Edmark

Edmark

Edmark Corporation was a publisher of educational print materials and an educational software developer in Redmond, Washington.cite web
url = http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Edmark-Corporation-Company-History.html
title = Edmark Corporation -- Company History
accessdate = 2006-11-25
work = FundingUniverse.com
] They developed software for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS in several languages and sold it in over a dozen countries.

History

Edmark was incorporated in 1970, and began developing soft-ware in 1992. Edmark was listed on NASDAQ. Their audience was children between the ages of two and fourteen years. Edmark had more than sixty-five industry design awards.

In 1989, Sally G. Narodick and W. Hunter Simpson became directors. Narodick became the C.E.O. in October 1989. Edmark hired Donna Stanger as vice-president of product development in October 1991. In 1992, Edmark released Millie's Math House and KidDesk. Sally Narodick resigned as C.E.O. in September citing the stress, and Donna Stanger became the C.E.O.cite news
first = Seanna
last = Browder
coauthors = Larry Armstrong and Paul C. Judge
title = The Disappearing CD-ROM Players: Small makers of kids' software sell out--or get squeezed out
url = http://www.businessweek.com/1996/51/b3506151.htm
work = BusinessWeek
publisher = The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc.
date = 1996-12-16
accessdate = 2006-11-25
] Edmark was acquired by IBM on November 13, 1996 for $102.3 million ($15.50 per share for two-thirds of Edmark's shares) to expand its presence in home software. [cite news
first = Jim
last = Erickson
title = IBM to Buy Educational Software Maker Edmark
url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-64675823.html
work = Seattle Post-Intelligencer
date = 1996-11-14
accessdate = 2006-11-25
] In September 2000, it was sold to Riverdeep. [cite web
url = http://www.riverdeep.net/pls/portal/url/page/RVDP/AU/Company_Timeline
title = Company Timeline - Riverdeep, Destination Success, Reading Software, Math Software, Education Software
accessdate = 2006-11-25
quote = Edmark Corporation [...] was acquired by Riverdeep in September 2000.
]

oftware

1991
*Strategy Challenges Collection 1 (formerly Strategy Games of the World)
* (1997) [cite web
url = http://www.mobygames.com/game/strategy-challenges-collection-2-/
title = Strategy Challenges Collection 2 - MobyGames
accessdate = 2006-11-25
last = Bilow
first = Chuck
]
*Stanley’s Sticker Stories [cite web
url = http://support.riverdeep.net/faq_list.asp?id=1294820338
title = Product Support - Stanley's Sticker Stories (School Edition)
accessdate = 2006-11-25
publisher = Riverdeep Interactive Learning Limited
]
*
*
*Travel the World with Timmy! Deluxe [cite news
title = Travel the World With Timmy
url = http://www.machome.com/reviews/MacReviewZone.lasso?grr8=33811
work = macHOME magazine
accessdate = 2006-11-25
]
* - ages 4-6 [cite news
first = Peter
last = Elstrom
title = Learn to Read -- And Say the Words Right
url = http://www.businessweek.com/1997/40/b3547135.htm
work = BusinessWeek
publisher = The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc.
date = 1997-10-06
accessdate = 2006-11-25
]
*
*
*
*MindTwister Math [cite news
title = MindTwister Math
url = http://www.machome.com/reviews/MacReviewZone.lasso?grr8=34033
work = macHOME magazine
accessdate = 2006-11-25
]
*Space Academy GX-1
*
*
*Talking Wallscite news
first = Bonnie
last = Huie
title = Talking Walls; Talking Walls: The Stories Continue: History Software Speaks For Itself
url = http://www.macworld.com/2000/08/bc/15reviewswalls/
work = Macworld
publisher = Mac Publishing, LLC.
date = 2000-08-01
accessdate = 2006-11-25
] - runner-up for the Macworld 16th Annual Editors' Choice Award for Education [cite news
title = The 16th Annual Editors' Choice Awards
url = http://www.macworld.com/2001/03/features/editoral/
work = Macworld
publisher = Mac Publishing, LLC.
date = 2001-03-01
accessdate = 2006-11-25
]
*


=House Series [

cite web
url = http://www.edresources.com/images/resources/Edmark_House/index.htm
title = Riverdeep - Edmark House Series
accessdate = 2006-11-25
] =

1992-2005
*Millie's Math House (1992)
*Bailey's Book House (1993)
*Sammy's Science House (1994)
*Trudy's Time & Place House (1995)

Thinkin' Things

1991-1999
*
* - ages 4-8, won the 1999 Macworld Editors' Choice Award for Education [cite news
title = 1999 Editors' Choice Awards
url = http://www.macworld.com/2000/03/features/1999eddys/index.php
work = Macworld
publisher = Mac Publishing, LLC.
page = 80
date = 2000-03-01
accessdate = 2006-11-25
]
*Thinkin' Things Collection 1 (1993) [cite web
url = http://www.mobygames.com/game/thinkin-things-collection-1/
title = Thinkin' Things Collection 1 - MobyGames
accessdate = 2006-11-25
last = Lim
first = Rob
coauthors = Peter Freese
]
*Thinkin' Things Collection 2 (1995) [cite web
url = http://www.mobygames.com/game/thinkin-things-collection-2/
title = Thinkin' Things Collection 2 - MobyGames
accessdate = 2006-11-25
]
* (1995) - ages 8-12 [cite web
url = http://www.mobygames.com/game/thinkin-things-collection-3/
title = Thinkin' Things Collection 3 - MobyGames
accessdate = 2006-11-25
] [cite news
first = Keelin
last = Devincenzi
title = Thinkin' Things Galactic Brain Benders
url = http://www.macaddict.com/issues/2000/4/reviews/ttgbb
work = MacAddict
page = 60
date = April 2000
accessdate = 2006-11-25
]
*Thinkin' Things Sky Island Mysteries - ages 8-12 [cite news
title = Thinkin' Things Sky Island Mysteries
url = http://www.machome.com/reviews/MacReviewZone.lasso?grr8=33654
work = macHOME magazine
accessdate = 2006-11-25
]
* (1998) [cite web
url = http://www.mobygames.com/game/zap/
title = Zap! for Windows - MobyGames
accessdate = 2006-11-25
last = Bilow
first = Chuck
date = 2005-01-12
]
*Thinkin' Space

Imagination Express

2000
* [cite web
url = http://support.riverdeep.net/faq_list.asp?id=1294819648
title = Product Support - Imagination Express, Destination: Castle (School Edition)
accessdate = 2006-11-25
publisher = Riverdeep Interactive Learning Limited
]
* [cite web
url = http://support.riverdeep.net/faq_list.asp?id=1294819743
title = Product Support - Imagination Express, Destination: Neighborhood (School Edition)
accessdate = 2006-11-25
publisher = Riverdeep Interactive Learning Limited
]
* [cite web
url = http://support.riverdeep.net/faq_list.asp?id=1294819654
title = Product Support - Imagination Express, Destination: Rainforest (School Edition)
accessdate = 2006-11-25
publisher = Riverdeep Interactive Learning Limited
]
* [cite web
url = http://support.riverdeep.net/faq_list.asp?id=1294819651
title = Product Support - Imagination Express, Destination: Ocean (School Edition)
accessdate = 2006-11-25
publisher = Riverdeep Interactive Learning Limited
]
* [cite web
url = http://support.riverdeep.net/faq_list.asp?id=1294819652
title = Product Support - Imagination Express, Destination: Pyramids (School Edition)
accessdate = 2006-11-25
publisher = Riverdeep Interactive Learning Limited
]
* [cite web
url = http://support.riverdeep.net/faq_list.asp?id=1294819655
title = Product Support - Imagination Express, Destination: Time Trip, USA (School Edition)
accessdate = 2006-11-25
publisher = Riverdeep Interactive Learning Limited
]

Mighty Math

1994-2001
*Mighty Math Carnival Countdown
*Mighty Math Zoo Zillions
*Mighty Math Calculating Crew
*Mighty Math Number Heroes (1996) - 3rd- to 6th-graders [cite web
url = http://www.mobygames.com/game/mighty-math-number-heroes/
title = Mighty Math Number Heroes - MobyGames
accessdate = 2006-11-25
date = 2006-02-19
]
*Mighty Math Astro Algebra
*Mighty Math Cosmic Geometry

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