Electronic Files portion of materials open on PC -
MAC "work around" solution available for printed versions with DVD

Note - MAC work around solution available: If you absolutely, positively, need to use a MAC, we do have a "work around" solution, although only available with the printed versions teacher edition subscription or class set versions of the materials, not the online or DVD only versions. Please contact us at tporder@teaching-point.net with your interest in this work around solution and we will reply with details.

Thank you for your interest in Teaching Point materials. We serve schools in all 50 U.S. states and over 75 countries with over 115 subject-specific instructional support materials and believe from the response from our client schools and educators that we are the only supplier in the world of these complete materials beyond the textbook.

In answer to your question about the use of our files on a MAC, although we deliver a substantial teacher manual with instructional support materials in the printed versions, we also supply some of those same materials in online versions or on a DVD. The DVD only and printed versions include editable assessments (Word doc), editable class notes (PowerPoint's) and a PDF of the student book to print (the online teacher version is screen view only and the online screen view student book version is sold separately). The MAC work around is available only with the printed teacher edition subscription or class set versions.

As mentioned earlier, these can all be delivered in printed form, however, to protect the electronic versions of the materials we use a digital rights management system for our patent-pending and copyrighted intellectual property. Unfortunately, the current versions of digital rights management programs we have reviewed do not support or protect files on MAC computers.

This is a disappointment to us as it is to the MAC users who wish to use the materials on their favored platform. On the other hand, over 90% of the world's computers are PC's and those who are using MAC's usually find a PC on which to use our materials given they are very helpful with new and unavoidable out-of-field assignments. The suppliers of these security programs are working on a MAC solution - they just don't have it yet.

We hope this is a helpful explanation and the MAC question does not represent too much of a deterrent to you in considering these complete instructional support materials all with mentoring teacher access through email.