Patent ID: 6760748
Filing Date: 2004-07-06
Classification: G09B,H04L

Abstract:
A method of providing a teaching interface between a teacher and multiple students, comprising:transmitting data from a teacher terminal to student terminals; receiving the data at the student terminals; separating the data into execution data and instructional data and utilizing the execution data to display the instructional data at the student terminals; grouping the student terminals into a plurality of teams, wherein each team is made up of at least two student terminals for a corresponding number of students; allowing the student terminals for each team to interact to make a group decision, for encouraging team participation by shy or otherwise reluctant students; transmitting team answer data from one of the student terminals for each of the teams, wherein the team answer data represents the group decision for each team; monitoring the team answer data for the instructional data to infer class progress towards a goal; and allowing a teacher at the teacher terminal to modify instructional data based on the progress toward the goal.