21st Century Skills

Mastering Technology, Reinforcing Fundamentals

To succeed in the 21st century, your students need strong math and language skills and the technological savvy to put those skills to use. Connections Learning’s awarding-winning K to the 8th Power (Kto8) program helps students do just that.

Technology Training + Reinforced Core Skills = Student Success

With more than 600 lessons, Kto8 helps students master today’s most in-demand applications and skills:

• Microsoft^® Word^®, Excel^®, Powerpoint^®, Publisher^®, and FrontPage^®
• Kid Pix^®
• Kidspiration^®
• Keyboarding
• HTML

Integrating your school’s core reading, writing, and math objectives into that technology training, Kto8 reinforces key academic skills at the same time. Kto8 ensures students are not just tech-savvy, but tech-safe as well with lessons that emphasize Internet safety and responsible behavior.

Engaging for the Student

Kto8 combines engaging, self-paced interactive tutorials, audio, activities, games, and assessments such as:

• Interactive ShowHow™ tutorials demonstrate how to perform specific software tasks.
• Games make practicing the tasks fun.
• Activities make the embedded academic lessons memorable.
• Quizzes give automatic feedback on progress.

Practical for the Teacher

Kto8 makes life easier for busy teachers and computer lab directors with:

• A web-based delivery system for managing classrooms and assigning lessons from any location.
• Prepared lesson resources including lesson plans, rubrics, activity instructions, and sample activities to minimize teacher preparation time.
• A class-grade book to track log-ins, assign lessons, post grades, and (if desired) easily export grades to your school’s grade book.
• Built-in assessments and quizzes to make grading and progress-tracking simple.
• A “platform-agnostic” design compatible with existing computer environments whether you use PCs with XP, 2000, 2003, NT, or Windows 7 or Macs with Mac OSX.