MAPE Reviews

We welcome reviews of educational ICT products from teachers and other users for inclusion in MAPE publications.

The following is for guidance only.

There is no set length for a MAPE review; if you find you have a lot to say, the review will become a short (or even long!) article - but be prepared for it to be sub-edited down where necessary. The intention is that wherever possible reviews should include an account of actual classroom use, with reference made to joys and frustrations experienced. You may include comments from children if you wish, and photographs of children (with signed parental consent) using the software or really interesting printouts would be welcome. It should normally be possible to return photographic prints.

• the software title, publisher (please include address and phone number if possible);
• the price (where known);
• the hardware platform (and system requirements if known);
• the intended age-range;
• the main curriculum area (where appropriate).

• National Curriculum applicability;
• range of relevant school contexts (e.g. Special Needs);
• quality and intelligibility of documentation;
• range and quality of support materials (worksheets etc.) where supplied;
• links with other software (e.g. importing and exporting text, graphics etc.)

Primarily, the review should be about how the software works in a real classroom with real children. The majority of MAPE readers would not see themselves as ICT experts, and reviews should not dwell on technical matters. Whether or not you ultimately endorse the product, your review should provide pointers to good classroom practice.

Reviews should be submitted in printed form, and also on disc where possible (using any standard file format). It would be helpful if printouts could also be supplied in electronic form.
Reviews, if suitable, to be placed in the next appropriate edition of a MAPE publication; they will, in any case, be submitted for inclusion on the MAPE website.

Should you wish to place a product for review with MAPE please contact Dr. Bob Fox, b.fox@worc.ac.uk

Permission to publish photographs

I ............................................................................., Parent/Guardian of

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of............................................................................ School

*give permission for this photograph of my child to illustrate an article that will appear in a MAPE publication. I understand that my child will not be identified by name.

*give permission for this photograph of my child to illustrate an article that may, at a later date, appear on the MAPE website. I understand that my child will not be identified by name.

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*Please delete as appropriate.