Kuizu is a Japanese vocabulary quiz program I wrote for myself. It features several intermediate level word lists, flash cards, multiple choice quizzing, and matching games. It assumes you want to memorize kanji + kana pronunciation + English meaning. Auto-adjusts word frequency based on success rate on words, tracks progress and mastery. Can sort wordlist, select which words to use, etc. Flash 7.

Released 2006-07.

Pattern Blocks are used in early math and just for fun. Great for drawing mandalas, tilings, and tesselations. This is the most popular CourseWare module by a landslide, now rewritten in Flash. New features include preset examples and the ability to save and email your design. Flash 7.

Updated 2008-02, released 2007-01.

The venerable original ShapeGame as a Java applet. I wrote this for my daughter when she was in kindergarten. Note : I'm told this crashes Internet Explorer 7. Please use the Flash Pattern Blocks version instead if you have a problem. Java 1.2.

Released 1999.

Calligraphy is the second most popular CourseWare simulator. This version replaces a 1997 Java applet I wrote as a programming example. This has many more features - textured and tinted papers, transparent inks, zooming in/out, print options, Undo support, marker as well as chisel nib, etc. Flash 7.

Updated 2004-02.

Triaxle is a puzzle game based on hexagonal instead of square neighbors. Score history is tracked both locally and versus other users, via a server database. Flash 7.

Updated 2008-02, previous 2005-03.

WordShapes is a spelling game for developing visual memory. The word lists are taken from the Dolch basic sight words lists, mainly. Java 1.2.

Released 2003-9.

FishFood is an aquarium ecology simulator for middle school life science. To keep your fish alive, you need to feed them, keep the water oxygenated, and not allow the algae to get out of control. Features three colorful fish species, air bubblers, algae-eating snails, decorative plants, rocks, sands, and wallpaper. Flash 7.

Unfinished, original 2004-09.