Learning about squid over the past couple of days, through crafts, play and easy readers, has been sufficient for my younger children (ages 5-9), but the older children (ages 11-14) clearly needed a more substantial type of lesson.
Before I log-off though, I want to leave you with a quick review of 's virtual dissection program. They are now very savvy.My in-laws have arrived in town for a visit, so I'll be slipping away from my computer for the next few days, probably through the weekend, to allow time to be a proper hostess, and enjoy their visit. "And our customers, young people, are getting more and more advanced with their computers. "Since we started, things have grown exponentially with computers,'' Hill said. It is a sign of how quickly the company must adapt to serve students. This summer, will introduce its first app for mobile devices. It can be used by a broad spectrum of learners who can use it at their own pace.'' "We like to show how something like levels the playing field for students. The trips "were great because we do hope the business is a part of a change in the way teaching is done in America,'' Hill said. Later that year, the pair was invited back to participate in the Senate's Technology Showcase. House of Representatives Education and Labor Committee to help demonstrate how technology and innovative tools are being used in education. In June 2009, Hill and Hughes were invited to appear before the U.S.
Within five years, the company had hundreds of individuals ordering the software for home computers. "We had stayed in touch the best we could, so I knew Rick had this great idea,'' he said. Hughes was thrilled to team up with his old friend. "I knew he understood what was going on in the industry,'' said Hill. "What we have seen is that simulated exercises, where students can repeat the procedure over and over, ensures that they will retain the information better,'' said Hill. "So I got to work on the computer, detailing a frog dissection, identifying the parts for her,'' he said.
However, when Hill took Erin home, she could not recall what she had learned. "We watched a teacher perform a very clean dissection,'' recalled Hill. The impetus for the business came in 1999 after Hill attended a science program with his stepdaughter, Erin McCafferty, who was in fifth-grade at the time. "Let's just say I am making more money than if I had stayed a science teacher,'' he said. The men won't say how much the business is earning, but Hill said it has consistently seen a profit. The website boasts up to 30,000 hits a day. The business has customers in more than 100 countries, ranging from homeschoolers in Pinellas County to students at a Catholic girls' school in South Africa. While Hill works out of his home near Fred Howard Park in Tarpon Springs, Hughes, 44, the chief executive officer, works from his home in Seattle. They are both graduates of Gibbs High School in St. But "I need to use real specimens as models to create accurate 3D sculptures on the computer,'' said Hill, 44.Ī former Pasco County science teacher, Hill runs the company with his childhood friend, David Hughes.