| New CD-ROM for Student Success Lands Industry Awards
Researched-based Learning & Studying CD-ROM BrainCogs™ Receives Multiple Honors BOSTON, MA Media and Methods Magazine's Portfolio Awards 2002 is an annual event which honors outstanding companies and their products in the educational marketplace. Judges choose their winner from hundreds of entries based on the product's versatility, comprehensiveness, ease-of-use, ability to motivate, and innovativeness. Michele Sokoloff, publisher of Media and Methods Magazine, states, "All of us at Media & Methods applaud and acknowledge the commitment to developing quality educational materials and tools demonstrated by these winning companies and their products. The sheer number of entries for the 2002 Awards Portfolio is much more than the previous year, which make the results much more competitive and significant." The second of the two awards, The District's Choice Award,
is designed to honor superior products and services in public education.
"This is a huge honor for our team," shares Peter Reynolds,
founder and president of FableVision. He adds, "BrainCogs
being named as one of the best educational products of 2002 validates
our belief that the work of the Research Institute for Learning and
Development is a significant step toward helping all students achieve
their personal best." FableVision's VP Gary Goldberger concurs, "FableVision's
mission is to help each learner by tapping into his or her own learning
styles - being recognized for the mission is additional inspiration
for both teams." Based on over a decade of research and clinical work
by Dr. Lynn Meltzer, Dr. Bethany Roditi
at The Research Institute for Learning and Development (Research
ILD) in Lexington, Massachusetts, FableVision designed, produced
and published the BrainCogs CD-ROM. "The CD-ROM allows our approach
to reach more children and educators who desperately need help - especially
as they face the pressures of high-stakes testing," The PC/Mac CD-ROM, containing ten hours of animation and activities, helps students develop a personalized plan to enhance the five cognitive processes (a.k.a. "brain cogs") involved in preparing for and taking quizzes and tests. Thirteen strategies are presented giving students ways to support those "cogs" and results in a personalized plan highlighting those that work best for each student. Led by Peter Reynolds, FableVision Studios (http://www.fablevision.com) leverages multiple media platforms including animation, books, CD-ROM, and web to create "stories that matter, stories that move" for children, adults and families, museums, publishers and broadcasters. The company continues to build an award-winning reputation among the educational, publishing and cross-media landscape.
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and District Administrator's District's Choice Award,
add to the praise that this innovative CD-ROM software has already garnered
around the country. Bob Chase, the president of the
National Educational Association (NEA), praised BrainCogs,
stating, "BrainCogs coaches all students to learn, study and ultimately
to navigate their own potential. It is a powerful tool to help realize
our goal of helping all children succeed."
say Dr. Meltzer. The FableVision-Research ILD collaboration is continuing
as the organizations have teamed up once again to produce a companion
CD-ROM that deals with the challenges of successful essay writing. The
new product will be completed by fall 2002.
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