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Main article: Educational software

This is a List of educational software that is computer software whose primary purpose is teaching or self-learning.

Educational software by subject

Children's software

• ClueFinders titles
• GCompris - free software (GPL)
• JumpStart titles
• KidPix
• Reader Rabbit titles
• Tux Paint - free software (GPL)
• Zoombinis titles

Dictionaries and reference

• Wikipedia
• Encarta

Geography and Astronomy

• Celestia
• Google Earth - free software (proprietary license)
• NASA World Wind - free software (NASA open source)
• Where is Carmen Sandiego? series
• Gravit - a free (GPL) Newtonian gravity simulator

Health

First Aid Basics

Historical

• Balance of Power
• Lemonade Stand
• Number Munchers
• Word Munchers
• Odell Lake
• Spellevator
• Windfall: The Oil Crisis Game

Literacy

• Accelerated Reader
• DISTAR
• Compu-Read

Managed learning environments

• ATutor
• Blackboard Inc.
• eCollege
• Dokeos
• eFront
• Fle3
• GCompris
• Granule (software)
• ILIAS
• LON-CAPA - free software (GPL)
• Moodle - free software (GPL)
• OLAT - free software
• Renaissance Place
• Sakai Project - free software

Mathematics

• Accelerated Math
• Compu-Math: Fractions
• The Geometer's Sketchpad
• Matlab
• Smart Panda
• Math Blaster
• MathFacts in a Flash
• SAGE - free software (GPL)

Programming

• Baltie

Simulation Games

• Capitalism
• Caesar titles
• Civilization
• Colonization
• FreeCiv - free software
• Oregon Trail
• Simcity
• Zoo Tycoon

Touch-Typing Instruction

• Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing
• Mario Teaches Typing
• Typespeed - free software (GPL)
• Tux Typing - free software (GPL)

Visual Learning and Mind Mapping

• Freemind - free software (GPL)
• Inspiration
• Kidspiration
• Perception

Well-known brands and suppliers of educational software

• Adventus Interactive
• Dorling Kindersley
• Inspiration Software
• Knowledge Adventure
• The Learning Company
• Renaissance Learning
• Riverdeep

Historical brands and suppliers

• Broderbund (now part of the Learning Company)
• Davidson & Associates (merged with Knowledge Adventure)
• Edu-Ware
• MECC