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Highly Anticipated Online Course Teaches Through Songs, Video, and Games

San Diego, Aug 19, 2009 – Nothing strikes fear in the hearts of students like the words “algebra class”.  A large percentage of students fail to learn algebra from traditional lectures, textbooks, and homework.  Now students and their instructors have another path to algebra success: the new Algebra Upgrade® online course from Learning Upgrade.

Algebra Upgrade features 60 interactive lessons with music-videos that offer clear step-by-step instruction.  Students solve algebra problems visually using drag-and-drop activities until they master each lesson.  Teachers and parents track progress using web-based assessment reports. The combination of songs, video, and games keeps students engaged and motivated. The goal is to help each student overcome algebra anxiety and make a breakthrough in algebra.

In testing this summer, over 1,000 students were enrolled in middle schools, high schools, and colleges.  A highly-engaged group of at-risk 8^th grade students in San Diego mastered all 60 lessons to prepare for Algebra 1 success in the fall.  Students at a New Jersey university completed Algebra Upgrade and then tested out of Basic Algebra I, jumping ahead to higher math courses.

Algebra Upgrade is available as a student course or a teacher whiteboard course.  Students complete the student courses individually using a web browser on a computer at home or at school.  Instructors use the teacher whiteboard courses for interactive classroom lectures using a data projector, Smartboard®, or Activboard®.  Algebra Upgrade covers the material in middle school and high school Algebra 1 classes and college Basic Algebra or Elementary Algebra courses.

Students can sign up for a free trial of Algebra Upgrade at learningupgrade.com.

School teachers and college instructors can visit learningupgrade.com to learn how the course integrates into their classes and to sign up for a free trial course.

About Learning Upgrade

Learning Upgrade is a creative team of teachers, musicians, artists, and programmers based in San Diego, California.  The company produces reading and math online courses featuring songs, video, and games to engage today’s media-savvy students. Over 200,000 students in over 40 countries have enrolled in Reading Upgrade, Comprehension Upgrade, and Math Upgrade.  Learning Upgrade’s goal is to help each student make a learning breakthrough.

San Diego Based Learning Upgrade Helps Students Stay Ahead with Fun Online Learning Courses for Reading and Math

Many students are prepared and excited to do well this year: Bags packed, summer reading list checked off, and visions of A’s and B’s on the refrigerator. There are, however, thousands of students starting the year already behind; sometimes by 2 or more years in reading and math. To the rescue is San Diego based Learning Upgrade who has fine-tuned its popular online courses, Reading Upgrade and Math Upgrade, to help students get a head start on the school year.
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Reading Upgrade V2 Uses New Methods To Teach Students And Adults With Dyslexia and Other Learning Disabilities

San Diego, CA (PRWEB) July 3, 2007 — Based on the results and feedback of thousands of students, teachers and parents around the world, Learning Upgrade has fined-tuned its popular online reading course, Reading Upgrade, to help students with dyslexia and other learning disabilities overcome reading blocks and effectively learn how to read.

Learning Upgrade found one of the keys to teaching students with dyslexia is to prevent the use of traditional coping methods such as memorization and guessing, which provide short term fixes rather than real, sustainable results.

Reading Upgrade Version 2 incorporates music, video, interactive games and randomization of questions and answer choices to create a fun, engaging and highly effective learning tool for all students and adult learners. Students with dyslexia, ADD and other special needs find that Reading Upgrade works where other methods fail because Reading Upgrade is able to fully engage the student and make learning fun.
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