2SimpleUSA Announces the National Launch of Its award Winning 2Simple Early Elementary Software Package in the US Market

2Simple Early Learning Toolkit, the best selling early elementary software in the UK has finally entered the US market.

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CONTACT:

Shirley Gordon
Sales Director
2SimpleUSA Inc
500 Wanetah Dr
Midland, MI 48640
Tel: 989-835-3526
Fax: 989-835-6186
Email: sgordon@2simpleusa.com

2SimpleUSA Announces the National Launch of Its award Winning 2Simple Early Elementary Software Package in the US Market

Midland, MI. November 7, 2002. 2Simple Early Learning Toolkit, the best selling early elementary software package in the UK has finally entered the US market. This innovative software suite, a two-time BETT gold award winner, was developed by professional educators and technology professionals to meet the specific needs of children starting to use computers. Its effectiveness has been validated by university-based evaluation studies, and the enthusiastic feedback from teachers, students and parents.

The Toolkit is a suite of 6 programs for students pre-K through 3rd grade. The various program elements: 2Paint; 2Publish; 2Chart; 2Graph; 2Go, and 2Question all enable young children to paint, publish, count, plot graphs and build databases while encouraging creativity with ease. All of the programs within the Toolkit have a common look and feel. Since there are no wrong buttons to press" and the software is simple to use, students are able to complete substantial tasks without excessive instructional input from the teachers: a real benefit for the busy early years teacher!

This well designed package aims to focus children on the content of their work, rather than the complexities of the software. While many students might be intimidated by complex language or an over emphasis on choice in some software packages, 2Simples software uses large simple animated icons and simple but clear text prompts ensuring that reading ability is not a barrier to successful use of technology in the early elementary classroom. The interface is uncluttered and echoes a Windows environment. Icons are intuitive and text is kept to a minimum so reading age is no barrier to using the programs successfully." Claire Johnson, Times Educational Supplement

The simplicity of the software is ideal for independent student use, and with a clever and easy-to-use teacher control-panel, the teacher can take control of the usual early year problems such as multiple print requests, with the ability to hide the printer button and disable certain icons.

With endorsements from classroom teachers, supervisors and Parents Information Network (Gold Award Recipient), this ingenious software has been declared the Microsoft® Office For Young Children." Its not surprising to find that the school districts in the trial launch state, Michigan, are adopting 2Simple Early Learning Toolkit for school and district wide adoption. Saginaw, Bay City and Grosse Ile Public Schools have all purchased comprehensive programs, and the software is being evaluated in a further 42 districts in Michigan.

This 6-package suite is very competitively placed with an introductory price $44.95 for single copy, and $355 for a 20-unit lab pack. The software is available in PC (95, 98, 2000 & XP) and Mac (7.5-9 & OSX) format, and in Spanish, French and English versions.

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