Archive for the ‘Life at DreamBox Learning’ Category
February 19th, 2010
by Casey in Elementary teachers, Life at DreamBox Learning, Teaching Math
As DreamBox Learning’s Director of Marketing Programs to schools I spend most of my days working with school districts, principals, curriculum advisers, math coaches, and classroom teachers who are using DreamBox in their schools and districts. I introduce them to DreamBox Learning, answer their questions about our lessons, program, and curriculum, help them roll out [...]
Tags: K-2 math, Math games, teacher resources
November 3rd, 2009
by Sue in Life at DreamBox Learning
OK, Halloween is behind us, and we have the bowl of left-over candy in our kitchen to prove it. But one of our ace QA engineers is really good with a carving knife apparently. We wanted to share her handiwork with you!
Tags: pumpkin math
June 23rd, 2009
by Lou in Educational Software Market, Life at DreamBox Learning
That’s what I heard an advisor/investor of ours exclaim the other day. And he’s not far off. In addition to the Distinguished Achievement Award for Educational Toys and Games, DreamBox Learning was awarded the 2009 Association of Education Publishers highest honor: the Golden Lamp for Technology Innovation (Association of Educational Publishers). Since I’m quoting folks, I think I’ll [...]
Tags: AEP Distinguished Achievement Award, AEP Golden Lamp Award
May 20th, 2009
by Nigel in Elementary teachers, Life at DreamBox Learning, Math Learning, Teaching Math, Technology
The genesis of how DreamBox does assessment, and one of the reasons I am with the company, occurred over 30 years ago when one of my relatives was diagnosed with a learning disability.
This surprised us and shocked his teachers, who considered him to be in the upper middle to top third of the class for math. His test scores consistently supported this. In many areas he was significantly ahead of his peers. Yet a detailed examination with an expert showed that for him division just didn't compute. Put another way, his brain simply wasn't "wired for division".
Tags: Early learning, learning disabilities, Life at DreamBox Learning, Math Learning, teaching kids
May 12th, 2009
by Mickelle in K-2 Curriculum, Life at DreamBox Learning, Online Learning
Early on in the development of DreamBox Learning K-2 Math, as we began beta testing with 4-8 year olds, we figured out that our users would have a variety of mouse skills.
Tags: DreamBox team, Mouse skills
April 27th, 2009
by Tracy in Life at DreamBox Learning, Start-up Culture
Voting for Seattle's Best Startup ends on April 28! That means you have only one day to cast your ballot for DreamBox Learning. Here are three reasons to vote for DreamBox.
Tags: DreamBox Learning, dreambox satisfaction, math game, seattle 2.0 awards, seattle startups
April 22nd, 2009
by Tracy in Life at DreamBox Learning
Wishing everyone a happy earth day and wordless wednesday!
Tags: bunnies, earth day, hamsters, wordless wednesday
April 21st, 2009
by Mickelle in K-2 Curriculum, Life at DreamBox Learning, Online Learning
I’ve talked before about all the beta testing we completed before launching the product to the public. A significant portion of the beta testing took place in schools where the Academic Team (all certified elementary teachers with 75% having earned National Board Certification) could watch kids playing. We watched for signs of...
Tags: Testing DreamBox games
April 8th, 2009
by Tracy in Life at DreamBox Learning, Start-up Culture
We're proud to announce this is our 100th blog post. Let's hear it for us! DreamBox Learning started with ... dreams. We envisioned a world where every student enjoys an individually-tailored, world class learning experience.
Tags: Math Learning, Math learning tips, Math research, seattle 2.0 awards, seattle startups
April 3rd, 2009
by Tracy in Life at DreamBox Learning
Exciting news! DreamBox Learning was named the "Cool Site of the Day" on April 2, 2009. It's truly an honor...
Tags: award, cool site of the day, math learning game, online games, Online Learning
April 2nd, 2009
by Casey in Elementary teachers, Life at DreamBox Learning, Online Learning, Teaching Math
This was a very exciting week at DreamBox Learning. When we launched DreamBox K-2 Math we heard from hundreds of kindergarten, first and second grade teachers around the country...
Tags: DreamBox Math Classroom, first grade math, kindergarten math, Math Learning, Online Learning
February 19th, 2009
by Neil in Life at DreamBox Learning, Math in Real Life
While I put out bird seed in my backyard feeder like many of you, I also have helped keep hummingbirds alive through five Seattle winters, traveled to Antarctica and the Canadian tundra to take photographs of birds, and help care for shorebirds and seabirds at a local aquarium.
The Christmas Bird Count is one of the big yearly bird events in North America. Counting birds in their winter territories establishes expected norms which helps private and public conservation groups develop appropriate species conservation plans.
Tags: Birds and math, Christmas bird count, counting skills, learning to count, Math Learning, Subitizing
February 18th, 2009
by Ken in Life at DreamBox Learning
Parents, you can surprise your kids by setting the DreamBox Learning characters as your computer screen's background image (or you can display the DreamBox logo). Just click on the display size you want below, save it to your computer, and set it as your "wallpaper".
Tags: Adventure Friends, customize your monitor, desktop images, desktop wallpaper, DreamBox Learning, DreamBox Logo, fun downloads, screen shots
February 16th, 2009
by Cris in Life at DreamBox Learning, Math fun
The DreamBox Adventure park is a magical place where kids can choose which adventures they would like to explore. You have the choice of four themes...
Tags: 1st grade math, adventure games, DreamBox characters, Online Learning, Preparing for kindergarten
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