October 17, 2002
LCSI RELEASES Journal Zone for the MAC

July 2, 2002
Journal Zone is the proud Winner of District Administration Magazine's Top 100 Honors

November 5, 2001
Journal Zone™ from LCSI is now available!

July 20, 2001
Coming Soon From LCSI- Journal Zone™

March 2003

E-Wally and the Quest is an adventure tale for the I-Generation. It was written to be shared among children, their families and their teachers. E-Wally's story is a classical myth, with heroes, villains and adventure!  E-Wally projects combined with Journal Zone enables your students to collaborate, research, share knowledge and analyze their findings.

October 2002

New features in the Macintosh version

1. Switch Skins!
A new skin is available in addition to the default ‘console' skin. The ‘tablet' skin provides a ‘look and feel' that may suit older students and adults. The interface is trim and sleek allowing larger text areas.

2. Disable the Graphics Library
You can now control the presence of the Graphics Library. This may be done at installation or may be controlled by the individual user.

3. Change the Journal Starters' Categories
In addition to changing the journal starters within the existing categories, you can now change the categories! This flexibility supports subject-specific categories such as sentence starters for science, math and so forth in addition to the default categories of Plan, Reflect and Elaborate. The categories you choose are limited only by your imagination.

Limitations
The Macintosh version is currently only available in English.

July 2002

Journal Zone receives recognition as one of the top 100 educational software titles by District Administrator Magazine. For more details, please read ONLINE EDUCATION: PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER>
by Odvard Egil Dyrli

What teachers say:

"Journal Zone is the first piece of software I've used that encourages students to think deeply about authentic problems."
Suelyn Cheong, High School Teacher

"Somehow or other - magically - everybody in the class gets it because of the sharing that goes on."
Tom Hill, Sixth Grade Teacher

"Journal Zone provides a unique opprotunity fo students to become interested
in the lives of other people and to develop a growing sense of
self-confidence and identity."
Mhairi (Vi) Maeers
Professor of Mathematics Education, University of Regina, Canada

"Journal Zone allows our students to move beyond rote answers to critical
thinking and introspective communication. We know that when our children
can reflect, connect and share their learnings - that concepts have been
internalized. We love it!"
Terri Cote, Grade 2/5, Sacred Heart Community School, Regina, Canada

What students say:

"Journal Zone is a dazzling piece of software. It's very easy to use. It's great because we can get help and get new ideas on the project we're doing."
Anita, High School Student

Summer 2002


Journal Zone gets reviewed by Judi Mathis Johnson in the Summer 2002 issue
of Learning & Leading with Technology (Volume 29 Number 8)

Summertime Software
" Summer break is approaching and whether you have one week or three months,
I have found some excellent programs that might need extra time to examine.
Not because they are extensive- although some are- but because the programs
may help you teach differently than before..."
"Journal Zone is a program that takes times for the new possibilities in
teaching and learning to be fully realized, but it is well worth the time."

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September 2002

Journal Zone gets selected by Converge editors as a product that may be of particular interest and value to educators.

Think with This
A look at PDAs, Net appliances, education initiatives and professional development products on the market.
By John Fleischman - September 2002 Converge Magazine

Learning to Learn : "Can younger students use technology as a tool to effectively learn from each other and to learn how to learn?"

Journal Zone gets reviewed by Kristen Kennedy, senior editor of T&L Magazine!

Writing Across The Curriculum With New Composition Tools
"Journal Zone's sentence starters give kids a way to think and write about solving problems."

For more details on the article, click here.

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