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School district moves to help Latinos make the grade in math
Eben Harrell


The Roaring Fork School District has partnered with a Boulder-based software company to help Latino students overcome language barriers in mathematics.

Digital Directions International, which has an office in Carbondale, has designed an Internet-based program called Help with English Language Proficiency (HELP) to teach students technical math terms in English.

The Aspen Times - May 10, 2004


Software puts English learners on math path
Paula Aven Gladych

BOULDER- A new computer program could teach English-language learners the vocabulary of mathematics. Boulder-based Digital Directions International, in conjunction with the Roaring Fork School District in Glenwood Springs, devised the Help with English Language Proficiency program to teach words such as ratio, exponent and proportion that show up on the CSAP tests, said Barbara Freeman , founder of the program.

Boulder Longmont Times - April 27, 2004,


Program can HELP Latinos learn the language of mathematics
Software created in partnership with Roaring Fork School District

Imagine just beginning to grasp English as your second language and then being asked to prove your proficiency in science and math on daunting state tests written in English. On the test, you come across words such as “simplify the equation” or “exponent.”

Glenwood Springs Post Independent - March 14, 2004


Software writers think locally, market globally

A Carbondale-based software company wants to help Spanish-speaking students score better on Colorado Student Assessment Program (CSAP) math tests.

Valley Journal - October 30 - November 06, 2003


Forbes article isn't high on United Leader's list Source

Rocky Mountain News - July 7, 2001


Native of City to share poetry in reading Source

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Johnson City Press Date - Tuesday, July 3, 2001


Sex in Your Garden! Award-Winning Author Offers Gardeners a Seductive Journey Into the Secret Sex Lives of Plants at www.PrivateLessons.net

Individual.Com - June 21, 2001


Sex in Your Garden! Award-Winning Author Offers Gardners a Seductive JOurney Into the Secret Sex Lives of Plants at www.PrivateLessons.net

TheStreet.com - June 21, 2001


Into the Secret Sex Lives of Plants at www.PrivateLessons.net

Minneapolis Star Tribune - June 21, 2001


Digital Directions International and WorldGate Partner to Offer Cable Customers Interactive e-learning Content on ITV Platform

CBS Marketwatch - June 11, 2001


Better Gardening through Sex

CBS Marketwatch - June 2001


Digital Directions International, WorldGate Partner

Yahoo Finance - June 2001


DDI/Worldgate release

Morningstar.com - June 2001


Digital Directions International, WorldGate Partner

Digital Directions International Inc. (DDI), a company that creates e-learning programs and products for the Internet and interactive television, and WorldGate, a provider of TV solutions for the cable television industry, have teamed to offer cable customers e-learning content via the WorldGate Interactive Service.

E-Learning MAgazine. - June 11, 2001


Nightly Business Report and Private Lessons Channel Help Americans Make Sense of Today's Turbulent Economy

www.IndividualInvestor.com - May 3, 2001


Boulder e-learning firm boosts profile

Big Bird's not the only draw on PBS. And a tiny Boulder-based e-learning company hopes that advertising on the public airwaves will lure some adults, too.....

The Denver Post-February 12, 2001

PBS goes PC

A Boulder online learning company is hoping to parlay partnerships with PBS member stations into a big-league Internet enterprise......

Denver Rocky Mountain News - December 25, 2000


Digital Directions targets e-learners

Some people use the Web to shop. Some use it to sell. Digital Directions International recently launched the Private Lessons Channel based on the belief that education is the best way to use the Web.......

The Boulder County Business Report- October 20, 2000


Boulder Online Learning Company Teams with Rocky Mountain PBS

Boulder based Digital Directions International, Inc. has teamed with Rocky Mountain PBS to promote Private Lessons Channel, a Web site that provides e-learning programs for the Internet and interactive television......

Boulder Daily Camera- Monday, October 16, 2000

Boulder firm banks on interest in PBS shows

Boulder-based Digital Directions International, Inc. is bringing some public television favorites from the small screen to computer screens with a Web site that offers interactive learning channels.....

The Denver Business Journal - October 6, 2000


DDI, PBS to test online classes

Boulder-based Digital Directions International and Rocky Mountain PBS will test-market the Private Lessons Channel in Colorado, DDI announced Wednesday.....

Boulder Daily Camera - September 15, 2000


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