eAcademy Combining today’s fundamentals: Education and Innovation

It is estimated that 1,030,000 K-12 students engaged in online courses during the 2007-08 school year, a 47% increase over the 2005-2006 school year.The International Association for K-12 Online Learning, 2009

Teachers who have taught online classes overwhelmingly agree on the advantages: 76% believe that online learning benefits students by putting them in control of their own learning.Speak Up 2008 Report, Learning in the 21st Century: 2009 Trends Update

Students report widespread interest in online learning, but few opportunities to take courses. Almost half of 6-12th graders have researched or are interested in

taking an online class, and more than 40% believe that online classes should be part of an “ideal school.”

Speak Up 2008 Report, Learning in the 21st Century: 2009 Trends Update

Students in full-time online schools possess significantly higher to equal social skills as students in traditional schools according to a 2009 study. The study

showed that online school students tend to be involved more often and at a deeper level with activities outside the school day, which were highly

correlated with good social skills.Interactive Educational Systems Design, Inc., May 2009

Does your online program do all that it can?

ü I can adapt curriculum to individual student needs and the scope and sequence of my school or department.

I can easily adapt my curriculum for varied purposes such as summer school, credit recovery, and gifted and talented education.

I am confident that my curriculum covers all academic standards for my state.

My program offers a truly innovative approach to presenting material using multi-media that engages various learning styles.

My parents have access 24 hours a day to up-to-the-minute student progress information.

My instructors, parents, and students are automatically informed immediately if a student falls behind in their understanding of the material.

My students, teachers, parents, and administrators can access all of the tools they need through a single portal with one log-in.

My instructors have received extensive professional development in how to effectively teach online, and I can closely monitor and report on the effectiveness of each teacher and give feedback in real-time.

All of the technology that runs my program works seamlessly together, which automates and eliminates many steps in registration, attendance, grading, reporting, etc.

Reports of the data I need, including state reporting, are easily accessible anytime I need them.

My needs for technical support are being met.

My providers are constantly working to improve and expand their offerings, providing me with a better and more diverse product.

My program is highly competitive with other online offerings in my state.

A partnership with EdisonLearning guarantees your online program is leveraging the benefits of today’s technology while ensuring student achievement and your success.

Online learning, virtually limitless

EdisonLearning™ Online offerings are innovative educational solutions for a 21st

century world. Our online learning capabilities effectively leverage technology to ensure the success of both students and schools.

EdisonLearning’s customized virtual solutions boast:

Improved access to xindividualized learning

Engaging and rigorous curriculum x Top-quality instruction xMeasurable student achievement x

Innovative and engaging

Our mission is to make top quality, innovative, online education available to all students. By using the most current technologies, customized curriculum and a distinct focus on practices which drive student success, EdisonLearning Online prepares students for post-secondary education and today’s workplace.

Everybody learns in different ways – requiring different educational approaches and pacing. And, for some students, it’s about more than just the benefits that a more tailored education affords. For some, online learning offers the flexibility needed when physical challenges and personal obligations necessitate when and where people learn.

Removing the barriers that keep students from reaching their true potential is what drives our online solutions.

EdisonLearning Online emphasizes:

End-to-end or tailored systems that fit the xneeds of your students

Personal, customized learning experience xfor every student

High levels of student engagement x Superior user experience x Robust reporting capability x Student focused, data-driven decision xmaking using real-time achievement data

Functionality and best practices that xincrease efficiency and save time and money

Ability for rapid and efficient xprogram growth

How does your program stack up?

Online learning can be a powerful tool. With the right content and technology platform, you can not only offer high quality courses to students, but also reach new levels with tracking, reporting, and administrative efficiencies.

eAcademy: Your program, your way

Every organization is unique, and has its own challenges and needs. EdisonLearning offers you online solutions tailored to the specific needs of your students and your organization. We offer a vast number of options and will work with you to build the program that is right for you.

eAcademy is the only comprehensive solution designed to help you start and/or run a complete online program. Boasting the flexibility needed to use your own staff, or EdisonLearning’s highly experienced administrators, teachers and educational and operational experts, eAcademy is a true end-to-end solution for your online needs.

eAcademy combines a state-of-the art platform (eSchoolware) with world class curriculum and assessments (eCourses) and Best Practices. The model focuses on delivering a personalized online learning community designed around each student’s needs and aspirations.

x Personalized EdisonLearning creates a customized instructional plan for every student, adapting it to their schedule, pace and academic needs.

xOnline Students plug in from anywhere via the Internet to a modern-day “classroom without walls.”

x Learning eAcademy students connect to outstanding courses taught by high quality teachers offering individualized attention.

EdisonLearning wants to service your online needs in a manner you choose. eAcademy allows easy customization at the program or school-wide level, department level, course level, and individual student level. This high degree of personalization gives your organization the ability to provide each student the ultimate opportunity to learn and achieve.

eCourses

Every student is a unique individual with their own learning needs. EdisonLearning eCourses take online learning to its highest potential by leveraging the opportunity for customized instruction.

Based on highly researched methodology and unique industry experience, EdisonLearning eCourses are designed to personally engage 21st century students.

Multi-media engagement x Lessons are introduced and reinforced using multiple learning styles and media. Highlights include videos, podcasts, interactive activities, customized printable textbooks, messaging, digital notebooks, printable textbooks, forums, blogs, and more.

Individualized learning x Instruction can be adapted to each student’s needs and interests.

xModular design Lessons contain only one to two objectives, which keep students focused and allow individualized learning.

x Accountability A unique daily assessment and tracking system allows immediate intervention when students fall below school-defined achievement levels.

x Standards alignment Fully aligned to National and State standards.

To ensure that we provide you superior, innovative, rigorous curriculum, EdisonLearning has partnered with a leading expert in the online learning field, Dr. Paul Kim, Associate Dean and Chief Technology Officer of the Stanford University School of Education. Dr. Kim, a driver of innovation in the online learning industry, leads the comprehensive review and evaluation of eCourses content, design, interface, instruction and enhanced student performance.

eSchoolware

EdisonLearning’s eSchoolware is an easy-to-use, customizable, integrated software suite that serves as the foundation for your comprehensive online learning program.

This unique offering provides the tools you need to...

develop, manage and deliver your own or xthird-party content.

report on student progress and xperformance.

track and monitor student activity and xprogress including built-in interventions.

manage registration and scheduling. x facilitate communication and sharing xbetween users.

EdisonLearning’s in-house team of engineers will work with you to ensure that all of your system needs are met, from set-up and support to training and detailed customization. If you find that you need an added feature, special measurement criteria or custom report that is not included in the system, EdisonLearning engineers can create it for you.

EdisonLearning™ eAcademyeCourses eSchoolware Best Practices

Multi-media engagement System Portal Effective instruction

Individualized learning Information Management System System administration

Modular design Content Management System Professional development

Accountability Instructional tools Program start-up and support

Standards alignment System set-up and configuration

Curriculum customization

“Accountability and mastery are two

attributes that I demand for our

students when searching for online

courses. eCourses are centered

around those ideals. They are

interactive, easy to navigate, and

hold the students to high standards

of learning.”

- Andrew T. Maoury

Upper School Academy Director

Pennsylvania

Why partner with EdisonLearning?

EdisonLearning’s decades of experience building, running and improving brick-and-mortar schools has naturally progressed into an expertise within the online learning realm.

From our inception, our success has hinged on a common philosophy we call the Four Cornerstones™ of highly effective schools. The importance of the Four Cornerstones approach is that EdisonLearning solutions are holistic – both comprehensive and cohesive, with all parts of the solution interacting and supporting one another for a total solution that is far more than the sum of its parts.

Top Talent EdisonLearning provides support, best practices and professional development to ensure our partners become high quality online practitioners with improved overall capacity.

EdisonLearning x Online functionality offers effective professional development for teachers

Systems, tools and features allow teachers to observe xstudent progress more closely, promoting more tailored, effective instruction

EdisonLearning trains teachers to teach online. Within just xa few days, teachers will be able to manage their online course. With ongoing training, teachers will become 150% more efficient within 12 months

Culture of Engagement and Aspiration Online learning offers students, parents and teachers innovative ways to connect with the learning process.

Forward-thinking content and presentation creates greater xstudent engagement

EdisonLearning’s state-of-the-art online learning tools xallow parents to remain actively involved in their student’s schooling

Messaging and forums for a virtual community promote xcommunication among students and teachers

The combination of EdisonLearning’s college prep courses xand the incorporation of our intervention tools ensure students are well prepared for college level work

Achievement-Driven Management A comprehensive set of tools, best practices and resources helps you monitor student progress and ensure success.

Robust reporting and data systems allow for real-time xprogress and performance tracking based on student data

Online activity monitoring and early warning and intervention xsystems allow administrators and teachers to alter instruction if need be to maximize student achievement

EdisonLearning x Online offers comprehensive measurement criteria. If our partners are looking for custom data fields, EdisonLearning Online experts will create them for you!

The foundation of the EdisonLearning approach to EducationOur Four Cornerstones philosophy

Demanding Content and Customized Instruction We provide a rich, challenging, research-based curriculum; best-practice instructional methods and tools; and the resources needed to tailor instruction to the needs of every student.

Content is aligned to National and State standards x EdisonLearning’s partnership with Dr. Paul Kim of xStanford University guarantees superior, innovative, rigorous curriculum

Modular design keeps students focused and allows xindividualized learning tailored to each student’s unique needs

xEdisonLearning Online offers over 100 courses across a broad range of topics

What can EdisonLearning Online do for you?

At EdisonLearning, we strongly believe in every child’s ability to achieve. We value the importance of engaging students in their education and ensuring that they have what they need to succeed academically and in life. As educators ourselves, we also understand the challenges that you face as you struggle to meet accountability mandates with stretched resources. Our online services were developed with both you and your students in mind.

EdisonLearning Online benefits you EdisonLearning Online benefits them

Customize your program to meet the üneeds of all your students (whether they are high performing or at risk)

Receive individualized instruction for üindividualized needs

Keep pace with 21st century learning ü(providing staff with the skills they need for an ever-changing world)

Engage with their curriculum the way üthey engage with the world

Expand your course selection, not üyour budget

Get exposed to new subjects üand courses

Start and run your own online program üwith the flip of a switch

Learn anywhere/anytime – on the üroad, after work, at home, at school

Offer an exciting, research-based üalternative education

Learn in a safe environment away üfrom bullies or distractions

Increase graduation rates and decrease üyour drop out rates

Offer an alternative to students üconsidering dropping out

Track student progress in real time ü Become better prepared for college üand the work force

Efficiently monitor your performance and üaccountability targets

Succeed on high stakes and college üpreparatory tests

Increase student achievement ü Become active, life-long learners ü

Focus on student achievement and measurable results

Start and operate a state-of-the-art online program the way you want it

100% turn-key

We are experienced xonline educators

Highly qualified teaching xand counseling team

We know that college is xwithin reach

Easy customization xat the program-wide or school level, department level, course level, and individual student level

An innovative learning xcommunity consistent with the demands of today’s world mapped to your state’s standards

Extra tailored offerings xinclude instructors, technical support and program management

From application to xgraduation, everything you need to track and support your students is provided

A proprietary assessment xsystem with a variety of testing and reporting options that provides high quality, relevant, real-time data that can inform instruction and intervention

Does your online program do all that it can?

EdisonLearning eAcademy does more than put coursework online. We are committed to delivering a superior online program that exceeds your expectations.

Our commitment to you

A partnership with integrityEdisonLearning understands that the most important consideration in an online learning implementation plan is the one that matters to you most. Nobody knows your needs the way you do, so we commit to you a partnership based on your priorities. EdisonLearning will help you with a qualitative analysis of our offerings in order to arrive at an in-depth, well- informed investment.

A partnership that worksEdisonLearning will deliver for you a highly innovative solution that attracts students, increases efficiencies and effectively leverages available resources.

Find out more

We would be happy to discuss the unique needs and challenges of your organization and share how EdisonLearning’s eAcademy, eSchoolware or eCourses might be uniquely positioned to meet those needs. Our experts can present to you a custom program, and give you a full demonstration of the vast capabilities of EdisonLearning Online.

For more information about EdisonLearning and our mission to inspire students to think, learn, and succeed, e-mail us at online@edisonlearning.com, call us at 1-877-I-CAN-LEARN (1-877-422-6532) or visit www.edisonlearning.com/online.

Working together, we can help every student achieve!

A partnership that works

“Finally, a 21st century school

for 21st century students. With

EdisonLearning, online learning is

virtually limitless.”

- Darrell Johnson

Former Superintendent

South Carolina

eCourses Catalog*

English

American Literature I (English 11)

British Literature (English 12)

PSSA English

SAT® Critical Reading & Writing

World Literature I (English 9)

World Literature II (English 10)

Mathematics

Algebra I

Algebra II

Calculus

General Math

Geometry

Pre-Algebra

Pre-Calculus

PSSA Math

Probability

SAT® Mathematics

Statistics

Trigonometry

Science

Astronomy

Biology

Biotechnology

Chemistry

Earth Science

Environmental Science

Epidemiology

Forensics

Genetics

Intro to Technological Sciences

Life Science

Natural Disasters

Physical Science

Physics

Science of Computing

Sports Medicine

Sports Science

Superstars of Science

Social Studies

American History

Early American History

Macroeconomics

Microeconomics

Psychology

Sociology

U.S. Government

World Geography

World History

World Language

Chinese I

Chinese II

French I

French II

French III

French IV

German I

German II

Spanish I

Spanish II

Spanish III

Spanish IV

Electives

Chemical Engineering

Computer Engineering

Electrical Engineering

Fitness

Health

HTML

Intro to Music Theory

Intro to Office Applications

JAVA™

Life Skills

Mechanical Engineering

*Not a complete list; Honors and AP courses also available

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