CCQ is an m-Learning (Mobile Learning) Education Solution providing a Verifiable Teacher / Student Support System

CCQ software is available on all Microsoft computer operating platforms whether it is a desktop computer, laptop, PDA or other handheld devices. This points to another significant market advantage for CCQ: the emerging use of handheld devices as an education tool. The best results with technology in education appear to be situations where there is a one-to-one relationship between the student and the computer. PDA's and other handheld devices offer portability and significantly lower costs making them ideal for students, many of whom are already familiar and comfortable with portable gaming devices. CCQ allows teachers to select from a large library of questions and customize their content on a PC and then export those study materials to other PC's and PDA's for use by students. With CCQ, the spoken content is not limited to the desktop, PDA's running CCQ will speak in two languages just like the PC version. No network is required but the system can operate easily within traditional hardwired and wireless networks.

At NECC 2005, Bill Hagen, Microsoft Windows Mobile Mobility Solution Specialist, congratulates ISS's Tom Hogue and John Brodie on the pre-release version of their new Cool C Quiz™. Tom Hogue and John Brodie of Interactive Speech Solutions showcasing CCQ Traveling-Tutor at Microsoft Booth at NECC 2007 in Atlanta

Executing on a Global Education Vision: Microsoft Unveils Range of Products, Resources to Improve Learning Environments and Experiences Students meet with Bill Gates; Microsoft announces Student with Encarta Premium 2008, Cool Conversations Traveling Tutor and the School of the Future Resource Kit. ATLANTA — June 26, 2007 — On the heels of its announcement yesterday of a strategic alliance with Houghton Mifflin Learning Technology, a division of publishing leader Houghton Mifflin Co., Microsoft Corp. today announced at the National Educational Computing Conference the release of several education-focused products and resources, including Microsoft® Student with Encarta® Premium 2008, the Cool Conversations Traveling Tutor™ and the School of the Future Resource Kit. See CCQ section of Press Release below.

Learning on the Move: Cool Conversations Traveling Tutor

In alliance with Interactive Speech Solutions LLC, Microsoft announced the release of Cool Conversations (CCQ) Traveling Tutor, a complete study, testing, assessment, content development and reporting application that gives any Microsoft Windows^®-based computer, including desktop PCs, laptops and other handheld devices, the ability to interact verbally with users. Through the use of Microsoft Windows Mobile^®, CCQ Traveling Tutor merges the natural speech synthesis capabilities offered by today’s computers with the latest advances in mobile technology, resulting in a mobile, talking computer that can speak to the child in English, Spanish or 20 other languages.

CCQ Traveling Tutor requires no connection to the Internet to function, bridging the gap of opportunity often faced by students who lack access to Internet-based programs outside school. Once content is loaded on the mobile device, students can work in school, on the bus, at home, anywhere and anytime. The CCQ system stores a report of all the student’s activity, which can be transferred to the teacher’s computer when the student returns to the classroom.

CCQ Features and Benefits:

• Computer-based knowledge building combining the three primary learning styles of auditory, visual and kinesthetic for maximum effectiveness.

• Knowledge building Cool C Quiz study sets available for primary subject and grade categories.

• Content for each grade level developed by teachers and education professionals

• A Content Editor is provided to allow users to create their own quiz / teaching sets and customize the computer’s spoken content. Dual language version available for students with Spanish (or another language) as their primary language. Questions and clues are provided verbally in both languages with answers spoken by the computer in English.

• Score Board function to allow the monitoring of a student’s progress while letting users compete with their own scores and those of others. 

• The computer’s programmed spoken responses provide dimension of personality and fun to provide a more engaging learning process.