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Students can easily transfer documents wirelessly from their NEO 2 to Google Docs, Google's document, spreadsheet and presentation application. Once stored on Google Docs, they can access their work again from any internet-enabled computer to continue working. Or, they can use Google's sharing capability to allow peers or their teachers to review their work.
Here's an example of how you could use this new feature in your classroom:
- Teachers place a writing assignment on Google Docs.
- Students download the assignment to their NEO 2s and write their draft.
- Writing Buddies use NEO 2s IrDA capability to beam their drafts to each other for peer review, and then make their revisions.
- When finished, students upload their completed drafts to Google Docs for teacher review.
What a great way to build 21st century skills and give students a chance to work with the latest computing trends.
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| Students use MathFacts in a Flash on the NEO 2, which provides more opportunities to master their basic math facts. |
You already know that NEO 2 supports Accelerated Reader™, Renaissance Learning's reading practice software for building strong reading skills. Now, NEO 2 also supports MathFacts in a Flash, Renaissance's math practice software. Using NEO 2s for practicing math facts means every student can practice at their own pace and at their own desk as often as they have time to practice. With support for both Accelerated Reader and MathFacts in a Flash, your students can build a strong foundation for both math and reading*.
*Requires an active subscription to Accelerated Reader Renaissance Place and/or MathFacts in a Flash Renaissance Place
Whether you have one of the original green NEOs, one of the newer NEO 2s, or are about to make a new NEO purchase, you can provide text-to-speech capability with our new Text2Speech device. Text2Speech is an optional external device that costs just $129 and works with both NEO 1s and NEO 2s, and also supports Co:Writer for NEO word prediction software from Don Johnston. With a simple key command, students can turn text-to-speech on or off, configure it to read every letter, word, sentence or paragraph, or change the voice from male to female. Students can listen to the output through the headphones provided with Text2Speech or through a set of speakers connected to the Text2Speech device.
Because it is an external device, Text2Speech can be loaned out as needed or placed in a central location for any student to use with a NEO. Text2Speech will run for approximately 200 hours or 3000 words on two alkaline batteries.
Renaissance Learning has partnered with a number of key companies to provide additional content and functionality for the NEO 2. These partnerships include:
 Both NEO and MY Access! are known for their ability to help instruct and motivate students during the writing process. Together, they are an unbeatable combination for building strong writing skills in your students*. Using NEO 2's wireless file transfer capability, students can download a writing prompt from MY Access!, draft their response, and then upload their draft again to MY Access! for immediate feedback. Those who also use Accelerated Reader can benefit even more because MY Access! includes writing prompts that support the 100 most-read books by students. What a great way to connect reading and writing in the classroom.
To learn more about MY Access!, visit the Vantage Learning website at http://www.vantagelearning.com/school/products/myaccess/.
* Available Summer 2009
Use PowerZone's rich multimedia content and game strategies with NEO 2 to build student knowledge in math, science and social studies. PowerZone contains hundreds of carefully designed questions to assess student understanding and challenge student thinking. As teams strive for points, game strategy—combined with skill and knowledge—creates an unpredictable and suspense-filled contest.
For more information on PowerZone, visit the Learning Multi-Systems site at http://www.lmssite.com/.
Inspired by teachers and teaching experts, RM Easiteach's innovative and easy-to-use teaching tools are ideal for creating exciting and engaging lessons. These tools are software equivalents of familiar teaching tools that you already use in the classroom, including place-value cards for Math, sentence builder cards for English Language Arts, map building tools for Geography, and stopwatch and timer tools for Science. When combined with NEO 2's classroom response system, you can create engaging whole-class instruction that builds student skills across the curriculum.
To learn more about RM Easiteach, visit the RM Education website at http://www.rmeducation.com/easiteach.
By using A+ Software's interactive academic competitions, challenging quizzes and automated assessments with NEO 2, you can create a fun and engaging classroom where students are motivated to learn all day, every day. A+ Classroom Response software provides engaging, competition-style activities that work with NEO 2's classroom response system.
For more information about A+ Classroom Response Software, visit the American Education Corporation website at http://www.aplusclassroom.com/.
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