OpenBook provides a virtual campus with curriculum designed for
K-3 emergent literacy
3-8 advanced literacy and comprehension
stuctural vocabulary development and content- intensive comprehension for middle and high school
adult literacy
complete English as a foreign language
from beginner to TOEFL prep
Core Features
Professonal -broadcast recording of 32,000+ English words
Every text professionally read aloud
Text audio delivered in prosody or word-by-word
All audio can be slowed for better comprehension
Digital algorithms maintain pitch and phonemic integrity
Picture and animated illustrations for target vocabulary
Text-to-speech word processor
Wide variety of recorded voices: male, female, adult, child
recognizes/corrects phonemic spellings
Talking spell check
Core teaching and learning methodology developed at Columbia Teachers College: literacy-based and phonics-based instruction
Carnegie-Mellon phonetic coding
Tracks performance: reports at every level from the individual student, classroom, school, school district, multiple districts.
Data aggregation and disaggregation available
Tracks student progress in real time
Voice-mail student instruction and motivation through the OpenBook program
Teachers and students can access OpenBook off campus through OpenBook Teacher and OpenBook Homework
Grammar check
Customizable content
Create-your-own content through OpenBook Publisher
Professional language translation and support
Desktop speech pathologist modeling correct phoneme articulation
Student and teacher recording and playback
Response time – instant -- product bug free