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Build word power, spelling skills and grammar know-how with Words Rock!

You’re a street-smart Freak Seeker on the trail of the devious, slippery Super Slugs in this bounty-hunting free-for-all. But there’s one small problem … they can make themselves invisible! Complete word skills activities to search the streets with your cool Freak Seeking gear. With a bit of luck (and a few cool gadgets up your sleeve) you’ll outsmart the other Freak Seekers, track down the most Slugs and become the number one Slug Buster!

Capture the Super Slugs and outsmart your competitors as you solve your share of over 3,200 hands-on word skill activities. Words spring to life in this quirky, exciting single and multiplayer game. Get started straight out of the box, or take advantage of the powerful diagnostic and reporting capabilities to zero in on each child’s learning needs.

• Based on the classic board game, Battleship
• Play independently OR with others using the unique multiplayer mode: up to four players of diverse abilities can set their own level and compete with an equal chance of winning. Let the fun begin!
• Pandemonium reigns as you play against the computer or with up to 3 others
• Each player competes at their own literacy level, so every player has a real chance of winning. Match Grandma’s grammar against 6 year-old Vanessa’s vocab and 15 year-old Sam’s spelling!
• Vary the gameplay to your level and interest by choosing either the Basic Game (small board without gadgets) or the Advanced Game (larger board with gadgets)
• Elements of chance and strategy mean any player can win
• Buy cool gadgets to do sneaky things to other players, like searching five squares at once with the Scatter Search gadget, or grabbing a Restricted Zone gadget to make other players keep their distance

Educational Content

Words Rock uses a carefully crafted progression of activities to develop word power, spelling skills and punctuation know-how, and delves into the nitty-gritty of how to grow word-smart kids. New concepts are introduced gradually, extending students at their own pace.

• Correlated to the language curriculum of each Australian state and New Zealand. For detailed correlations, go to edalive.com/curriculum* Students choose an appropriate starting level and then advance at their own pace through over 3,200 activities across 16 progressive levels to build solid literacy foundations
• Grows spelling skills by exploring the building blocks of words
• Grows word power (including idioms, clichés, word roots, borrowings from other languages, archaic expressions, alliteration, connectives, synonyms, antonyms, homophones, onomatopoeia, collective nouns, metaphors, similes, puns, tautology, irony and hyperbole)
• Grows grammar and punctuation know-how
• Includes a broad range of interactive activities for all learning styles. Question types include word problems, multiple-choice questions and much more!
• Great for both group work and individual learning, in the classroom or at home
• Supports and strengthens learning by giving constant positive feedback
• Wide range of content from pre-literacy activities for young learners to advanced activities difficult enough to challenge adults

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Features and Benefits

• All Editions
  • Monitors each child’s progress using smart record keeping for the targeting of individual needs for extension and revision
  • Fine-tuned educational content with large window sizes, and drag-and-drop and snap-to functionality for ease of use
  • Ability level set according to age
  • Game length can be varied by either the number of turns or duration in minutes
  • Games in progress can be saved, enabling students to spread play and learning over multiple sessions
  • Customisable for individual players by setting the ability level and individually enabling or disabling the different content categories
  • Customise user profiles with a huge range of cool user icons
  • Concentrate on areas needing attention with Questions Only mode
  • Simple, kid-friendly animated interface that enhances self-directed learning
  • Save time with Integrated User Lists
    EdAlive’s IUL (Integrated User List) technology streamlines the integration of user data with other EdAlive Version 2 titles, including BRAINtastic, Ultimate Maths Invaders, Volcanic Panic, Baggin’ the Dragon, and Typing Tournament – kids’ profiles created in one title will automatically be available in the others (does not work with Version 1 of these titles)
  • Backward compatible and future proof
• Home Edition
  • Customisable for individual players by setting the ability level and individually enabling or disabling different content categories
  • Powerful administration and user-management features that can track the results of up to 10 users
  • Display, export and print detailed user statistics
  • Create and allocate different content settings for each user
  • Search for specific questions by number or title
  • Create, save and load custom content selections
• School Edition
  • Customisable for individual players and entire classes by setting the ability level and individually enabling or disabling different content categories
  • Powerful administration and user-management features can track the results of one user or thousands*
  • Export or print progress for an entire class
  • Create and allocate different content settings for each user or entire classes
  • Save time by importing multiple users from existing class lists
• Network Edition – All of the School Edition features PLUS:
  • All of the School Edition features. PLUS:
  • Store all student records on a central computer using the EdAlive Server application
  • Centralised data can be readily backed up with 3rd party back up software
  • Automatic connectivity with the EdAlive Server
  • Supports thousands of concurrent users in up to 64 classes
  • Installation on multiple computers subject to licence specifications
  • Save time by simultaneously installing or upgrading on multiple networked computers. Use the MSI installers with Group Policy for Windows, or the Package installers with Apple Remote Desktop for Macintosh

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Prices

	Code	Media	Platform	$AUD Price	$AUD GST
	Words Rock V2 - School Edition - Two Computer Licence
	NH41932	CD-ROM	Mac OS X, Win XP, Win Vista, Windows 7	$90.00	$9.00
	Words Rock V2 - Home Edition - Single Computer Licence
	NH41933	CD-ROM	Mac OS X, Win XP, Win Vista, Windows 7	$60.00	$6.00