It is just great. The learning section is straight forward. Just answer questions. No big explanations (yes it is repetition of what the children do in school).
But how they motivate children is wonderful. There are various positive feedbacks and encouragements, which are short but clear.
The kids can earn points which count to gain certificates. They can earn credits for having a go, for improving on the same thing. Those credits can be turned into items to dress the avatar. There is a shopping area (maybe similar to second life??)
The kids love it and learn to spend their "money". There is also a life competition in speed calculating.
The innovation for me here lies in the combination of simple test questions with traditional earning points and the combination to earn credits. Its to systems to be rewarded. One is linear and one is relative to the ability and progress of the child. There is the traditional ranking and point and certificate collection (OK, but not exiting) and there is the credit spending shopping fun part. The shopping is very popular. And here again the children see the expensive backgrounds with moving parts and are motivated to go on.
The program was first used by schools, but it is so much fun, that now parents can subscribe privately. It is absolutely astonishing how this gets all children, may math be their favorite subject or not.
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