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About Kangaroo

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Kangaroo’s best bits are brought to you in this latest version!

We’ve taken all the things you love about Kangaroo including the Virtual Job Interview, Career Trek, Health and Safety Quizzes and video clips of people at work and distilled them down into an information-light, but interactive-full newly revised disc.

So what is Kangaroo?

Kangaroo is a multi-media, interactive CD-ROM and Internet gateway produced by the East Midlands Connexions Consortium. In Nottingham and Nottinghamshire it is available in every Connexions Centre and has been sent to all schools and colleges. It is also available to any of our partners (such as youth and community groups, libraries and training providers), young people and their parents or carers.

Free discs for parents and carers!

What’s in Kangaroo? Here’s just a taste of what’s in it!

  • Virtual Job Interview
    The interactive on screen interview – be interviewed and get tips. Test your interview skills against our panel...*Dare you come up against the nightmare interviewers?

  • Career Trek
    Journey into the future – the interactive careers game with a difference. Can you erase the memory of the Security Guard to escape?

  • Oops, Ouch, Aargh!
    Spot those dangers in the workplace and stay safe!

  • Extra Support – ‘Listen to Me’
    Interactive personal statement activity for young people who need additional support.

  • Plus videos of people at work, quizzes and activities around the world of work, downloadable worksheets to help young people plan their future, links to interactive websites and local information.

Click here to see a picture of the Kangaroo main board. UPDATED

Download this guide to Kangaroo (PDF) UPDATED

To request your copy of the latest disc email us.

Kangaroo has links to our website for young people: www.sortitonline.com

Download a PDF of What's new on Sortitonline. UPDATED

There is support material available to help you use Kangaroo in group work sessions: Kangaroo support material

Contacts

For more information on Kangaroo, contact "Kangaroo", Information Development Team, Connexions Nottinghamshire, Heathcote Buildings, Heathcoat Street, Nottingham NG1 3AA
Tel: 0115 983 8960, fax: 0115 912 6612
E-mail: kangaroo@cnxnotts.co.uk

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