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AOL has really jumped into the educational realm with both feet and the results are impressive. Writing Wizard provides students with personalized, online writing feedback on organization, grammar and spelling. Using something called E-RATER technology, the Writing Wizard lets students submit their essays and other written work, and receive individualized analysis and critiques electronically. (Note …
By coordinating with leading educational publishers, AOL has developed a method that really does teach and reinforce math lessons to children. Using curriculum that is in use throughout the country, users can pick chapters and sections to review or learn. The lessons are taught much as they would be in class with real teacher’s voices, …
Reading is best taught when it is a fun and stimulating experience, not drudgery that is viewed as dry and lifeless. AOL appears to have spent considerable time getting to know the likes and dislikes of new readers and has designed an online system that really reaches out and grabs youngsters. For just under $5 …
You simply cannot be too careful when it comes to children surfing the internet. We have heard the stories and understand that not everyone has the best intentions when it comes to kids. When it comes to content filters you want something that is always on guard but is also unobtrusive and doesn’t slow your …
We all know what is lurking “out there” on the Internet. We have all stumbled on “those” sites and shudder at the thought of our kids doing the same even while doing research for school. The people behind netTrekker, a very impressive online search tool for parents, teachers and students, really did their homework. Theirs …
Everyone needs a place they can call their own, the Children’s Internet is just such a place for young net surfers. We all want to be able to feel good about the wonder that is the Internet. The fact is that it is just too vast to police and certainly if you have children logging …
Leave it to Disney to create a true destination website for pre-schoolers. This wonderful new web service is chock full of so many activities and learning adventures that your child will think that the Internet was made just for them. The system is a completely interactive portal (after you download the very large software files) …
Being a parent requires all kinds of skills that you never knew you needed when you were young and on your own. Now there are decisions to be made, long-term decisions that require careful thought and planning. Getting sound advice is so important and FIParent.com is a great resource for beginning your education. Not sure …
The complexities of planning a vacation with the whole family are no surprise to anyone who has done it before. For those who are trying for the first time…whoa, good luck. Just so happens we can shed a little good luck your way by suggesting that you check out the Family Travel Forum. No matter …
Younger and younger they keep coming, where it stops know one knows but the folks at AOL have a plan. As our children become more and more comfortable with the concept of the Internet, (even as we try to keep up) parents are searching for structured destinations that give them the types of fun and …
