Posts Tagged ‘DreamBox Learning’

To a kid, there are no sweeter words than summer vacation. No more pencils, no more books…. But this doesn’t mean they can’t have fun learning this summer. Research shows avoiding the “summer slide” can have a profound effect on your child’s learning development. You may already know that DreamBox Learning is a wonderful source for [...]

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.

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".

The DreamBox Adventure park is a magical place where kids can choose which adventures they would like to explore. Four themes are available to DreamBox players; Pirates, Pixies, Dinosaurs and, Pet Friends! These themes as well as the stories and adventures that kids explore were inspired by and suggested by kids we've talked to and some of our school beta testers! The DreamBox creative team thanks them all for inspiring us and helping us make a great product!

The DreamBox Adventure park is a magical place where kids can choose which adventures they would like to explore. Four themes are available to DreamBox players; Pirates, Pixies, Dinosaurs and, Pet Friends!

There is nothing like the excitement of launching a new product after years of work. I enjoyed the privilege of joining the celebration lunch with the DreamBox team.

I’ve been in the software biz for 22 years or so, not counting high school and university. (If you want to add that, call it 28 years!) Of the companies I’ve worked for, this is the most balanced, professional, and most oriented towards shipping product. I love the way we have combined software, creative, teaching, marketing, and [...]

Dear Mr. President, A week ago you stood in front of the nation and spoke the following words: “That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood . . . our schools fail too many . . . [But] we will transform our schools and colleges and universities to meet the demands of a new age. All this we can do. And all this we will do.” We at DreamBox Learning welcome your words.

Today’s blog round-up is dedicated to the burgeoning field of EdTech. For those who haven’t heard, “EdTech” is the portmanteau of “education” and “technology,” and explores ways the two are being meshed. As such, EdTech bloggers represent a new genre of educators, academics, and enthusiasts who are interested in using technology to fuel a more [...]

All of us at DreamBox Learning sincerely wish all of you a happy holiday season and the very best in the new year!

In the seemingly infinite blogosphere it can be a huge investment of time to figure out which education blogs are most worth reading. Luckily, DreamBox has done the work for you, reading many education blogs on the internet to tell you about some of the very best. When we created this blog round-up, we looked for [...]

I just got back from a great three day "Dust or Magic" conference run by Warren Buckleitner for people who create children's technology products. (The title is a quote from a 17th century philosopsher named Matsuo Basho: "An idea can turn to dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it.")

One of our favorite things to do as we prepare to release a new beta is to invite parents and their child(ren) to come to our offices for early usability testing; mostly because it gives us a chance to observe and interact on many levels.

As we get closer to launching DreamBox Learning’s first product, an online adventure game that teaches serious math, and we see more and more kids in beta testing, we’re realizing how many advantages there are to online learning games.

Late in 2005, when my co-founder Ben and I first started talking about the notion of DreamBox Learning, we knew that the eLearning market was, as one person put it, “an elusive quarry”.