Edmark
| 100pxEdmark Corporation logo | |
| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | CD-ROM software internet |
| Founded | 1992 |
| Parent | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Edmark Corporation was a publisher of educational print materials and an educational software developer in Redmond, Washington.[1] They developed software for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS in several languages and sold it in over a dozen countries.[1]
History
Edmark was incorporated in 1970, they began developing software in 1992.[1] Edmark was listed on NASDAQ.[1] Their audience was children between the ages of 2 and 16 years.[1] Edmark had more than 65 industry design awards.[1]
In 1989, Sally G. Narodick and W. Hunter Simpson became directors.[1] Narodick became the CEO in October 1989.[1] Edmark hired Donna Stanger as vice-president of product development in October 1991.[1] In 1992, Edmark released Millie's Math House and KidDesk.[1] Sally Narodick resigned as CEO in September citing the stress, and Donna Stanger became the CEO[2] Edmark was acquired by IBM on November 13, 1996 for $102.3 million ($15.50 per share for two-thirds of Edmark's shares) to expand its presence in home software.[2][3] In September 2000, it was sold to Riverdeep.[4]
Software
1991
- Strategy Challenges Collection 1 (formerly Strategy Games of the World)
- Strategy Challenges Collection 2: In the Wild (1997)[5]
- Stanley’s Sticker Stories[6]
- ThemeWeavers: Animals
- ThemeWeavers: Nature
- Travel the World with Timmy! Deluxe[7]
- Let’s Go Read! 1: An Island Adventure - ages 4-6[8]
- Let’s Go Read! 2: An Ocean Adventure
- Stories & More: Animal Friends
- Stories & More: Time and Place
- MindTwister Math[9]
- Space Academy GX-1
- Virtual Labs: Light
- Virtual Labs: Electricity
- Talking Walls[10] - runner-up for the Macworld 16th Annual Editors' Choice Award for Education[11]
- Talking Walls: The Stories Continue[10]
House Series [12]
1992-present
- Millie's Math House (1992)
- Bailey's Book House (1993)
- Sammy's Science House (1994)
- Trudy's Time & Place House (1995)
Thinkin' Things
1991-1999
- Thinkin' Things: Toony the Loon’s Lagoon
- Thinkin' Things: All Around FrippleTown - ages 4-8, won the 1999 Macworld Editors' Choice Award for Education[13]
- Thinkin' Things Collection 1 (1993)[14]
- Thinkin' Things Collection 2 (1995)[15]
- Thinkin' Things Collection 3: Galactic Brain Benders (1995) - ages 8-12[16][17]
- Thinkin' Things Sky Island Mysteries - ages 8-12[18]
- Thinkin' Science
- Thinkin' Science Series: ZAP! (1998)[19]
- Thinkin' Space
Imagination Express
2000
- Imagination Express: Castle[20]
- Imagination Express: Neighborhood[21]
- Imagination Express: Rain Forest[22]
- Imagination Express: Ocean[23]
- Imagination Express: Pyramids[24]
- Imagination Express: Time Trip, USA[25]
Mighty Math
1994-2001
- Mighty Math Carnival Countdown
- Mighty Math Zoo Zillions
- Mighty Math Calculating Crew
- Mighty Math Number Heroes (1996) - 3rd- to 6th-graders[26]
- Mighty Math Astro Algebra
- Mighty Math Cosmic Geometry
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Edmark Corporation -- Company History". FundingUniverse.com. Retrieved 2006-11-25.
- ^ a b
Browder, Seanna (1996-12-16). "The Disappearing CD-ROM Players: Small makers of kids' software sell out--or get squeezed out". BusinessWeek. The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Retrieved 2006-11-25.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Erickson, Jim (1996-11-14). "IBM to Buy Educational Software Maker Edmark". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved 2006-11-25.
- ^
"Company Timeline - Riverdeep, Destination Success, Reading Software, Math Software, Education Software". Retrieved 2006-11-25.
Edmark Corporation [...] was acquired by Riverdeep in September 2000. It is now part of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- ^ Bilow, Chuck. "Strategy Challenges Collection 2 - MobyGames". Retrieved 2006-11-25.
- ^ "Product Support - Stanley's Sticker Stories (School Edition)". Riverdeep Interactive Learning Limited. Retrieved 2006-11-25.
- ^ "Travel the World With Timmy". macHOME magazine. Retrieved 2006-11-25.
- ^ Elstrom, Peter (1997-10-06). "Learn to Read -- And Say the Words Right". BusinessWeek. The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Retrieved 2006-11-25.
- ^ "MindTwister Math". macHOME magazine. Retrieved 2006-11-25.
- ^ a b Huie, Bonnie (2000-08-01). "Talking Walls; Talking Walls: The Stories Continue: History Software Speaks For Itself". Macworld. Mac Publishing, LLC. Retrieved 2006-11-25.
- ^ "The 16th Annual Editors' Choice Awards". Macworld. Mac Publishing, LLC. 2001-03-01. Retrieved 2006-11-25.
- ^ "Riverdeep - Edmark House Series". Retrieved 2006-11-25.
- ^ "1999 Editors' Choice Awards". Macworld. Mac Publishing, LLC. 2000-03-01. p. 80. Retrieved 2006-11-25.
- ^
Lim, Rob. "Thinkin' Things Collection 1 - MobyGames". Retrieved 2006-11-25.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ "Thinkin' Things Collection 2 - MobyGames". Retrieved 2006-11-25.
- ^ "Thinkin' Things Collection 3 - MobyGames". Retrieved 2006-11-25.
- ^ Devincenzi, Keelin (April 2000). "Thinkin' Things Galactic Brain Benders". MacAddict. p. 60. Retrieved 2006-11-25.
- ^ "Thinkin' Things Sky Island Mysteries". macHOME magazine. Retrieved 2006-11-25.
- ^ Bilow, Chuck (2005-01-12). "Zap! for Windows - MobyGames". Retrieved 2006-11-25.
- ^ "Product Support - Imagination Express, Destination: Castle (School Edition)". Riverdeep Interactive Learning Limited. Retrieved 2006-11-25.
- ^ "Product Support - Imagination Express, Destination: Neighborhood (School Edition)". Riverdeep Interactive Learning Limited. Retrieved 2006-11-25.
- ^ "Product Support - Imagination Express, Destination: Rainforest (School Edition)". Riverdeep Interactive Learning Limited. Retrieved 2006-11-25.
- ^ "Product Support - Imagination Express, Destination: Ocean (School Edition)". Riverdeep Interactive Learning Limited. Retrieved 2006-11-25.
- ^ "Product Support - Imagination Express, Destination: Pyramids (School Edition)". Riverdeep Interactive Learning Limited. Retrieved 2006-11-25.
- ^ "Product Support - Imagination Express, Destination: Time Trip, USA (School Edition)". Riverdeep Interactive Learning Limited. Retrieved 2006-11-25.
- ^ "Mighty Math Number Heroes - MobyGames". 2006-02-19. Retrieved 2006-11-25.