A flexible, responsive learning system Underlying all these programs is Ripple Effects' Whole Spectrum e-Learning System , which combines best practices in social learning, with learning theory and media design in a single, flexible social learning tool. It lets users learn what they want, how they want, when they want, either alone or in groups. It is responsive to the varying needs and abilities of a wide range of users, and to different learning styles. It is customizable, flexible, and cross-disciplinary in approach. It is not reading dependent, and is accessible to at-risk, special ed, ESL and attention deficit students.
Teachers can track learner progress with built-in, printable progress reports.
Administrators can block content they don't find appropriate. A comprehensive Social Learning content base Ripple Effects' social learning software draws on a library of more than 5000 modular lessons which cover a comprehensive content base of social topics and skill training. Martin Fishbein, PhD, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania Users can get quick help and targeted intervention to deal with specific discipline problems, in guidance and counseling settings, and in after-school programs and health clinics. They include videos of peers telling their true stories, interactive games, interactive journaling, and voices of peers reading aloud all program contents. See how an after-school program in Washington and a school district in Louisiana use the version for adolescents, Relate for Teens .