Switched-On Schoolhouse® Features
Perfect for your Christian school, Switched-On Schoolhouse from Alpha Omega Publications offers innovative, cutting-edge curriculum!
Your Christian school students will love learning with Switched-On Schoolhouse. Here is a list of curriculum features.
Quick Installation
With a few clicks, Switched-On Schoolhouse is loaded and ready to use.
Automatic Grading
Teachers can easily keep track of student scores, assignments, and grading. Plus, teachers can preview assignments and easily update parents on their student's progress. This wonderful time-saving feature gives teachers more hands-on time with students and less time with paperwork!
Revised Content
Unlike traditional textbooks, Switched-On Schoolhouse gives students up-to-date information, more activities, and new problems.
Enriching Games
Students grasp difficult concepts with fun, colorful educational games such as Farmer Frank, All Right, Alpha 14, and Spelling Bee.
Custom Curriculum and Projects
Teachers can customize curriculum by combining, adding, or removing units and assignments. Teachers can also create additional exercises like field trips.
Advanced Lesson Planning
Put away those bulky lesson planners! Each student can have a personalized lesson plan to pace him correctly and can be modified day-by-day by teachers if needed.
Practice Lessons
This feature walks students through a lesson and explains different features so they understand how the curriculum works.
Book Reports
In grades 3-8 of Language Arts, student projects feature genre highlights, book lists, and links to additional resources.
Message Center
Switched-On Schoolhouse allows teachers to attach messages to each problem or add instructions for students in a personal electronic mailbox.
Built-in Calendar
The calendar features allows teachers to assign/unassign school days, exclude date ranges, and add/remove events like field trips or holidays.
Video Clips
Integrated into the curriculum, videos give students an up-close look at subject topics.
Printing Options
Students or teachers can easily print entire assignments, lessons, problems, records, and vocabulary lists.
Resource Center
A calculator, interactive periodic table of elements, and a dictionary are provided for student convenience.
Voice Automated Lesson Text
With this "text-to-speech" feature, students simply choose a passage or the entire lesson and have it read aloud to them. Great for improving vocabulary and helping students who have a hard time reading on the computer.
Help Button
This feature offers specific assistance for working different types of question formats.