[Flower Mound, Texas – Sept. 18, 2008]   New technology has been introduced at Coram Deo Academy that gives students the capability to take a quiz and perform other academic exercises from their home campus in a structured system. This allows more time to be spent on instruction, shared inquiry into ideas and the Socratic method at school, with review, study of material and quiz-taking at home.  Upper-level Latin teachers began using the Quia web program this fall.  Other teachers will incorporate the practice into their classes later this year.

 Teachers can customize the Quia web-based exercises, activities, learning games and testing tools, giving students more options to learn at their own pace, whether in school or at home.

 Headmaster Rodney Marshall noted that it is a hallmark of Coram Deo to study the timeless ideas found in classical curriculum with timely technology. “Remember a book was once a scroll – now it is available on a reader,” he said.

A committee of teachers will be working to further improve use of web-based technology throughout the year to continue development of Coram Deo Academy’s learning management system.

For more information about the program, go to http://www.quia.com.