THE TEACHERMATE ADVANTAGE
   
The TeacherMate System is an affordable and effective handheld computer learning system for the early elementary teacher.
  • Provides 1:1 computing for all students
  • Utilizes interactive software that offers a different type of instruction
  • Delivers differentiated "leveled" instruction for at risk, on level, and advanced students
  • Aligns with each school's core curriculum by using the same high frequency words, phonogram word families from the classroom reading series
  • Affordable and good for the classroom environment

ADVANTAGES: TEACHERMATES VS. PERSONAL COMPUTERS

1:1 Computing
With the TeacherMate handheld computer, students are not required to rotate through centers to benefit from instruction through technology.

Usability
Young students learn almost instantly how to use Teachermate handheld computers. With its kid-friendly size, use of interactive instructions and intuitive navigation, students quickly learn how to use the TeacherMate handheld computers.

Cost
The TeacherMate System’s lower software costs, lower maintenance and support costs, and lower training costs result in a total cost of ownership which is more than ten times less expensive than personal computers.

Scalability
Teachermates are the size of an index card, fit into a Synch & Store Case and are as easy to distribute as a set of workbooks.

Reliability
Personal computers have complex software and are subject to viruses. Teachers are not trained to maintain their computers and quickly lose confidence to rely on them as a tool for daily instruction. TheTeacherMates have no moving parts and include simple-to-use software designed specifically for early elementary teachers and students.

ADVANTAGES: TEACHERMATE VS. NON-COMPUTER MATERIALS

Engaging
Students LOVE using TeacherMates. Activities are interactive and can illustrate concepts through animation, sound, and demonstration. The TeacherMates offer a different type of activity and a change of pace from workbooks and teacher-led instruction.

Delivers Individualized Instruction
Each TeacherMate can be programmed by the teacher to meet the precise needs of each student. The program provides differentiated instruction through leveling to challenge students who are at risk, on level, or advanced.

Green
The TeacherMate is loaded with hundreds of books and activities. Schools actually can save money by purchasing TeacherMates instead of disposable workbooks and materials that need regular replacement.

ADVANTAGES: TEACHERMATE VS.GAME SYSTEMS

Pedagogically sound software.
The TeacherMate handheld computer system has been designed in consultation with leading reading and math curriculum experts. Unlike game systems such as Leapster, TeacherMate also is specifically designed to precisely align with a schools reading and math basal programs.

Classroom management.
Game systems often do not have a classroom management component that would allow teachers to tailor the instruction for each student, see student data and generate reports. Even products that do have classroom management systems do not provide a synching mechanism that would allow all of the devices to be synched at one time.

ADVANTAGES: TEACHERMATE VS. COMPUTER LAB

More time on task
Getting a classroom full of students back and forth to the computer lab takes up almost as much time as they will constructively spend in the lab.

Integration with Classroom Instruction
Too often, instruction in the lab is divorced from instruction in the classroom. With TeacherMates, the teacher is the center of the system, and the instruction is precisely aligned with what is being taught in the classroom.