Dearborn Real Estate Education Launches PALM OS State-specific Exam Prep and Real Estate Dictionary; Available Through REcampus Partner Schools & Associations.Business Editors/Real Estate/Personal Finance & Education Writers CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 26, 2001 A leading developer of real estate education and training content for real estate educators, Dearborn Dearborn, city (1990 pop. 89,286), Wayne co., SE Mich., on the River Rouge, adjoining Detroit; settled 1795, consolidated with the city of Fordson in 1928, inc. as a city 1929. Real Estate Education, the nation's largest publisher of real estate prelicensing and continuing education continuing education: see adult education. continuing education or adult education Any form of learning provided for adults. In the U.S. the University of Wisconsin was the first academic institution to offer such programs (1904). training materials, has launched its new PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) A handheld computer for managing contacts, appointments and tasks. It typically includes a name and address database, calendar, to-do list and note taker, which are the functions in a personal information manager (see PIM). downloadable software product line using the PALM OS(R) technology. These products will be especially useful for educators, who can offer their busy students the convenience of education via handheld handheld: see personal digital assistant. systems. The new line, available through Dearborn's REcampus partner schools and associations, includes state-specific exam preparation tools and a dictionary of real estate terms. REcampus is the online business-to-business  This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling.You can assist by [ editing it] now. solution Dearborn developed to give real estate educators the ability to offer online courses and real estate products to their students. "Our experience working with thousands of educators nationwide indicates that the real estate industry is going through a technological evolution, not a revolution," said Roy Roy, city (1990 pop. 24,603), Weber co., N Utah, near Great Salt Lake; settled by Mormons 1877, inc. 1937. Computer equipment is manufactured, and many residents work at nearby Hill Air Force Base. Lipner, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Dearborn Real Estate Education. "Traditional classroom instruction will continue to be the dominant form of learning for real estate licensing students, however, there is an increasing demand for additional forms of education as more technologically savvy individuals enter the industry. Our new PDA titles supplement the traditional classroom experience, and cater to the diverse needs of students. Dearborn is proud to be a premiere provider of real estate education content in multiple mediums; print, disk-based software, audio, online and now PDA software; allowing educators to satisfy the demands of each student." The new line of state-specific exam prep PDA titles contains more than 200 state-specific multiple-choice mul·ti·ple-choice adj. 1. Offering several answers from which the correct one is to be chosen: a multiple-choice question. 2. questions with detailed rationales, and allows the user to mix-and-match selected subjects as well as choose a 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, or 200 multiple-choice question exam. The software contains built-in built-in - (Or "primitive") A built-in function or operator is one provided by the lowest level of a language implementation. This usually means it is not possible (or efficient) to express it in the language itself. logic that re-asks the questions that have been answered incorrectly, reinforcing the correct answer. Students can track their performance with instant feedback on pass rate showing the number of correct answers versus the total attempted questions. State-Specific Exam Prep for PALM OS(R) will soon be available for all 50 states. Kicking off the launch is content for the following nine states: -- California Real Estate Exam Prep for PALM OS(R) -- Florida Real Estate Exam Prep for PALM OS(R) -- Georgia Real Estate Exam Prep for PALM OS(R) -- Illinois Real Estate Exam Prep for PALM OS(R) -- Maryland Real Estate Exam Prep for PALM OS(R) -- New York Real Estate Exam Prep for PALM OS(R) -- Texas Real Estate Exam Prep for PALM OS(R) -- Virginia Real Estate Exam Prep for PALM OS(R) In addition, Dearborn Real Estate Education is also releasing The Language of Real Estate, 5th Edition, for PALM OS(R), based on the best-selling best·sell·er also best seller n. A product, such as a book, that is among those sold in the largest numbers. best print version, which, since its debut in 1977, has been regarded as the authoritative source of definitions for nearly 3,000 real estate terms, including terminology from the fields of real estate finance, law, appraisal, taxation and environmental practice. The Language of Real Estate for PALM OS(R) features a convenient interface, quick definition search, a large number of entries, and low memory consumption. In addition, the software contains a resident module that allows a viewer to look up key term definitions without exiting an application that is currently active. Also coming soon will be Bienes Raices (An English-Spanish Real Estate Dictionary) for PALM OS(R), to help ESL (1) An earlier family of client/server development tools for Windows and OS/2 from Ardent Software (formerly VMARK). It was originally developed by Easel Corporation, which was acquired by VMARK. (English as a Second Language) students and professionals meet the needs of their Spanish-speaking clients. Consumers interested in purchasing these products can email Dearborn at realestate@dearborn.com to find the nearest participating REcampus partner. Educators wishing to offer the new PDA products to students can call 800-621-9621 x4481 for more information. Dearborn Real Estate Education (www.dearbornRE.com), is the leading real estate content provider for real estate schools and associations, offering practical prelicensing and continuing education training materials on appraisal, home inspection, property management, brokerage, ethics ethics, in philosophy, the study and evaluation of human conduct in the light of moral principles. Moral principles may be viewed either as the standard of conduct that individuals have constructed for themselves or as the body of obligations and duties that a , law, sales approaches, and contracts. Prepared by leading experts in the field, Dearborn's diverse lines of products are available in print, disk-based software, online, and PDA software. Through its online extension, REcampus, Dearborn Real Estate Education also provides an online delivery solution for educators to offer high quality online education and access to one of the largest online real estate bookstores. Dearborn Real Estate Education is a unit of Kaplan Professional, a division of Kaplan, Inc., which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Washington Post Company (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :WPO WPO Women Presidents' Organization (New York, NY) WPO World Packaging Organization WPO World Powerlifting Organization WPO Werkplek Onderzoek (Netherlands) ). PALM OS (R) is a registered trademark of Palm, Inc. Note to Editors: Kaplan, Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO) |
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