Workshop provides a microworld in which to discover what each of the program’s amazing ‘machines’ can do with simple shapes. Users will set their own aims, developing their plans and experimenting as they explore alternative methods of working. In exploring the functions of these strange machines, creative thinking can be as effective as a logical approach, though users who wish to review their strategies will enjoy the lively replay sequences. In the microworld of Workshop there will always be new shapes and new things to try – and finding out is fun.

The program uses a small number of words and symbols that can easily be found on the computer keyboard. Additionally the function keys have picture-labels and each machine generates its own particular sounds, so Workshop will serve as an amusing and imaginative introduction to the computer for young learners from the age of three upwards.