Magic Words - A Creative Software Toy
Magic Words is a new type of creative software for children. With this program children can:
- Create interactive animated worlds
- Create their own friendly non-violent computer games
- Explore the mening of words as part of learning how to read
Download Magic Words!
You are welcome to download and try out an early version of Magic Words. Note that the current English version of the software does not include speech.
Read the license agreement before you download the software.
Zip-archive with platform
independent files
To run the software with this option
you need to first download and install
Squeak.
Once you have Squeak installed, open the file MagicWords.image
with Squeak to run the program. On Mac OS X you should be able
to double click MagicWords.image to start the program, once
Squeak is installed (we have not fully tested Magic Words on
the Mac).
Please send feedback and comments to: mikael@comikit.se
University Spin-Off
Magic Words is a spin-off from research in children's software and visual programming at Linköping University, Sweden. For a list of research publications, please visit: www.ida.liu.se/~mikki/comics/
Contact information
We are the team that develops Magic Words:
- Mikael Kindborg - software development (mikael@comikit.se)
- Robert Scholz - software development (robert@comikit.se)
- Frida Larsson - artwork (frida@comikit.se)
- Lennart Mogren - pedagogical design (lennart@comikit.se)
- Thomas Larnhed - sound design (thomas@comikit.se)
Contact us if you want to become a Magic Words beta-tester, or if you want to collaborate with us, doing research or work with Magic Words commercially.
Screenshot from Magic Words
