Making Progess with Rev

[Len Morgan]

Randy,

I tried to use the "Send me a message" button on the web site you list 
but it's not working.  So I'll comment here.

I liked the program but was probably exceptionally dense at the time.  
The first state that came up was Kentucky and I could not for the life 
of me place it correctly.  I KNOW where its supposed to go but I was 
using the "blank" map and thinking it was the whole US so I was putting 
it in the middle.  Well, of course, I was only looking at 1/4 of the US 
and once I got that through my head, I got it right on the first shot.  
Perhaps a small map in the upper corner showing the 1/4 I'm working with 
highlighted would have helped.  Maybe an elementary student would have 
made the mental leap that I couldn't.

When I was playing the "Match" game, it didn't occur to me that you were 
also displaying capitals (I DID know they were cities).  It might be 
nice (and helpful) if you could put a little star next to the name (like 
you do on the finished map to indicate that it's a capital city.

If you really wanted to expand the possibilities with this program as a 
learning tool, you might be able to use the revBrowser and have a link 
for each state and capital to a web page or Google search about that 
state/capital.

Thanks for the chance to try this out.  I'm going see if my 5th grader 
does any better than I did.

Len Morgan


Randy Hengst wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I've been lurking for about a year and a half now on the list -- I've made only a couple attempts at responding to questions. I'd place myself in the "serious hobbyist" category. In other words, I pretty much always have a rev project going. 
>
> My focus has been making things to help my kids in school. My youngest is in 4th grade and is now studying US states and capitals. I've just posted the southeast puzzle/matching game I made for him to practice that region to my website:  http://homepage.mac.com/iowahengst
>
> I'd appreciate any thoughts you'd be willing to share.
>
> take care,
> randy
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