TJBChris | Part IV: TRS-80 Educational Software Demo #septandy @TJBChris | Uploaded September 2023 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
Part IV of my SepTANDY series: TJBChris' Tandy Education Connection (TEC). In this final installment, I'm diving into some the educational software offered for the TRS-80 Models I/III/4 and the Color Computer. We take a look at Third Grade Math, Color Math, Kinetic Theory, TRS-80 Color Logo, Boyle's Law, and Ernie's Magic Shapes. Each demo shows how the programs interacted with the user and has a little discussion and commentary on the state of educational software in the 1980's. While discussing Ernie's Magic Shapes, I also launch into a commentary about how screen time has changed over the generations.

Music/SFX (in order):
None. Just me jabbering.

Chapters:
Intro (0:00)
Model III - K-8 Math Series: Third Grade Math (1:42)
CoCo - Color Math (9:11)
Model III - RS Chemistry Lab Volume I - Kinetic Theory (15:44)
CoCo - TRS-80 Color Logo (19:51)
Model III - RS Chemistry Lab Volume I - Boyle's Law (26:32)
CoCo - Ernie's Magic Shapes & Sreen Time Commentary (30:44)
Outro (37:34)

I do these videos unscripted, so I apologize if the in-the-moment descriptions of things are a bit scattered. If you have any questions/comments about this video, you can find me in any of these fine locations:

The Tandy Discord Server
The CoCo Nation Discord Server
The TRS-80 Color Computer (CoCo) group on Facebook
The CoCo Crew Podcast group on Facebook
On the Vintage Computer Forums (vcfed.org)
The TRS-80 Models I-4/4P Group on Facebook
Tandy / Radio Shack Model II /12 / 16 / 16B / 6000 Owner's Group on Facebook
Twitter (I'm TJBChris there...)
The Level29 BBS (I'm TJBChris there, too.)
Particles BBS (Guess who I am here? Yeah, TJBChris.)

Thanks for watching!