Odyssey Uses 21st Century Tools for 21st Century Learners
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For grades 3-12, Odyssey Academy offers the latest and most dynamic technology for delivery of its course content and connecting students with teachers. Switched-On Schoolhouse, published by Alpha Omega Publications, is not like traditional textbook curriculums. Instead of fixed one-dimensional lessons, Switched-On Schoolhouse has a lively mix of lessons, assignments, practice sessions, and quizzes reinforced by rich multimedia including movies, maps, timelines, learning games, and interactive projects. These lessons are sure to captivate your student's interest and engage him or her in their learning "odyssey".
Because we have chosen to use technology to deliver our educational content, we can always provide up-to-date curriculum. We upgrade every year to provide the most current content available. Switched-On Schoolhouse immerses your student in the subject through a dynamic mix of text and multimedia presentations. Questions and activities provide instant interactive feedback and will challenge your student's grasp of the info
Message Center - We are able to connect your student with our qualified teachers through the internal Message Center. When your student has a question, just send a message to the teacher. Your teacher is only "a fingertip away!" Your student's teacher will communicate with your student on a daily basis for the purpose of meeting their individual needs through the questions submitted within the internal message center. (Preview)
rmation. Quizzes and tests then prove the student's comprehension and understanding.
See some of the many features below. Click on "Preview" to view a demonstration.
Customizable Homepage Themes - Add your personality to SOS! The MiSOS theme lets students and parents pick colors, add photos, rearrange homepage applications, and create their own theme. Internet-ready users also can enjoy RSS feed options, as well as one-click access to a search engine tool and other resources. (Preview)
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We connect your student with our teachers through the built-in Message System. When your student needs help, he can attach a message directly to the problem making it easy for the teacher to visually see his question and then reply to meet the individual need.
Advanced Lesson Planning - Put away that bulky lesson planner! Your student will have a personalized lesson plan to pace him correctly and it can be easily modified if needed. (Preview)
Automatic Grading with Instant Feedback - Parents can easily preview assignments, keep track of student scores, and view what problems need further reveiw. This wonderful time-saving feature gives parents more hands-on time with students and less time with paperwork! (Preview)
Engaging Multimedia - Integrated into the curriculum, videos enhance the student's learning through visual and auditory instruction, and give them an up-close look at subject topics. Slide shows present visual illustrations. Timelines develop a love for history with one-click access. Tiny Tutors will audibly present further content to expand the student's comprehension. (Preview)
Animation, Graphics Enriching Games - Exciting learning activities help students grasp difficult concepts with fun, colorful, educational games. Games include Farmer Frank, All Right, Alpha 14, and Spelling Bee. (Preview)
Revised Content - Unlike traditional textbooks, our curriculum will brings your child up-to-date information, more activities, new problems, and text changes. Pluto is no longer a planet in our curriculum!
Book Reports and Projects - In grades 3-8 of Language Arts, student projects feature genre highlights, book lists, and links to additional resources. Throughout every subject, your child's research and writing skills will be developed through projects assigned by your teacher. We believe the development of strong writing skills is important to success as an adult. (Preview)
Interactive Student Resource Center - A calculator, interactive periodic table of elements, and a dictionary are provided for student convenience. (Preview)
Voice Automated Lesson Text - With this "text-to-speech" feature, students simply choose a passage or the entire lesson and have it read aloud to them.(Preview)
Enforced Mastery Learning Loop Enhancement - Because students learn at differing rates, some students require content delivery more times than others. We will customize your student's assignment settings with mastery learning as the goal. (Preview)
Extensive Tracking, Reporting and Printing Capabilities - The built-in Lesson Plan will tie due dates to each assignment. A red exclamation icon will alert parents when a student has fallen behind the lesson plan schedule. Tough we will provide official Progress Reports and maintain the permanent records,parents can also print Grade Reports. (Preview)
Daily Work Report - Track your student's day-to-day progress with this handy report tool! Parents can quickly view daily student activity, promote student accountability, and print valuable records for documentation. (Preview)
