Virtual Nerd is excited to announce that our Classroom Edition app is available on Edmodo.  If you just can’t wait for your school to make the “buy decision” for the entire school, you can get Virtual Nerd Classroom Edition (CE) on Edmodo today.  Virtual Nerd CE app allows a teacher to purchase and distribute up to 30 user licenses (for students) for use during an entire school year!  The current promotional price is only $30 — but hurry, that won’t last!  Virtual Nerd CE provides teachers the ability to create, assign and manage playlists, access reporting information and manage class rosters through Edmodo.  No need to wait any longer, get your class started today with Virtual Nerd Classroom Edition on Edmodo!

Edmodo provides a secure and safe online environment for teachers and students to connect, collaborate and share educational resources.  Their goal is “to harness the power of  social media to customize the classroom for every learner”.  Cool stuff.

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Virtual Nerd School Edition: New Features Available

by Mary Louise Helbig November 28, 2012 General Interest

You spoke and we listened!  Based on your suggestions and feedback we have been working diligently and are excited to announce the addition or enhancement of key features on our website:  Assessment Mode ~ Enhanced Reporting ~ Sharing Playlists Assessment Mode allows teachers to gauge student learning and provides insight into learning strengths and needs at the student and classroom [...]

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New Stuff(ing): Thanksgiving was a Busy Time for the Nerds!

by Mary Louise Helbig November 28, 2012 General Interest

While you were away eating  pi (ha!) we were very busy making updates to our website. Now when you log in to Virtual Nerd and begin a search, you will see that we have given it a new face — we hope you think it’s pretty!  And we added functionality to improve your search experience [...]

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Back to School: Deal-of-the-Day Opportunities

by Mary Louise Helbig November 28, 2012 General Interest

Virtual Nerd partnered with LivingSocial, Groupon and RDeals (for our Canadian fans!) to offer a special deal on our very popular Math Boot Camp programs.  Vouchers for the 5-week program were sold at over a 50% discount and sales shot through the roof!  We know you love our boot camp programs and especially love getting [...]

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Virtual Nerd Community is Live on Promethean Planet!

by Mary Louise Helbig July 20, 2012 General Interest

Join the Virtual Nerd Community on Promethean Planet, home to more than 1.4 million educators world-wide.  Planet offers free memberships to teachers with the stated benefits of providing ready-made lessons, tips from a global community of teachers, and free professional development.  A great source of fresh ideas for using Virtual Nerd in your ActivClassroom. “A world-class education [...]

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Learn More About our Playlist Tool!

by Mary Louise Helbig July 18, 2012 General Interest

We are very excited about the new and expanded Playlist features now offered at VirtualNerd.com. Previously available only to teachers and tutors, Playlists allow students and parents to create their very own math and science personalized study guides by bookmarking and building collections of tutorial videos and practice problems by subject and problem type. Virtual [...]

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iLearn Project has good things to say about Virtual Nerd!

by Mary Louise Helbig July 17, 2012 General Interest

iLearn Project, a WA-based organization that reviews and evaluates educational technology tools to help schools, parents, and policy-makers make better choices for student education identified Virtual Nerd as a “fun, fact filled math resource” in their four part series entitled “Friday Fun with Learning”.

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