System and method for applying standards to adapt generic educational materials for use in different states and regions

Abstract

A system and method for applying standards to adapt generic educational materials for use in different states and regions is provided. The system includes the use of an interactive player that includes storage for a series of video, audio and text assets. This storage typically takes the form of a DVD disk. The assets stored on the DVD disk are generic, meaning that they are broadly applicable to a range of different locales. The interactive player determines its operating location by querying its user (typically a teacher). The interactive player uses that location to perform a web search. The web search returns a list of URLs, each corresponding to a web page containing an educational standard relevant to the operating location. The teacher uses these web pages to adapt lesson plans to the particular operating location. The teacher can then use the interactive player to present interactive multimedia and region specific lessons.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A system for delivering educational content tailored to student performance standards of a target area comprising: 
 an interactive appliance comprising internet access capability and a data memory device and a display,    wherein the data memory comprises storage media containing at least part of the educational content to be taught to a group of students,    wherein the interactive appliance retrieves additional educational content via the internet, and    wherein the interactive appliance utilizes the student performance standards of the target area to select content and present content tailored to meet local educational standards of the target area, said content selected from the internet and from the storage media.    
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the student performance standards of the target area are input into the device by an educational system worker.  
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the interactive appliance automatically searches the internet for the student performance standards.  
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the data memory device is further operable to write to the storage media.  
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the data memory device comprises a DVD player or CD-ROM drive.  
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the storage media comprises a portable media chosen from the group consisting of a DVD, a CD, a magnetic storage medium, and a minidisc.  
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the storage media comprises a hard disk drive.  
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the selected content comprises interactive multimedia based lessons.  
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 8  wherein the multimedia based lessons comprise audio-video assets and text.  
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 8  wherein the multimedia based lessons further comprise links to websites.  
     
     
         11 . A system for providing educational content within a classroom comprising: 
 means for accessing first educational content stored outside of the classroom;    means for reading and writing to storage media within the classroom, the storage media having second educational content stored therein;    means for correlating student performance standards to the first and second educational content to form a dynamic interactive lesson;    means for interactively presenting the dynamic interactive lesson to students.    
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 11  further comprising means for interactively presenting the dynamic interactive lesson to students without the classroom.  
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 11  wherein the means for correlating student performance standards automatically determines the student performance standards by accessing information stored on a remote network.  
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 13  wherein the student performance standards are for a given school district or area.  
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 11  wherein the student performance standards are input by an educational system worker.