March 12, 2004

By: Bill Kern
Website: http://www.1st-in-games.com

Award Winning Educational CD-ROM Game Brings The Excitement Of Time Travel Into The Classroom

Award Winning Interactive Designer, Mr. Ray Shingler, announced today the debut of the Time Engineers 3D adventure game and the Software Kids LLC, educational software company. Producing high quality young people's instructional software that kids enjoy playing and teachers enjoy sharing, the 3D educational game has already won several prestigious awards. Two awards came from distinct children's software magazines while a third arrived from the 2003 International Award ceremony in Bologna, Italy. Time Engineers was selected as one of the top 20 finalists out of 815 educational software companies from around the world, exemplifying the magic of good design.

The game is being praised by teachers for its encouragement of creative thinking as well as its exciting approach towards learning civil, mechanical and electrical engineering. Taking students back in time to diverse historical periods, the interactive adventure game encourages the development of reasoning and problem-solving skills while at the same time entertains, educates and rejuvenates learning.

A collaboration and labor of love between Mr. Ray Shingler, Interactive Designer and Dr. Eric Johnson, Associate Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, at Valparaiso University, the unique CD-ROM game was specifically designed to help middle and high school students grasp the fundamental engineering principles that have helped people through the ages. Complete with a teacher/parent guide for support in the classroom as well as at home, the interactive 3D immersed environment incorporates state of the art, high-end graphics and exciting time travel.

Teaching math, science, physics and history with visual splendor that must be experienced to believe, software game enthusiasts will enjoy the game for its unsurpassed learning benefits and interactive enjoyment. The content, delivered through highly interactive exercises, narration and text includes binary numbers, Boolean logic, statics, weirs and water flow, force balance and trajectory. Giving students an opportunity to build pyramids, irrigate farmlands, operate drawbridges and catapults, set radar distance and navigate submarines, the interactive game encourages learning in a fun, entertaining way.

Recognized by countless teachers and professional software reviewers, here's what some of the early reports have to say. This innovative product is a teaching gem. Unique and highly interactive, the software provides students with opportunities to learn how engineering principles have helped people through the ages. Students travel in a cool time machine to three different eras, encountering typical engineering problems of that time. The graphics are great and the activities all hands-on and interesting. The goal of this software is to pique an interest in engineering, and it accomplishes that goal with flying colors! Jinny Gudmundsen Editor, Choosing Children's Software Magazine, Syndicated Columnist, Gannett News Service and Los Angeles Times Time Engineers wins Best Pick award from Choosing Children's Software.

Made in conjunction with Valparaiso University, College of Engineering program, this terrific program lets kids travel back in time to build pyramids, command a WWII submarine and raise and lower medieval drawbridges. The activities are housed within a mysterious Myst-like setting where kids explore the environs, solving a series of interactive puzzles, which are actually cleverly disguised applications of engineering concepts. This is really a captivating and effective program where students are quickly immersed in the applications of science. Graphics and theme are strong, navigation is quick and easy.

We presented the Time Engineers game at the teachers workshop this week and apparently the teachers were very taken with your software. They played with it for some time and stated that the Teacher's Guide is simple and allows for various teaching styles. Overall, it was a hit with all the teachers who used it.

Striving to create innovative new learning products that enhance the student's performance, Software Kids LLC, is dedicated to excellence in quality, educational content, and the use of cutting-edge technologies. Founder, Mr. Ray Shingler is recognized and acknowledged as an innovative interactive designer who uses computer technology to make learning fun.

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