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Kid s College Penn State "What an obvious approach to use sports to teach. Kids beg to play Kid s CollegeTM. How refreshing!" Ms. Janet Hagood Title 1 Resource Coordinator Jefferson County School District Birmingham AL Description: Developed with the needs of students and teachers in mind Kid s CollegeTM is the most popular math and language software in America s elementary schools -used by over 1 million students! The program enriches the instructional objectives of the classroom teacher and generates meaningful student data to help narrow the achievement gap. Successfully field tested in classrooms across the nation Kid s CollegeTM has been praised by teachers for its unique effectiveness in reaching all students - especially those that have consistently proven to be unreachable. Through popular sports games for both boys and girls Kid s CollegeTM creates a familiar environment in which kids want to succeed. Kid s CollegeTM has been proven through classroom testing to assist teachers in raising student math and language test scores by 20% in only four weeks! (Research conducted among kindergarten second and fourth grade students). But it s only when you see the smiling eager faces of students and enthusiastic teachers celebrating student achievement that you will truly understand and appreciate the immediate and residual impact of this unique program. Features: Kid s CollegeTM teaches through interactive sports activities kids love! While playing interactive sports activities a student s academic achievement unlocks exciting new levels of activities and more progressively challenging state standards-based questions. Kid s CollegeTM is a proven solution for all students - on-grade Title 1 gifted and special needs. The program motivates all students - boys and girls - without bias as to race gender or socio-economic background! Kid s CollegeTM is fun! Students stay focused and on-task without supervision. Student s increased efforts result in improved test scores and a narrowing of the achievement gap! Minimum System Requirements For PC: Windows 98 ME 2000 XP Pentium II 233 MHz 32 Mb Ram 16 bit sound card Minimum System Requirements For MAC: MacOS 9.1 or later 150 Mhz or better 90 MB RAM 350 MB harddisk free Testimonials : Cheryl T. Bosch - Title 1 Aide French Settlement Elementary School LAOur teachers are excited because the students are learning and the students are excited because they are having fun. I m always saying that learning should be fun and this program provides that for our students. So on behalf of the students teachers and myself we all say THANKS!!! Nancy Hopson Hampton Elementary Hampton TN Thank you so much for the SEC Educational software! I have loaded it on most of the computers in the lab and the students have been playing the games. It was very easy to load and has not had any problems running on all the different types of computers. The students really enjoy the games and several have said it is the best thing we have done in the lab! Bradley A. Beatty Hawesville Elementary School Hawesville KY We have been using the software in all subject areas! The math and language areas allow the children a fun new way to discover the subject. The other areas give children exciting ways to learn the fifty states. I like how you can advance the difficulty of the problem each time. Thanks for such a great product! Gayle Allen East Newton Elementary Covington GA The children are loving it! They get so excited when they see their favorite team s mascots on the screen. I have been able to direct them to appropriate activities that are backing up what they are doing in their classrooms. I like the flexibility I have in choosing the subject and skills. Thanks again for a wonderful product! Felecia Ruse Mitchell-Nielson Elementary Murfreesboro TNThank you for providing such a wonderful game for my students. I have installed it on every computer in the lab and it is by far the most popular. Not only have I seen improvement in the students math and language knowledge they are also working together and building friendships. I have had many parents request the address of where to purchase it. Thanks for giving my students the opportunity to increase their knowledge in such an enjoyable way. Sally Tullier Teacher Shannon Elementary Morgan City LA When I introduced the game to my children they were highly motivated by the sports themes and their interaction with the characters. They played in teams and formed consensus answers on their first day of play. They were congratulating each other and taking turns. My kids had a great time! They not only reinforced language and math skill areas they practiced cooperative learning standards. Thanks for a great game! Sandy Ross Teacher Frenchburg KY (Grades 2-5) I am currently using the program with grades 2-5 and my students love the activities. I have trouble getting them to leave when our scheduled lab time is over they beg for "just one more minute please!" when it s time to go. Thank you for providing such a motivating program which makes learning fun and enjoyable. Keep up the good work! Jules Michel Principal Jackson MS I want to thank you for such a well-done piece of software. I am a principal of an elementary school of 500 and each grade level is using this software. It is the most popular on campus. The students use it for review and for enrichment. The classes really get into competition with each other. As a former high school principal I encourage you to produce similar software for middle and high school students. Kaye Pope Margaret Newton Elementary (PreK-6) This is an excellent program! I have installed it on the computers in our lab and the students love "playing" as they learn and reinforce skills. Thank you! Bruce Brandes Parent of two children Orlando FL I must tell you this story about how Kid s College is impacting my children. We usually take our kids to the Swamp and watch the Gators at least twice a year. Normally we leave at halftime because they are tired hot bored...you name it. However at the last game when we started to leave my daughter says that she wants to wait until the end of the 3rd quarter. We ask her why and she tells us about the tradition of singing "We are the boys from old FLORIDA!" I asked her where she learned about this and she tells me Kid s College. I can t tell you how incredible it is to know that my children are not only developing their math and reading skills but also learning what it is to be a GATOR. Great product! Thanks for communicating to our children on THEIR level. They will be ready for college. Go GATORS! Dr. Walter Tilghman Counselor Big Ridge Elementary The students are learning math geography and language arts and having fun doing it. The different games and learning levels are perfect because all students can pick a starting point. Once they get started there is no stopping them. Michele Rich Holly Springs Elementary Canton GA I am very excited to use this program in my classroom. I am a devoted SEC fan and I teach children who are behind in school. This is a great program that I can use to motivate my students for learning. Many of my students are boys and the Kid s College software is perfect for them. They all want to play BALL! Thank you for supporting education and teamwork! We can use all the help and resources we can!! Lori Miller Wacona Elementary School K-5 Your games are great! Love that they reinforce math and language arts skills while allowing the kids to have fun at the same time! Timothy Beasley Teacher West Point GA My students continue to enjoy Kid s College. I like the use of the different teams because many of them are the ones we are following in our Sporting Adventure activity. I have been really impressed with the response the girls have had. They really enjoy the cheerleading soccer and word finds the best. Since I am a graduate of Auburn University I am very pleased that the SEC is behind this type of educational program. This is an exciting way for students to learn different academic skills as well as develop an interest in the SEC and different sports. I would be interested in the assessment CD you have planned for next year. Testing is a big focus for all of us. Thanks again. Holly Broom Crawford Elementary Ruston LA I have decided to use this software for my students all year for their individual computer time. The program is educational and the best part is that it is FUN! I teach 1st grade and the program has different levels that can be changed based on the students needs. Most programs have a too easy level or too hard level. There is no in between. This software is great for any age. As for the teams I let my students choose their team. They like the pictures of the mascots instead of just a list of the teams with words only. This is also easier for me because I am still teaching the other students while one student is on the computer. The software is easy to understand and play. As for the games for boys and girls my students like all the sports. However none of my boys have chosen cheerleading (yet.) Most games with sports are strictly for boys. This software is DIFFERENT. This software is fun and the students are still learning and do not realize that they are learning. They are caught up in trying to get a touchdown or score a basket. Thank you for the software! Susan Miles Big Sandy TN I have just installed Kid s College on the computers in my classroom and it is great. My kids are loving it. We are all big college football fans and the kids love to play on the teams from the SEC. Thank you so much for such a wonderful treat. We plan to install this on the network for all of our students to enjoy. Bitsy Foster Hursey Elementary School (K-5)I printed out language arts sheets at nearly every level. The sheets are wonderful directions clear easy to use. I m glad that the sheets themselves do not specify the levels. You have done an excellent job! Kristi Crain Franklinton Elementary This is great! My students love the practice and I love that it correlates to National Standards. David Brothers Teacher Chickamauga GA We have used Kid s College in several classrooms for the past few weeks. This is a good piece of educational software. Many thanks and kudos to the SEC for providing this service to our schools!
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