Storybook Weaver Deluxe
A Powerful Creative Writing Tool!
NEW! Storybook Weaver Deluxe is now ready for your 21st century language arts curriculum. A completely updated user interface, thousands of graphics (including 350 new ones), libraries of "story starters," and compliance with the latest Macintosh OS X and Windows XP operating systems, mean that Storybook Weaver Deluxe will be a powerful creative writing tool in your classroom for years to come.
A time-tested favorite, Storybook Weaver Deluxe inspires and motivates students to author and illustrate their own multimedia story with an easy-to-use word processor and variety of graphic tools. Story ideas that range from fantasy adventures to personal events to historical fiction, and an extensive array of multicultural images from around the world make Storybook Weaver Deluxe the perfect tool for a wide range of cross-curricular projects. It's also bilingual, so students can write and hear their story's text read aloud in either English or Spanish.
Features
- Completed updated user interface
- New Riverdeep Network Version (RNV) available
- Thousands of graphics drawn from the folklore of many cultures and the modern-day world, including 350 new ones
- Bilingual modes for English or Spanish with English/Spanish spell checker
- Thesaurus
- Library of sound effects and music
- Bilingual text-to-speech capability
- Library of "story starters" to inspire the writing process
- Audio record function
- Print in storybook format or save as a Web document
- Full-install option
Learning Opportunities
- Builds writing and story-telling skills
- Encourages students to personalize their stories and share writing with an audience
- Promotes individual or collaborative writing
- Develops story-sequencing skills
- Provides opportunity to integrate written and spoken language with illustrations
- Bilingual text-to-speech capability empowers ESL learners
- Supports the five-step writing process
Packaging:
- School Editions will have two program CDs and one Teacher Resource CD.
- Lab Packs will have six program CDS and one Teacher Resource CD.
- Networks will have one Network CD, one Standalone CD, and one Teacher Resource CD.
- All packs will contain a printed Quickstart Guide.
- Teacher and User Guides in pdf format on a Teacher Resource CD.
- Flexible Site Licenses require a minimum of 25 CD (Workstation) purchase - per site.
System Requirements
Win 95(b), 98, Me Requires:
Pentium 166MHz or faster
64MB RAM
60MB free space on hard drive for minimum install; 400MB for full install
800 x 600 resolution, High Color (16 bit)
Windows-compatible sound card
8X CD-ROM
Internet Explorer 5x (recommended) or Netscape 4.7x browser
Windows 2000 Professional or XP Professional Requires:
Pentium II
128MB RAM
800 x 600 resolution, High Color (16 bit)
8X CD-ROM drive
60MB free space on hard drive for minimum install; 400MB for full install
Windows-compatible sound card
Internet Explorer 5.x (recommended) or Netscape 4.7x browser
2X CD-ROM
Macintosh Requires:
OS 8.6 to 9.2 and OS X 10.1.5 to 10.2.8
G3 processor or faster
64MB RAM (with Virtual Memory on) RAM
800 x 600 resolution, Thousands of Colors
8X CD-ROM
Administrator Login (with OS X only)
Internet Explorer 5x (recommended) or Netscape 4.7x browser
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