AR Advantage Upgrade Website

Many of you will know that EdAlliance bought the online version of Accelerated Reader to Australia in 2009.  AR Advantage is the name of this online, fully hosted and integrated package of software.

We have developed a new website that will explain the new version if you are interested in upgrading.

You can visit the site at www.ARUpgrade.com.au

Free Quiz Matching Service

There have been more than 2,000 quizzes released into the Australian AR quiz store this year.  I feel like we are really accelerating the filling of the gaps and I hope that you see this too.  There have been a few little hiccups like the odd duplicate or the wrong jacket image appearing on www.ARBookFind.com.au, but all of these are been fixed right now.

With all these new quizzes I have been thinking about how a school matches their library collection to the available quizzes.  AR Advantage customers can access AR Bookguide as part of their annual subscription.  AR Desktop customers can access the AR Quiz Manager tool developed, sold and supported by Libcode Library Systems.  But what about a simple service to help schools just do a one off match of their libraries to the AR Quiz list…

I am not sure that anyone really wants this service, but it might make things very much easier to find quizzes in these new big releases.

So I am offering you a one off free quiz match!

All you need to do is send me an export from your library management system.  If you send me a US MARC or MARC21 format file of your library collection, and your reading resources if you want, I will match that to the current quiz list and email you back a spreadsheet detailing the books in your school that matches a current AR Quiz.

You can email me at david.linke@edalliance.com.au

AR Motivation Ideas – Vol 1

A long time ago I wrote this short eBook on using AR to motivate students to read.  The eBook is bascially a collection of the celebrations I have seen in schools over the years of training on the use of AR.

The ideas in the book are all based on the use of AR points to motivate students.  Remembering that AR points are a unit of measure and nothing more.  The higher the points for a book the the longer that book.  By setting each student in your class an AR Points Target you can really focus on increasing the Quantity of each student’s Reading Practice.  The ideas in the book are focussed on the % of a students target that they achieve, thus allowing all students in the class to compete equally regardless of their reading level or capability.

I hope you can use some of these to motivate the students reading practice in your classroom.

Motivation Ideas – Vol 1 Jan 08- LR

Quizzes for $4.50 Each

Reading Practice Quizzes are on sale for the next few weeks. Simply place an order for 200 Reading Practice Quizzes using this form and you only pay $900 + GST for the lot.

1. You are ordering a pre-paid voucher to be added to your online Quiz Account
2. The pre-paid voucher allows you to download any reading practice quiz without the need for a minimum number of quizzes in the order
3. The voucher never expires
4. The reduced price is only for quiz vouchers ordered using this form
5. We must receive your order by 15 August 2009 Extended Until 23 August 2009

If you have any questions call EdAlliance on 1800 655 359 0r email at Sales@EdAlliance.com.au

Quiz Voucher Order form

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