Hi Mel,
Long time no read!
I found this on YAHOO News... Don't know if it's been posted earlier or not...
Tuesday October 14 6:01 AM EDT
Company Press Release
Heartsoft's Thinkology Software Delivers Critical
Thinking Skills to Earliest Learners; the Wizard of OZ
isn't the Only Doctor of Thinkology
TULSA, Okla., Oct. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Now, with just the click of a mouse, children all across
the country can become Doctors of Thinkology -- just like the Wizard of OZ!
Heartsoft, Inc. (Nasdaq:HTSF) today announced the introduction of its new critical thinking skills
software, Thinkology(R). The first of three titles to be released, Thinkology's ''Clarity'' helps
young learners (Pre-K thru 4th grade) master higher order thinking skills in a Saturday morning
cartoon fashion.
Thinkology, a three CD-ROM series, teaches the fundamentals of critical thinking skills: Clarity,
Accuracy, and Logic. Each of the three titles in Thinkology address specific areas of critical
thinking skills with a humorous cast of cartoon characters, who laugh and giggle their way through
learning.
Each CD-ROM provides entertaining animated stories which immerse young children in real-life
scenarios followed by hours of engaging interactive activities which promote proper thinking skills.
''In this information age, our children are inundated with incredible volumes of information on a
steadily increasing basis,'' said Benjamin Shell, Heartsoft Chairman & C.E.O. ''With the Clinton
Administration's goal to provide every child in America access to the Internet by the year 2000,
known as Goals 2000, our children need to be equipped with the proper reasoning skills not only
to cope with all this information, but more importantly, to sift through all of it to determine which
data is pertinent to their needs.''
''By teaching children at an earlier age about higher order thinking skills,'' said Shell, ''skills such
as clarity, accuracy, and logic, we equip them with the tools they need to think and learn better.
Thinkology does just that in a hilarious and fun environment -- children love it!''
Thinkology was developed jointly by the Foundation for Critical Thinking & Moral Critique, the
nation's leading center in helping educators incorporate higher order thinking skills into their daily
curriculum, and Heartsoft, Inc., a national publisher of educational software. Thinkology represents
the first software product to teach genuine critical thinking skills to early learning students.
''The concept of critical thinking, although relatively new to the education arena, can be traced
back 2500 years to the life of Socrates,'' said Dr. Linda Elder, President of the Foundation for
Critical Thinking. ''Critical thinking is thinking which is self-correcting and which continually
assesses itself using universal intellectual standards to ensure that it is of high quality. Using
Thinkology, children and teachers alike are introduced to basic intellectual standards essential to
high quality thinking. When children learn to use standards such as clarity, accuracy, and
logicalness, in their thinking on a daily basis, their reasoning abilities improve unilaterally.''
''At a time when most thinking skills products simply exercise a child's inherent reasoning abilities,
Thinkology represents the first software product to actually instruct children in proper thinking
methods,'' said Shell.
''One of the founding precepts we discovered in working with the Foundation for Critical Thinking
during the development of Thinkology, was that children need to be exposed by example about
how to be more clear, more accurate, and more logical in their thinking processes.''
''Often, once these skills are exemplified, the 'light switch is flipped on' so to speak, and children
take thinking skills and run with them. It's a lot of fun, and very rewarding to watch.''
Thinkology's ''Clarity'' is shipping now as a Windows/Macintosh CD-ROM hybrid. Each package
ships in a teacher-friendly notebook with extensive curriculum planning materials, suggested
classroom activities, and dozens of supplemental paper activities. Education pricing begins at
$79.95 for a 2 CD-ROM single user version, and continues with a 5 CD-ROM Lab-Pack for
$149.95, and a 25 CD-ROM Site License for $449.95. Special district pricing is also available.
Thinkology's 2nd and 3rd volumes, Accuracy and Logic, are planned for release in November,
1997, and January, 1998, respectively.
Copies of a free CD-ROM Guided Tour of Thinkology which guides viewers through sample
stories and activities straight from the ''Clarity'' CD-ROM, are available directly from Heartsoft at
800-285-3475.
Heartsoft, Inc., develops, publishes, and distributes curriculum-based educational software
products in the Pre-Kindergarten through 6th grade range for parents and educators
internationally. The company's headquarters are located at 3101 Hemlock Circle, Broken Arrow,
Oklahoma 74012; telephone 918-251-1066; fax 918-251-4018. The company's web sites are
located at heartsoft.com and thinkology.com . Customer Service and Sales
can be reached at 800-285-3475.
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