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MindConnex Learning Unveils Cross-platform Shakespeare In Bits Live!
with Host of New Learning Resources for Bringing the Bard's Most-Loved
Titles to Life
DUBLIN, April 2, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- MindConnex Learning is expanding
its Shakespeare In Bits offeringby today releasing an update of its
successful Shakespeare In Bits Live! subscription website with
additional new learning resources. These will include quizzes, lesson
plans, play texts, and more! The newly updated website is HTML5-based
and so is truly cross-platform, being accessible from all major
devices with a web browser and Internet connection.
Responding to feedback from users, the ancillary learning resources
are intended to round out the existing subscription offering that
delivers the popular Shakespeare In Bits plays online. Initial
ancillaries include quizzes, selected lesson plans and printable texts
for the two most popular Shakespeare In Bits titles, Romeo and Juliet
and Macbeth. Additional ancillaries will be released for these and
other plays over the coming weeks. Quizzes can be generated randomly,
drawing questions from a large database, thus guaranteeing a huge
variety of tests. While complete access to all materials will be
available to Shakespeare In Bits Live! subscribers, a selection will
be freely available to non-paying users also.
"The launch of these ancillary materials is an important milestone in
the development of Shakespeare In Bits as a core Shakespeare learning
solution. They complement the existing play feature set excellently
and the whole offering represents the type of learning resource that
we are committed to developing," explains Fergus Connolly, CEO of
MindConnex Learning. "The existing Shakespeare In Bits titles allow
students to gain an understanding of the nuances and linguistic
richness of this great literature that many struggle to decipher from
flat text on a page. With these extra resources, teachers will have an
even greater array of tools to further engage students, and allow them
to gauge their knowledge and expand their appreciation. In addition,
this comprehensive set of resources is now available from one
centralized location, with genuine cross-platform access at very
cost-effective rates."
Shakespeare In Bits is a multimedia approach to teaching Shakespeare
that fuses animation of the play with full audio soundtrack, original
unabridged play text, integrated notes and analyses, as well as an
inline translation system that provides modern-day translations for
selected words, in their original context. In addition, Shakespeare In
Bits offers a full cast feature including an illustrated map of all
interrelationships in the play and a biography for each cast member.
Shakespeare In Bits Live! is the online subscription service of
MindConnex's award-winning product.
For more information, please contact:
Zoe Faulder, Director of Marketing, MindConnex Learning
T: +1-617-963-0126; E: zoe.faulder@mindconnex.com ; W:
www.mindconnex.com
About MindConnex Learning (www.mindconnex.com)
MindConnex Learning is a global provider of digital learning software
solutions aimed at the school education sector. MindConnex Learning
offers an easier way to learn and teach using rich, contemporary
multimedia designed to engage the senses and create empowering,
relevant and personalized learning experiences, available in easily
downloadable software programs that can be used on virtually any
platform - PC, iPad, iPhone, Android or online.
Read more news from MindConnex Learning Ltd.
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