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BEAVERTON, Ore., Oct. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- StudyDog (http://home.studydog.com/parents/), the only online reading program that customizes each child's learning experience right from the start, today announced the launch of its home edition. For the past five years, StudyDog has been used in 3,000 schools across the country. Now, parents can use StudyDog to bolster their children's learning at home. StudyDog's technology platform differentiates it from other online reading programs on...
THE WORLD'S FIRST SOCIAL eREADER -- INTRODUCING THE NEW KOBO VOX eREADER: INSPIRED BY VOX POPULI; VOICE OF THE PEOPLE -- START CONVERSATIONS AND ENGAGE WITH FRIENDS AND OTHER READERS AROUND THE WORLD, DISCOVER NEW BOOKS THROUGH FACEBOOK -- ENJOY READING OUTDOORS WITH THE MOST ADVANCED 7 INCH AFFS+ MULTIMEDIA TOUCHSCREEN WITH ANTI-GLARE -- READ IN VIVID COLOR WITH RICH CONTENT FOR ALL AGES INCLUDING...
Intensive daily training for a limited period is better for children with reading and writing difficulties than the traditional remedial tuition offered by schools, reveals new research from the University of Gothenburg. Around 5% of school children in Sweden have problems learning to read and write on account of difficulties with word decoding. Phonemic building blocks "Most researchers agree that the underlying problem is a limited phonological ability, in other words limited...
NEW YORK, Sept. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The options keep changing and bookstores are starting to feel the pressure. One major chain closed its doors for good this month while some of the others have rolled out their own e-Reader devices and are upgrading them regularly. Even The New York Times has changed the way it looks at bestsellers. It used to be just fiction and non-fiction; now it's also print versus e-Reader. And this is for a good reason as one in six Americans (15%) uses an...
The U.S. Department of Education supports the development of Readorium, a web-based software solution to help middle school students comprehend non-fiction text in the area of science. Teaneck, NJ and Lincroft, NJ (PRWEB) August 09, 2011 Mtelegence Corporation has been awarded a Phase II SBIR contract from the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) to develop Readorium, a web-based software solution to help middle school students comprehend non-fiction text...
ST. PAUL, Minn., June 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Read Naturally, Inc. announced today the launch of Read Live, the latest generation of Read Naturally's research-based programs: Benchmark Assessor Live and Read Naturally Live. Read Live's powerful web-technology platform gives administrators the ability to easily deploy these programs whether on a single computer or across an entire district. "We are thrilled to introduce Read Live, our newest intervention and assessment tool," CEO and Read...
"Uncovering the Logic of English," an innovative book on reading and spelling education for parents and educators wins National Awards by providing a simple, clear solution to the educational crisis.Rochester, MN (PRWEB) June 09, 2011 According to the National Reading Panel, 68% of fourth graders and 69% of eighth graders read below grade level. As politicians, administrators and teachers' unions debate about budgets and policies, children's achievement levels continue to slip. In...
FRANKLIN, Tenn., June 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- K12Reader.com, an online resource for reading instruction, has launched a free K-5 spelling curriculum that incorporates sight words, academic vocabulary and grade-level appropriate word patterns. The K12Reader.com free spelling words curriculum incorporates all 1,000 Fry sight words and grade-school academic vocabulary based on science, social studies, mathematics and language arts standards. The new curriculum also incorporates grade-level...
TORONTO, April 25 /PRNewswire/ - Remember the famous Christmas Food Court Flash Mob that went viral with over 32 million views last year? It was produced by Niagara Falls based Company Alphabet Photography Inc. (www.alphabetphotography.com). The company is at it again as they recently presented Prince Charles with an Official Alphabet Photography "Will (heart) Kate" framed print". http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20110425/TO762 At the Ideal Homeshow in London, England, the...
Wrinkled Pants software is proud to announce the release of My Word! Reader! Are Bees Smart, or What? available for the iPad on iTunes. Vancouver, BC (PRWEB) April 20, 2011 My Word! Reader is a unique and innovative software application especially designed to raise literacy levels of elementary and secondary school students who struggle with inadequate reading skills, thus affecting their work in every area of the curriculum. High interest stories, with mature content and reader-friendly...
