Good Grades Become a Hands-on Experience… Helping Students Go From Game Boy to Harvard?

SANDY, Utah – March 15, 2006 – Imagine instant (in your pocket) access to “just the facts,” Algebra, Geometry, American History (and much more) all using the Game Boy® Advance. Automatically convert Celsius to Fahrenheit, review grammar and punctuation rules, and actually hear the proper pronunciations of many commonly used foreign words and phrases in the English language today, all at the touch of a button.

Pocket Professor “KwikNotes,” now available for sale online, turns the Game Boy Advance into a cool school tool that gives both students and parents alike immediate access to that once-learned, easily forgotten and frequently hard-to-find-again information that keeps popping up over and over again in 10 major subject areas.

Pocket Professor “KiwkNotes” is designed to take the work out of finding, understanding and applying essential information in a number of essential subject areas that include:
· Basic Math,
· Algebra,
· Geometry,
· English,
· Computer Basics,
· Geography,
· American History,
· World History,
· U.S. Government and
· Sciences (includes Chemistry and Physics).

“Pocket Professor KwikNotes becomes an extension of the classroom teacher because it can fill the gap in crowded classrooms where student teacher ratios might not be optimum,” said Dale Niederhauser, PhD, Professor of Curriculum and Instructional Technology at Iowa State University. “In this sense, the Pocket Professor KwikNotes can help to significantly reduce the ‘survival-of-the-fittest’ competition for the teachers’ attention in the often crowded classroom.”

Pocket Professor KwikNotes was developed by Pocket Direct L.L.C. and is compatible with more than 74 million Game Boy Advance systems worldwide, including the Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Advance SP, and Game Boy micro.

“As a parent, I wish my kids would have had access to an educational tool like Pocket Professor KwikNotes because kids love to use it for learning,” said Jo Ann Holferty, vice president of business
development for Pocket Direct, L.L.C.

“Pocket Professor reaches out by combining a student’s need for everyday problem solving with a well-known device they are familiar with and love; the Game Boy Advance. And, when kids are home alone doing homework, parents don’t have to worry about where their child might end up on the Internet when they’re searching for an answer to a school problem.”

Pocket Professor KwikNotes Features:

· Animations and Diagrams: Students can actually see animations of the four phases of cell division, three-dimensional rotations of geometric shapes or have access to the Periodic Table of Elements.

· Bookmarking: Students can bookmark up to 60 pages of specific information they would like to have immediate access to at a later date.

· Conversion Calculator: Pocket Professor computes hundreds of conversions automatically. For example, it can convert Fahrenheit to Celsius, grams to ounces, kilowatts to horsepower, liters to gallons, pints to gallons and much more.

· Pronunciations: Pocket Professor pronounces difficult phrases like “carpe diem,” “fait accompli,” “faux pas,” and many more and gives definitions of foreign words and phrases commonly used in the English language.

· Self-Assessment Resource: Allows a student to gain a quick overview of his or her knowledge level in a number of subject areas without the anxiety of formal testing.

· Test Preparation Resource: The straightforward information contained in PocketProfessor KwikNotes serves as a highly interactive set of flashcards for final exams, exit exams, quizzes or for ACT or SAT test prep.

Members of the media interested in evaluation copies of Pocket Professor KwikNotes should contact Russell Page at Politis Communications via email (rpage@politis.com) or by telephone at 801-523-3730.

ABOUT POCKET DIRECT L.LC.

Pocket Direct, LLC, is a new Nintendo Publisher with a special mission dedicated to providing a better way for students to meet the information needs of the 21st century. When an information need arises, students are often left trying to find access in crowded and expensive computer labs, multimedia centers and libraries. The Pocket Professor product line provides an information resource that is inexpensive, education specific and accessible. This tool can be used to provide practice in information literacy skills that will serve students well when they enter the 21st century workplace.

Pocket Professor “KwikNotes” gives students immediate access (right in the palm of their hand) to once-learned and easily forgotten educational material that instills confidence and excitement in learning. To purchase, visit www.pocketprofessor.com or call 1-800-514-2409.

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