Hand-held Reading Gadget

The hand-held gadget of which is described here is called The TeacherMate System by Innovations for Learning. This handheld computer is an integrated learning system that can adapt to any school's core curriculum, and effectively differentiates instruction by ananlyzing the scope and sequence of all major reading and math basa programs to ensure a quality alignment of TeacherMate activities with classroom instruction. The TeacherMate is a composition of reading/ math instruction, that introduces K-2 reading- phonics, spelling, and leveled guided reading literature in both English and Spanish. Students ar given repeated exposure to basic math facts and concepts such as number sequence, addition measurement, geometric shapes and fractions. This item also comes with its own headset, and can be used without a PC. Children in the classroom may find extra time to work on supplement work on reading or concepts in math, to go along with the lessons learned for that day. In the classroom, children can use this to reinforce what has been learned, or move on to another level in game-form. This gadget has 15 different lesson and levels of learning, has bright, colorful picures on the screen for viewing and a loud audio system that can also accommodate the hearing impaired students. There is a good sound control on the system, but the gadget vibrates when in progress by allowing the fingers to touch the small amplifiers on the sides of the gadget that enables the student to 'feel' the sounds coming through the system. More information on this item can be found @ www.innovationsforlearning.org.