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Computing With Kids is a weekly online magazine.
Every week the magazine's content is published online on a password-protected
website and emailed to our subscribers. The magazine provides reviews of
children's software, video games, websites, and smart toys. It issues
BEST PICK Awards for the outstanding products
in each category. Subscribers to Computing With Kids
can search these reviews on the magazine's website.
Click here to read a sample
weekly edition.
Jinny Gudmundsen, a nationally
recognized children's software expert, edits Computing With Kids.
Jinny writes a syndicated newspaper column for USAToday.com and the Gannett print
newspapers. She was the editor of Choosing Children's Software magazine and she has
co-authored the book The Parent's Pocket Guide to Kids & Computers. Jinny has
also been a kid-tech columnist for the Los Angeles Times and the San Jose Mercury News.
She frequently appears on television and radio as a children's technology expert.
If you want to receive this weekly magazine in your email box, then sign up by
clicking here.
Computing With Kids will be delivered to your email on Fridays.
Evaluation Process:
All products reviewed by this magazine have undergone a comprehensive evaluation process.
Each product is subjected to a thorough analysis by a professional reviewer, and when
appropriate, kid-tested. The product is then rated on a 5 star scale.
To arrive at a star rating, we use a weighted evaluation instrument that looks at the
following factors in this order of importance:
- Educational Factor: we look at all aspects of the product in terms of how well it delivers educational content
- Fun Factor: we determine if children will consider a title fun to play at first and over a longer time span
- Usability Factor: we look to ease of installation and use of the product
- Value Factor: we consider how the cost relates to what the product delivers
- Techie Factor: we consider the product's overall technology features and how well those features integrate within the product.
What the Star Ratings Mean:
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Word Descriptor |
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Outstanding |
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Very Good |
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Good |
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Average |
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Below Average |
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Don't Bother |
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Don't Bother |
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Don't Bother |
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Don't Bother |
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Don't Bother |
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