"Children in the upper half of primary school will have great fun with this'".
The Times Educational Supplement
"This CD-ROM has been very effective in engaging children who have attention and concentration difficulties and who might otherwise not be interested in the composing and evaluating aspects of the music curriculum".
Peter Owen, Headteacher, The Court School, Cardiff
"Kids love it.....visually bright and captivating, easily accessed by pupils across a wide range of ages and ability…..all pupils enjoy Beach Party and Rock Pool Band…..holds the attention and inspires the most reluctant of composers".
Alison Ralston, Head of Arts, Mary Russell School, Paisley
"Music Island Adventure is an exciting new teaching resource which looks good, sounds good and offers an imaginative approach to developing pupils' musical skills and knowledge".
Colin Hutcheon, Education Officer, West Lothian Council
"..what immediately strikes me is how useful some of the activities are as an early lead in to music in
Secondary school (e.g. "Rock Pool Band" as an introduction to midi sequencing etc.)".
Lorna McLaren, Youth Music Co-ordinator, Aberdeenshire Council
"Super, Smashing".
Elaine Duffus, Curriculum Support Teacher, Aberdeen Council
"…an excellent resource for the classroom. Allows children from a young age to experiment with the sounds of musical instruments, phrases, structure and timbre. Their interest is captured from the start by the fantastic imagery and theme of adventure throughout.".
Kirsty McRae, Primary Music Specialist, Castle Park School, Dublin
"Music Island has been a runaway success at all levels".
Howard Duthie, Head of Music, Morrison's Academy, Crieff
Music Island Adventure system requirements are:
Windows
Win2K, Pentium III, 128 MB
WinXP, Pentium III, 128 MB
Macintosh
Mac OS X 10.3 or later
PPC or Intel
Minimum 800 X 600 VGA Screen Resolution
Sound Card and Speakers
Additional Technical Information for Music Island Adventure
Music Island Adventure runs from a self-running executable file (.exe) and does not rely on any third party software or further installations. It runs on both PCs and Macs.
Simply insert the CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive and it will run automatically. If your autorun facility is disabled then double-click on the CD-ROM icon
displayed within ´My Computer´.
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