. Over the next eight months the presidential caucus will travel from state to state and Know Your USA will help you learn along the way, find out more.
Know Your USA is great software for discovering all about the United States of America. All geographic features of the United States are covered in great detail: regions, states, state capitals, major cities, rivers, mountains and lakes. Know Your USA is the perfect software to learn all about the USA and is ideal for home and school use.
Know Your USA is featured in the highly popular Parade Magazine across the United States in their back-to-school technology special edition.
A new school year brings both challenges and opportunities to make learning fun. As you stock up on back-to-school basics, consider some ways that technology can help your favorite students succeed.
Master the Map Anyone who has survived the fifth grade knows you can’t graduate until you can name the capital of North Carolina. A new software application called Know Your USA ($25) helps kids learn geography through games, tutorials, timed quizzes and even a virtual jigsaw puzzle. The program also drills students on regions, states, major cities, rivers, mountains and lakes. For ages 8-14.
Know Your USA was awarded the highly respected Editor's Choice for the month of July by the Children's Technology Review magazine. We our honored to receive such an award from one of the most respected educational review magazines in the world.
Review from the July issue: It provides a straightforward and effective way to practice geography facts by way of a series of lessons and timed quizzes. For example, in the State Capitals section, students can explore the answers by simply rolling the mouse around the screen which, it turn, pops-up the name of each state's capitol city. In the Quickfire quiz, a capital is named, and students must select the right answer. Unfortunately, the interaction is clunky--students must click "OK" to continue to the next question, which gets repetitive.
The next step is Exam, where they must type the name of the capital. Individual student progress is stored on your hard drive, providing students sign in. There is no use limit as to the number of students, making this a viable consideration for elementary or middle school classroom use.
Other topics include regions, states, state capitals, major cities, rivers, mountains and lakes. There is also a states jigsaw puzzle. If you are looking for clean, affordable geography practice, this is a good choice. Note that the developer's previous titles include Know Your Ireland and Know Your Europe. A "Know Your Earth" is planned. You can download a seven-day trial version, and purchase a download key if you like the program.
Know Your USA was awarded 4.4 stars out of 5 stars.
Today EdWare is pleased to announce Know Your USA which is available immediately on CD-Rom and as a web download. Both single user and site licenses are available to purchase via or online store. Try our free 14 day trial today.
Know Your USA presents users with high quality maps of the USA which they interact with to complete quizzes and games. The software is ideal for anyone who wishes to learn more about United States.
