teacher review

There is a lot of content in Unique Learning System. It can sometimes be time consuming to navigate through everything. I appreciate the depth and breadth of the resources, but it can also be tough to use when I need a worksheet or packet for my students. The use of Unique Learning System on the computer is great, but my students seem to learn best when they have a pen and paper in front of them.

Unique Learning System is a great resource for my class. I think News2You is the best feature as it allows differentiation, engagement on high-interest topics, and properly scaffolded activities. Reading the News2You issue is great for my class because it allows non-readers and readers alike to participate in the same activity as the program will read for some students. I would say it is less appropriate in Science and Social Studies. I don't like the formatting of the lessons and, while the reading levels are great, there are no immediate follow up questions or activities to check for understanding. I realize that I can create those myself, but I think Unique Learning System does a great job with the supporting visuals. I would also love to be able to put whole sentences into SymbolStix and have them generate visuals automatically. It is tedious to go back and forth between typing something and providing the accompanying visuals on a word by word basis.