Headline Changes in Releases & Versions

Version 4 of Wordshark and Numbershark contains substantially the whole of the earlier Version 3, plus many additional games/content/features. As far as possible the same “look and feel” is retained. The current production releases are v4.07 for both programs.

Version 3:

Version 3 had nine releases over several years, so version 3.09 contained many features not found in version 3.0.  Features introduced in v3 releases are all included in v4.

Wordshark:  3s.02:  The “s” stands for  the addition of“Secondary School Subjects” lists.

Release 3.03: New game “Spelling Test” / “Sum Test”.  The first wireless network compatible release.

 

Release 3.05: Interactive whiteboard features and compatibility added

Release 3.06: The first release suitable for stand-alone Apple Mac computers.

Release 3.07: Backup and restore features, automatic signing on using Active Directory, bulk registration of students. For Wordshark, addition of some games and phonics lists and finger-spelling (BSL).

Release 3.08: Several adaptations to improve  Vista compatibility.  

Version 4  Headline new  features

Wordshark 4.01:

Significant expansion of phonics, including “Letters and Sounds” and many new games

Numbershark 4.01:

Significant expansion of topics, including fractions, decimals (inc money, measurement), percentages and introduction to negative numbers, along with 10 new games

Both programs 4.01:

Mac network ready:

2-level administrator capability, allowing use with large numbers of staff/students: Network managers as “Administrators” and education staff as “Subadministrators”,  the latter having streamlined menus that exclude many technical and administrative functions not needed for day to day teaching. Ability for any child to be set different work by several staff (v3 allowed each child to have just one “set work”)

Both programs have redesigned “Specially recommended games” screens for several courses, allowing easier choice of most effective games for a topic/list

Release 4.02:  “Drag and Drop” introduced for setting work.  Pause/Resume button for teachers, for use when demonstrating/teaching

Numbershark 4.02: 17 more topics added, mainly  in addition, subtraction and decimals courses

Release 4.06: Windows 7 compatibility introduced, both for Win7 x32bit  and x64 bit.

Release 4.08: Mac Lion (OSX10.7) compatibility introduced.