K-Mail allows secure messaging. And the TEAM Club Room supports live chat and a shared drawing space. Teachers are provided with Internet training and strategies for using technology in the classroom. An extensive teacher's guide and other teaching materials support these strategies. Parents are encouraged to become partners in their children's education through activities that can be done at home.
Participation is free to schools and home-schoolers.
By building our own software program, we can eliminate some of the snafus related to using browsers for complex interactivity. And more importantly, the content is strong. And, teachers have shown us great enthusiasm about the program. The main program doesn't rely on JavaScript, cookies, and browser plug-ins which are problematic for a lot of people. Plug-ins are not required to use the program.