Staff+Wars

=**CITATION AND GENERAL INFORMATION**= • Title: Staff Wars V1.2 • Author: Craig Gonci • Publisher [|The Music Interactive] • Copyright Date: @2010 • Platform: Mac and Windows • Peripherals: Mouse • Grade/Age: Late Elementary, Junior HS/Middle School • Type of Class: General Music, Band, Orchestra, Choir, Theory

=TEACHER SUPPORT= This site has a publisher's [|On-line Forum] that lists specific updates to the program.

=INSTRUCTIONAL CONTENT= The software content covers note name identification of the treble, tenor, and bass clefs.

National Standards covered by this software: 5. Reading and notating music.

=INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN AND PEDAGOGICAL SOUNDNESS= This software is appropriate for middle level students. The screen is very straight forward and does not contain anything the might mislead of confuse students. Everything that is manipulated in this game is done so by pointing and clicking only. The graphics are low quality but do not distract from what is happening on the screen. As one progresses through the game, the rate at which the notes appear on the screen increases. It can be difficult to click on the appropriate areas fast enough to keep up with the rate of notes.


 * This software is used for Drill and Practice
 * Classified as an Instructional Game

=OVERALL EVALUATION= This game is a fairly simple. It does not contain a lot of menu items and basically has one button to click in order to start. The learning curve to play this game is about 5 seconds. The Star Wars theme of the game may capture the interest of some of your students.

Rating -- 2 out of 4 stars (**Fair)**

=REVIEWED BY= Scott Sommer on 6/15/2011