Education isone of the most exciting areas
for
personal computer use, particularlyforyour
TI-99/4A. The educationalsoftware packages
available foryour computer number in
the
hun
dreds—at levels
from
preschool to college.
Programs
are available
for
spelling,
grammar,
reading concepts, mathematics, history,music,
foreign
languages, and other subjects. Much
of
the
educational
software
available
comes
in
a question-and-answer
drill
format:
you respond
to
questions
posed
on
the
screen,
and
the
com
puter monitors your answers. Some programs
take the form of interactive simulations:
you
are
placed in a situation
(say,
the Battleof Gettys
burg) so
that
you
can learn
about
the
event. The
wide
array
of
educational software
on
the
mar
ket
for
the TI-99/4Awillcontinue to grow asthe
popularity
of
educational
software
increases.
Games and hobbies alsoadapt to computeriza
tion. Inaddition to the video games you can
play
on
your
TI-99/4A,
there
are a
number
of
thinking games and simulation games. Sim
ulations
of
popular sports
such
as football
and
soccer, along
with
common board games such
as chess and checkers, can be played using
the
computer.
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