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Learning
on the Move.
ISS is very pleased to have
both HP and Microsoft promoting our Cool Conversations Quiz & Traveling-Tutor learning
system. Bill Hagen, Microsoft Mobility Solutions for Education stated,
“Working with the I.S.S. Cool Conversations Traveling Tutor on a
handheld device, schools have an on-the-go education platform. The CCQ
application clearly demonstrates how the PDA can be used to motivate,
educate and evaluate students.”
 If
you don’t have an immediate budget to make the PDA a classroom and “take
home” learning tool, CCQ will run on all of your school’s PC’s.
Cool
Conversations (CCQ) Traveling-Tutor™ is a complete study, testing,
assessment, content development and reporting application that gives any
Microsoft Windows® based computer, including desktop PCs, laptops and
other handheld devices the ability to interact verbally with users.
You can even get second language support in SPANISH if it will benefit
some of your students!
Take a look at the PDF overview file for more details.
To request purchase information
for your classroom, school or district, fill out the request form at
this link:
CLICK HERE FOR INFORMATION ON PURCHASING
Get a copy of our
CCQ Introductory
Newsletter (click here).
You may take a look at our
on-line demo and tutorial section at:
GO TO DEMOS
We look forward
to helping you put this research-based anytime, anywhere learning
solution to work for you students. CCQ is easily customizable to their
needs. The verbal interaction will speed learning and increase
engagement. The reporting features will let you monitor their
progress.
CCQ Traveling-Tutor™ Extends the Classroom with Anytime, Anywhere Learning
 The
CCQ Traveling-Tutor™ program empowers students by merging computer-based
speech technology with the latest advances in mobile technology and PDAs
(Personal Digital Assistants). The result is a pioneering “walking,
talking computer”.
The April 2007 issue of Technology & Learning the magazine
stated “…the digital divide’s newest defining characteristic is 24/7
access to a personal computing device.”
From
the June/July 2007 issue of Smartphone & Pocket PC Magazine:
 CCQ is at the forefront of
creatively using technology to help America’s students… “A reading tutor
program helps with advancement in reading; and with students and
parents…a mobile tool (the CCQ Traveling-Tutor™) that can read to you …is
like having a personal tutor.” - Article entitled, “Bringing Mobility
to the Ultimate Information Workers: Students” by Nathan Clevenger and
Bill Hagen.
CCQ
Traveling-Tutor™ requires no connection to the Internet to function,
bridging the opportunity to students without access to Internet-based
programs outside of school. Once content is loaded on the mobile device,
students can work in school, on the bus, at home, anywhere and anytime.
The CCQ system stores a report of all of the student’s activity which is
transferred to the teacher’s computer when they return to the classroom.
Proven Methodology. Years of
experience and trials as well as
 comparative studies of conventional
methods of teaching and learning have demonstrated that the interactive
speech methods used by the CCQ Traveling-Tutor™ are engaging for students
and result in better acquisition of new knowledge and development of
reading skills. Presentation of computer-generated speech reinforces
acquisition of the phoneme-grapheme relationship and reading aloud to
the student reduces effort in reading skill development. Studies
included instances where 3rd graders starting 3 years below grade level
averaged 2 years of progress in eight months. CCQ is an anywhere,
anytime education system to support America’s teachers and help insure
that more students are able to successfully progress from elementary
school through high school.
The
Traveling-Tutor™ is ideal for ESL (English as a Second Language) students and their
families with second language support provided in Spanish and options
for any of over 20 language combinations. CCQ Talking Tutor can also be
used for English speaking students who want to learn or improve their
proficiency in another language or need to take classes in another
language. Benefits extend to other family
members in the home environment; helping families reach new levels of
achievement.
 Samuel
Peterson a Teacher and Reading Specialist in Boyd Anderson High School,
Broward County Schools, Florida stated, "The CCQ Traveling-Tutor™ has had
a profound effect upon the way in which students approach the learning
process. They are focusing more easily on the material as a result of
how it is being presented. The verbal structure, with elements that
make it feel like a video game, is clearly engaging for students and
they exhibit enthusiasm for reading and studying. Even those students
that generally display task avoidance behavior have shown a definite
desire to work with the study content in the CCQ format and make a solid
effort to demonstrate positive results. I believe we will see ongoing
progress with these students, particularly in reading skills, because
the program addresses the specific learning styles of each student with
emphasis on phonemic awareness."
Interactive Speech Solutions, LLC
100 N.W. 70th Avenue, Suite 115
Plantation, Florida 33317
email:
info@getccq.com
Phone: 954
793-4858
Fax: 954 793-4859
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