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Dataworks Australia is very excited to announce that as of August 1st, 2008, it will be the exclusive publisher and distributor of Kahootz 3 in Australia and New Zealand.

Effective immediately, Dataworks will commence distributing Kahootz 3 through its extensive network of education resellers. In the coming months, a home version of Kahootz 3 will also be available through major retailers in Australia and New Zealand.

Kahootz 3 is an educational software application that allows students aged 7-15 to create their own 3D content. Kahootz was specifically created by the Australian Children's Television Foundation for primary and secondary students as a multi-media construction tool-set. Children are able to create complex narratives, puzzles and presentations in a three dimensional world. The new Kahootz 3 has even more features such as Kahootz soundtracks, new 3D objects and worlds, new special effects, game making actions, integrated movie exporting, animated giffs and a new interface. Students can even import their own face onto a Kahootz character!

With Kahootz 3, students can use blue-screen technologies to create videos of themselves in a Kahootz 3D world. With much more cultural diversity of the Kahootz 3D library of objects, Kahootz 3 is also ideal for LOTE and SOSE teachers.
Kahootz 3 can be used across the curriculum to enhance and improve learning outcomes for all students. With a far greater level of interactivity than the previous version, Kahootz 3 is suitable for use in Maths, Science and ICT classes as well as LOTE classes where students can import various language sound files. Addition of a greater range of historical objects will allow students to recreate more History related scenarios. A greater range of food and health related objects will also allow students to create various Health and SOSE related scenarios.

"Dataworks is very proud to be the publisher and distributor of Kahootz 3 and is delighted to be working with the Australian Children's Television Foundation" said Andrew Lock, Managing Director of Dataworks. "Kahootz 3 is an outstanding creative and educational multi-media tool for students. As a wholesaler, we are very well-positioned to maximize sales of Kahootz 3 through both education and retail channels."
Jenny Buckland, CEO of the ACTF commented "The ACTF is delighted to be joining forces with Dataworks. The enthusiasm and publishing and distribution expertise of the team at Dataworks will ensure that Kahootz now reaches the widest possible group of users. Children all over Australia and New Zealand will be able to show off their creativity using the Kahootz 3 tools."