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The Science of Learning

Acellus

INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE

®

Acellus – the Science of Learning

The Acellus Learning System

Acellus allows students to work at their own pace through a given course of instruction. Each

Acellus lesson teaches one concept delivered through a short video. Practice problems are

then given. Using Deficiency Diagnostics (DD), Acellus evaluates student responses and

customizes to the need of each student. Unit Reviews and Exams provide further learning and

assessment. Teachers can generate Student Performance Reports at any time so they can

monitor the progress and success of each student.

The human mind is an amazing thing – no two are alike. This makes the

task of teaching such a dynamic range of developing minds quite a

difficult undertaking.

In order to create educational material that will cater itself to

students of all ages, backgrounds, and mental composition, Acellus

has turned to science for the answers.

Acellus starts with the best teachers and teaching standards known today

to create courses that are engaging and effective – but it doesn't stop there.

Using the latest advancements in technoloy, feedback is automatically collected and organized

on each lesson and problem. Educational Professionals and scientists evaluate this data.

Trends are recognized, and new course material is created for areas where students are having

difficultly – explaining a concept in more depth or teaching it in a different way. These course

enhancements are uploaded daily, making them available to Acellus students around the world.

Customized, Self-Paced Learning – One Concept at a Time

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A Quantum Leap in Effective Education

Acellus Labs is excited to announce the release of Acellus 5 – a cutting-edge technology, designed to redefine the world of digital learning.

Features include:

Acellus 5 NewRelease

®Increased platform support – Acellus 5 supports the Windows Operating System (XP or higher), ® ® ®Mac OS X (10.3.9 or higher), and the Apple iPad . Acellus runs on the latest version of most major

browsers, and requires no plug-ins.

New Course Content – Comprehensive curriculum is now available for Language Arts, Social Studies, Science and Mathematics. Over 50 courses in all core content areas are being made available for grades K-12. (See back for courseware listing.)

New Student and Teacher Interfaces – The all new Student and Teacher interfaces make organizing and managing the learning process an enjoyable experience for teachers and students alike.

Technology at its Best – Acellus 5 uses the newest standards in Web Applications and Video Streaming to deliver the ultimate learning experience – at school or at home.

Universally Internet Accessible – Whether students sign in at school, at home, or anywhere Internet is available, Acellus picks up right where they left off.

“We implemented Acellus as part of a comprehensive credit recovery plan to assist students who lacked the required credits to graduate. By including Acellus in our Alternative program, we helped many students graduate that otherwise would have dropped out.”

– Dr. Michael Kuchar, Superintendent, Bergenfield Public Schools, NJ

“We use Acellus as the core math curriculum for grades 6-12. Our teachers are no longer solely responsible for lecturing, assisting, testing, and grading. They can now work one-on-one with students while Acellus provides quality lectures and exams, and automatically handles time-consuming grading and reporting. Technology is here to stay. Acellus is changing the way teachers teach, and the way students learn. Our students are responsible for their learning and as a result are better prepared for the future.”

– Steve Shiever, Superintendent, Crescent Public Schools, OK

"Acellus has changed not only the attitude of my students toward math but their understanding and achievement as well. I had a student who simply refused to do math using our previous online math curriculum provider. She was reluctant to attempt math with Acellus as well due to her past difficulties. However, this student found her niche in math with the Acellus program. Her confidence and enjoyment in math are off the chart, and she has completed 3 math credits in just over 1 semester.”

– Rich Taedter, Principal – COOP High School, Rawlins, WY

“The greatest strength of Acellus is naturally differentiated instruction and student self-paced advancement. As students move through the program they are able to grasp the concepts they need on an individual basis. Our teacher has done a fine instructional job for us, and with Acellus, his time is greatly leveraged. He is able to concentrate on answering relevant questions asked by the students as they are working in Acellus. We are so impressed with the results that Acellus has become our mathematics curriculum in grades 5-11.”

- John LaFave, Superintendent, Healy Public Schools, KS

“This has been an outstanding program to implement in the middle level. Acellus makes it much easier to identify individual skill set weaknesses and focus on them, so that students will leave the middle level with a much more solid foundation and experience much more success at the high school level.”

– Mark Cosgrove, Asst. Principal, Park Ridge School District, NJ

"The Acellus system has great potential for delivering mathematics instruction. We use it for supplemental instruction, intervention, and ultimately, credit recovery. Acellus is a very powerful tool for facilitating teaching and learning."

– Winifred Deavens, Director of Curriculum – Jennings School Dist., MO

"Acellus has opened up a new way to engage our students in the learning process. Last June, twenty-eight students who had never passed Algebra I used the Acellus program during summer school. Twenty-seven passed the course, but more impressive was the fact that ten weeks later, eighteen of those students passed the math portion of Indiana's graduation high-stakes test!"

– Jeff Gangloff, Director of Curriculum/Instruction

North Judson-San Pierre Schools, IN

Acellus Works

Schools and learning centers around the

world are adopting the Acellus Learning

System to help them achieve their

academic goals. Acellus is now being

used to teach students across America,

with major deployments in every state of

the United States.

Uses for Acellus include: mainstream

instruction, parallel and supplemental

instruction, remediation, and credit

recovery. Acellus’ ability to customize to

each student’s level and pace makes it

ideal for challenged as well as gifted

students.

Acellus is being used in Alternative

Schools, Summer School for GED and

Adult Programs, and is allowing schools to

offer a wider range of AP courses for their

students, better preparing them for

college.

Using the Spanish version of Acellus

courses, concepts can be taught to ESL

students in their native language to

accelerate the learning process. English

terminology is incorporated to help

transition these students into mainstream

classes.

Acellus Deployment

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Acellus delivers short video lessons taught by our Nations greatest teachers. Practice problems are then given to assess understanding of the concept taught. Students move through the lessons at their own pace. Using Deficiency Diagnostics (DD), Acellus assesses areas of student weakness and gives more help and practice in these areas – further customizing the learning process and filling in holes in students’ understanding for a strong learning foundation.

How Acellus Works

Problems – After the short video lesson, problems are presented to assess understanding of the concept presented.

A Flexible Teaching Tool – Students may take Acellus Courses on a wide range of subjects and academic levels. Language Arts, Reading, Mathematics, and the Sciences are just a few of the subjects being taught with Acellus.

Customized Personal Instruction (CPI) – “Oops, I thought you might make that mistake. Let me show you what you didn’t understand.” Wrong answers are analyzed and new content is created for specific mistakes commonly made by students. These “mini” lessons pop-up as soon as a student enters that specific wrong answer, helping the student understand the missed concept.

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The Acellus Student InterfaceStudents are able to access Acellus courses through the intuitive Acellus Student Interface. After students log into Acellus, they are able to select from their list of classes. Acellus takes them right to their current position in the course they have been enrolled in, and automatically marks their attendance for the class. Other features of the Acellus Student Interface allow students to quickly view their progress, grade, attendance, school calendar, and daily homework assignments. Acellus has its own built in messaging system which allows a student to ask and receive answerers to their questions.

Progress – The Acellus Progress tool acts as a student motivator. By allowing students to see their progress on their teacher-assigned goals for the week, students are able to see what topics will be covered in their Acellus class for the day, as well as their overall progress through the course.

Messaging – Students and teachers can interact with each other, whether at home or at school, via the Acellus Messaging system.

Calendar – School Events are posted on the Acellus Calendar and available to all of the teachers and students over the Internet. With the click of a button, students receive the most up-to-date list of school events for the month.

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Homework – No more losing homework assignments – students can view all of their homework for the week as well as their status and scores.

The Acellus Teacher Interface

The Acellus Teacher Interface gives teachers the ability to track progress, identify problems, and provide real-time assistance. With the Acellus data available securely over the Internet, teachers can view their reports, update classes, and monitor students – from the classroom, or their home.

AcellusThe Science of Learning

My Desk | Monitor Students

The Acellus Teacher Interface gives teachers the ability to track progress, identify problems, and provide real-time assistance. With the Acellus data available securely over the Internet, teachers can view their reports, update classes, and monitor students – from the classroom, or their home.

Welcome, Mr. Teacher | School | | My Account Logout

5 new messages

My Desk Attendance LibraryGradebookStudentsClasses Curriculum Set-UpHomework Calendar

5 new messages.

Read Now

Messages

Enter Attendance for Today.

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Attendance

Students are Logged On.

Monitor Now

Student Montior

Enter Class Grades.

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Gradebook

3 Upcoming Events.

View Now

Calendar

2 Assignments are Due.

Read Now

Homework

Your class is having trouble...

View Now

Unmastered Concepts

You have no Classes.

Create a Class

New Class

Add Students to Acellus.

Go Now

New Students

1 Student Licence has expired.

Renew Now

Expired Licenses

Create a New Assignment

Go Now

Assignments

Present a Video to your Class.

Start Now

TeamTeach

Class Suggestions

Take an Acellus Course.

Start Now

Acellus Course

View a different School.

Go Now

Select a School

My Desk – The Teacher's Desk features an interactive screen that provides up-to-date Acellus information ranging from Struggling Students to the number of Upcoming Events.

Jones, Thomas

Garcia, Juan


Select a School Year Select a School Class Select a Grading Period Select a Grading Category

All AssignmentsFirst QuarterPeriod 1 - Reading2010 - 2011

Class Average 8896 97 8594 85 92

Average Class Grade:

Gradebook | Assignments | Grading Options

Complete Late Missing Incomplete1/ 6 of 8

Book ReportReading

ComprehensionFinal Exam Book Evaluation NotesHomework 1

Erwin, Jim A 90 10010095 B+

Evans, Mitchel A+ 987595100 A

02/21/2011 02/21/2011 02/21/2011 02/21/2011 02/21/2011 02/21/2011

96.5

94.3

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StudentGrades

Kendall, James A 789010095 B 90.8

Kurtz, Allie A 82828780 A 86.9

Gradebook – Keeping grades is a blast with the Acellus Gradebook. As students work through their individual Acellus Courses, their grades are updated to teacher-controlled assignments. Whether your school provides daily, weekly, or monthly grades – the Acellus Gradebook can handle it. Teachers can also input their own assignment grades and adjust the weighting curve.

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Attendance –Attendance is kept automatically. When a student begins their work, Acellus checks the clock and marks them Present or Tardy.

Classes – The Acellus Classes tool allows teachers to see an overview of the progress and grades of the students taking their Acellus Class. They can see which students are making extra progress, which students are falling behind, as well as each student's current grade and the topic they are working on.

Select All Acellus ID

Find a Student

My Classes | Class Builder | Goals | Licenses

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z Search

Black, Kathy

Christophers, Rick

French, Peter

Kamble, Nancy

McKinney, Susan

Miller, Darin

O’Connell, George

Add a Student

Remove Students

Print Quick-Start Cards

Black, Dylan

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Students –The student data is readily accessible through the Acellus Student Search. Teachers can select by last name, or type a students' name into the search box to view a list of results.

Take Attendance | Report View


Present Tardy Absent Holiday Excused

Select a Class Reading Clear This Day | Print Attendance

21 3 4 5 6

98 10 11 12 137

1615 17 18 19 2014

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March 2010

Submit Cancel

Acellus ID

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Student Name

Hill, Daisy

Hill, Richard

Gerald, Lee

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Dawn, Sally

Miller, Darin

UnmasteredConcepts

Acellus ID Student Name Acellus Course Current Work ProgressGrade Score

Average Class Grade:

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Hill, Richard

Gerald, Lee

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Miller, Darin

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Order of Operations

Long Division

Long Multiplication

Fractions

Point Slope Formula

FUNMath

FUNMath

Essential Math I

FUNMath

Essential Math II

Select a Grading Period

3rd Quarter

Select a Class

Math

Select Work to View

All Categories

Class Settings | Student Listing | Reposition Students | Unmastered Concepts | Goals

My Classes | Class Detail

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Homework – Teachers can assign homework and post grades and comments for student evaluation.

Library The Acellus Library offers additional educational material. Teachers can draw upon these videos and reading assignments to extend their lessons by assigning media from the library as homework. Students are also allowed to browse the school library for information.

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Reports – Student Reports let teachers see exactly which concepts a student is struggling with, as well as their grades and class attendance.

Library Search | Buy Library Materials


Subject History

3rd GradeGrade Level

Title

Ancient Egypt

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Category

Type

Author

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Checked Out

#1 | Ancient Egypt Cario, Frank

Check Out Check Out for Class Most PopluarSort Results By: 5 Results

#2 | Wonders of Ancient Egypt

#3 | Building the Pyramids

#4 | King Tutenkhamen

#5 | Hieroglyphs

Lawson, Richard

George, Patrick

French, A.E.

Roaks, John D.

30 Pages

30 Minutes

90 Minutes

129 Pages

45 Minutes

Deatils

Details

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Details

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#1 | Ancient Egypt

#2 | All About History

#3 | Virtual Tour of Cairo

Class Set-Up –The Class Set-Up tool provides a powerful asset for setting up classes. With a built-in search, students can be found by name or grade level. The select all box allows all of the students found in the search to be added easily to the class.


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My Classes | Class Builder | Goals | Licenses

Black, Dylan

Kamble, Nancy

O’Connell, George

White, Paul

Christophers, Rick

French, Peter

Black, Kathy

McKinney, Susan

Hill, Daisy

Hill, Richard

Gerald, Lee

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Reading

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Student Search | Student Details | Archives


Select a Student Black, Dylan

Student’s Acellus Grade:

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Introduction to Fractions 3/11/11 - 2:30

Order of Operations

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3rd Quarter

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Math

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All Categories

Fractions – Work Problems

Order of Operation – Work Problems 3/11/11 3:00

100 3/11/11 - 5:00

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3/11/11- 3:08 42 min

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Progress Grade - 3/11/10

Profile | Grades | Unmastered Concepts | Attendance

GRADE K Grade K Language Arts Grade K Math Grade K Reading Grade K Science Grade K Social Studies

GRADE 1 Grade 1 Language Arts Grade 1 Math Grade 1 Reading Grade 1 Science Grade 1 Social Studies

GRADE 2 Grade 2 Math Grade 2 Reading/Language ArtsGrade 2 Science Grade 2 Social Studies

GRADE 3 Grade 3 Language Arts Grade 3 Math Grade 3 Reading Grade 3 Science Grade 3 Social Studies

GRADE 4 Grade 4 Language Arts* Grade 4 Math Grade 4 Reading* Grade 4 Science* Grade 4 Social Studies*

GRADE 5 Grade 5 Language Arts* Grade 5 Math* Grade 5 Reading* Grade 5 Science Grade 5 Social Studies* Math Fact Drill* Spelling Drill*

Acellus Course Curriculum ListInternational Academy of Science

*Coming soon.

Math Math Fact Drill* Grade 5 Math* Essential Math I Essential Math II FUNMath FUNMath Spanish Algebra Algebra Spanish

Language Arts Spelling Drill* Grade 5 Language Arts* Grade 6 Language Arts* Grade 7 Language Arts* Grade 8 Language Arts* High School English I*

Reading Grade 5 Reading* Remedial Reading

Science Grade 5 Science Life Science* Earth Science* Physical Science* High School Biology* Social Studies Grade 5 Social Studies* Middle School American History Ancient Civilizations World Geography* High School U.S. History I High School U.S. History II

MIDDLE SCHOOL COURSES AND RESOURCES

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COURSESAND RESOURCES

Math Math Fact Drill* High School Remedial Math I High School Remedial Math II FUNMath FUNMath Spanish Algebra Algebra Spanish Geometry Algebra II Trigonometry Pre-Calculus* AP Calculus AP Calculus Exam Prep College Entrance Exam Math Prep

Language Arts Spelling Drill* English I* English II* Survey of American LiteratureSurvey of British Literature* AP English Language* AP English Literature*

Reading Remedial Reading

SciencePhysical Science*Biology*Chemistry*Physics (Algebra-based)* AP Biology* AP Chemistry* AP Physics (Calculus-based)*

Social Studies U.S. History I U.S. History II World History I World History II U.S. Government Geography* AP U.S. History* AP World History*

Technology General Computer Science* C++ Programming Language*

HIGH SCHOOL COURSESAND RESOURCES

Math Essential Math for Special Education Students Pre-Algebra for Special Education Students Algebra for Special Education StudentsGeometry for Special Education Students

Life SkillsLife Skills for Grade K*Life Skills for Grade 1*Life Skills for Grade 2*Life Skills for Grade 3*Life Skills for Grade 4*Life Skills for Grade 5* Life Skills for Grade 6* Life Skills for Grade 7* Life Skills for Grade 8*

SPECIAL EDUCATION COURSES AND RESOURCES

ReadingRemedial Reading

MathFUNMath Spanish Algebra Spanish

English LanguageSpeak English*

ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERCOURSES AND RESOURCES

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