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The Educational Software Cooperative (ESC) is a nonprofit organization that brings together developers, distributors, and users of educational software. At this page you'll find links to other author's pages. It's well worth your time. The ESC was founded by Dr. Motes.


The Educational Software Cooperative

Dr. Motes is Major Motes in the US Air Force Reserves. For his reserve duties he is assigned to the Air Force Academy as an Admissions Liaison Officer. He is also a former Academy faculty member. If you want to learn more about the Air Force Academy this is the page. Incidentally, the Air Force Academy does admit home-schooled students. However, a high-school (or equivalent) transcript is required.


US Air Force Academy

Select this next link if you live in New Mexico and are interested in receiving an Air Force Academy appointment or and Air Force ROTC scholarship.


New Mexico, Air Force Academy and ROTC Admissions Liaison Officers

John Brown University is a well known Christian University located in Siloam Springs, Arkansas deep in the Ozark mountains. Dr. Motes spent three years teaching Electrical Engineering at John Brown University. This school also admits home-schooled students.


John Brown Universtiy

This web page is packed with information for homeschool people! It also has just about every homeschool link you'll ever want.


School Is Dead

This page is located at the same site as the previous page. This one has information on colleges that admit home-schooled students.


Colleges That Admit Home-schooled Students

Dr. Motes is considered by many to be the father of children's educational shareware. However, this guy is the FATHER OF SHAREWARE. This page contains many links to other web sites where you can download shareware.


Father of Shareware home page

This is a great place to obtain animated educational software. Tom Guthery is the author of this page and the software described here.


Flix Productions

At this link you'll find lots of educational software for children. Some of it is especially written for Win95! Check it out.


DynoTech Software

This page (KidTECH) is run by Barbara Gollon. If you're looking for educational software and don't know where to find it just ask her. She knows a lot about educational software and is willing to help.


KidTECH News Online

This registry of educational software publishers just may be your one-stop for information on commercial educational software. You'll just have to try it to believe it! It has links to over 600 educational software publishers.


PEP Registry of Educational Software Publishers

This is the web page for a nice magazine for home-schooling parents. It often has good reviews of educational software.


Home School Computing Magazine

This company is run by another of Dr. Motes' friends, Dr. Ted Wade. This company specializes in books for home schools. Their largest and most popular book is "The Home School Manual" which is also available on disk.


Gazelle Publications

If you want to know where all the top 5% of homeschooling web site are this is your link.


Homeschool Guide to the Online World

This page has K-12 resources, on-line projects, curriculum centers, and learning communities. It is sponsored by Houghton Mifflin, McDougal Littell and GNN.


The Education Center

A very nice web page set up by homeschoolers in Idaho.


Idaho Homeschool Organization

Home of award-winning Windows educational and utility programs and the developer of WinFlash, Dick Briant. This is another of Dr. Motes' friends.


Visit Open Windows

This web page was set up by the Moore family of Franklin, Massachusetts. They homeschool their 3 children. If you're a homeschooling family you should take a look at this very nice page.


Biblical Foundations for Christian Homeschooling

If you're a homeschooler you must check out this web page! It has a tremendous amount of information for homeschoolers and lots of links to other resources.


Jon's Homeschool Resource Page

Here's another good place to look if you're a home school family. This web page is very nicely done and contains lots of informtion you may be interested in.


The Homeschool Zone

These people produce software for maintaining academic records, classroom management and school accounting.


SchoolWrite School Administration Software

This is a cyberspace learning center where homeschoolers can enroll their kids in classes. A modest fee is charged for these services.


Eagle Academy

The following page contains lots of educational shareware carefully selected especially for homeschoolers.


Home Learning Software

This web page is hosted by Karen Mohs. Use it to find out more about her educational products related to Greek, Bible studies and Latin. She has just completed the first level of a new product called "Latin's Not So Tough!" This workbook series is geared for early elementary ages and follows closely the format of "Hey, Andrew! Teach Me Some Greek!"


Greek 'n' Stuff

This following page (ABC Software) describes some good, non-violent educational software.


ABC Software

This following page is by Milissa Morgan. She is co-authoring a book titled "Homeschool On a Shoestring."


A Wise Stewards Home School

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