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Kimera Multimedia
Multimedia educational software for primary, middle and high school;
Interactive software, educational and reference materials on CD-ROM,
on the internet and on local servers.
For home and School
Our products:
- Have an user-friendly interface, which makes them easy to use even for people who have no previous
knowledge on using computers.
- Have Plug-and-Play user-friendly installation (just put the CD-Rom in your CD-driver).
- Combine entertainment and high quality educational material, so children learn while playing and having fun.
- Are developed in Latin America, so they respond to our context and educational curriculums.
- Take maximum advantage of all the possibilities multimedia has to offer -
animations, sound, video, pictures, illustrations, songs, voices -
presenting programs full of color and dynamism.
- "Guide" students through activities as they can hear the computer
"speaking".
- Provide tools that support collaborative learning, and guide
the admnistrations of online courses courses which complement traditional
materials such as CD ROM and lesson attendance.
Who we are
Kimera Multimedia is a Karisma trademark, that designs, develops
and publish educational and general interest titles in digital forms.
We produce and publish digital content on Internet and CD-ROMs. Our
products are currently avaiable in almost all Latin American countries
and used widely at schools and homes.
To develop Kimera Multimedia products we have created a network with specialized institutions in
pedagogy and educational media (in Colombia, other Latin American countries and Europe) and inidividual
experts of different domains to work with. We are also associated with qualified and multidisplinary team of
software engineers, graphic designers, industrial designers, sound and video engineers etc.
What we do
Since 1988 the company has been developing innovative multimedia solutions for educational purposes.
We have witnessed and participated of the immense changes that have taken place in the field, and have
evolved to take full advantage of the new educational, communicational and technological tools in our
products.
We produce mainly software geared to and designed for Latin American needs and contexts; therefore
we maintain an interest in developing innovative materials that adapt themselves to the needs and
requirements of our pedagogical and technical environment. Several products have been developed in
close collaboration with organizations devoted to the promotion and design of educational software in
different countries: Colciencias (Colombia), ILCE (Mexico), Joven Club (Cuba), INCI (Colombia),
IDEP (Colombia).
We also have a special interest in developing and adapting multimedia content and material for special
user groups: blind, poorly -sighted, deaf and hard hearing children and adults.
Several of our products currently meet the requirements of these special groups for example by containing
material in sign language (spanish) and adaptive colour paletes.
(see our Catalogue for more information).
Currently Kimera also publishes and edits products from other companies, which complement our
offer for the educational market.
Services through Karisma
Karisma publishes and edits its own material as well as third parties'. We have the necessary
knowledge and expertise to manipulate information for current digital book tools, e-books, which may be
required (.lit, .pdf or our own, .kim format). We edit institutional and training manuals, and also handle
interactive presentations on the web (html, xml).
Under the Karisma brand, we provide clients with the possibility
to present their printed content (text and images) in digital format
(CD-ROM or Internet) and take advantage of the following possibilities:
search by word, copy, print, annotate, highlight, change display and
/ or access to it on the internet. Such contents may be complemented
with sounds, videos, animations, trainers and evaluators. Other programs
may be called upon, so as to generate interaction and fun activities.
Additionally, we produce interactive CD-ROMs that complement existing
language, training and computer courses.
Our trajectory and experience have allowed us to develop our own
tools such as the "Karisma Reader" which is not only user
friendly, but also allows for an efficient and low cost production
process. Such advantages make it possible for us to work with different
editors who require new means of handling and presenting their texts,
with universities or institutions who need to preserve and distribute
different types of contents (research, books, polls, tutorials etc)
or promote and organize events, as well as with companies who require
training, promotional or entertainment material. It is important to
note that such products may be distributed (if needed) using Kimera's
and Karisma's distributing channels.
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