Voyage of the Mimi

Whole Earth Review, May, 1985 by Robert Scarola

The documentation provided for all four sets of programs is excellent. In each case it gives a clear guide to what's being taught and why, and a clear set of directions for how to use the software. (This, incidentally, is the first attractively packaged software I've ever seen. The disks themselves are colorful, blue and green with pictures of whales and sailboats, and placed inside clear plastic sleeves. Nice.)

The Voyage of the MIMI opens new territory in learning software. It attempts to merge two tools of the new technology, video and computer software, into a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts. I think it succeeds admirably as a first attempt, and is well worth the investment on the part of any school that wants to involve children in learning through both imagined adventure and practicing skills.