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Children’s Technology Review Editor’s Choice 2007

“JumpStart World is an educational theme park for Windows computers that can replenish itself with new content. There are three versions—Kindergarten, First Grade and Second Grade—that can be purchased for $20. This blending of Internet and hard disk installed software marks an important evolution in children's software because it exploits the strengths of both formats. For example, the publisher's servers can track progress and download new content remotely, as well as automatically generate email messages about a child's progress for parents. The computer's hard disk delivers a large quantity of visual and sound information (including a lot of music and narration) in a format too large to stream online.”