All of our development efforts start with classroom teachers. We have found that much modern educational software misses the mark when tested in an elementary school environment. We enlist both groups in creating our products. Teachers aid in product design and problem set description while students test product in local elementary schools. Most classroom teachers today feel their time being squeezed at every angle.
Teaching assistants are expensive and are being cut from collapsing school budgets.
Our objective is to provide a partial alternative to such personnel by offering self-monitoring educational tools that motivate and entertain students while drilling core instructional areas. Educational software is plentiful. Educational software that makes a teacher's job easier is rare indeed. PixelGraphics co-founder, Don Domes, holds a masters degree in education and has twenty years experience as a classroom teacher. Don continues to teach vocational education at an Oregon high school.