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Follett's Destiny 11.0 Release Heightens Support of Digital Learning
Follett School and Library Group — Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Follett announced today the release of Destiny 11.0 with significant improvements to help create an interactive, digital learning environment with Follett eBooks, as well as continue to dramatically drive library efficiency. A key feature of Destiny 11.0 addresses the improvements Follett made to its capabilities for using eBooks and mobile devices to support digital learning,... Read More »
ODYSSEYWARE Releases The Common Core Assessment & Remediation Tool
ODYSSEYWARE — Tuesday, March 26, 2013
ODYSSEYWARE releases The Common Core Assessment & Remediation Tool for grades K-8. This innovative tool is budget-friendly and helps educators identify student learning gaps and provide engaging remediation designed to develop content mastery to Common Core standards. Read More »
Califone and FundingFactory Partner To Help Schools Recycle
FundingFactory, International, Inc. — Monday, March 25, 2013
Califone International, Inc. has partnered with FundingFactory, the largest recycling fundraiser for schools and nonprofits, to help schools recycle end-of-life audio equipment and enhance their sustainability initiatives. Through the partnership, participants earn points redeemable for cash or new technology, including Califone products, by collecting used headsets and headphones for recycling. Read More »
Compass Learning Launches Common Core PD Offering
Compass Learning — Saturday, March 23, 2013
Compass Learning announced Common Core Professional Development workshops to help educators prepare for the coming Common Core State Standards. The focus of the workshops is on using CompassLearning Odyssey® to create personalized learning paths for students that align with and ensure student understanding of Common Core State Standards in math, English language arts and writing. Read More »
Major Updates Make "Mastering the TEKS Online" Even More Powerful
Triumph Learning — Thursday, March 21, 2013
Triumph Learning announced major updates to Mastering the TEKS Online, its comprehensive online library of resources designed to support Texas schools and districts as they prepare students for the state assessments. The newly added instructional content, enhanced functionality, and real-time reporting make Mastering the TEKS Online an even more powerful tool for differentiating instruction for grades 3-8. Read More »
Lake County Schools Chooses SAFARI Montage
SAFARI Montage — Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Lake County Schools (LCS), Florida has chosen SAFARI Montage's Digital Learning Platform - Digital Curriculum Presenter™ - and integrated Learning Object Repository to manage all of the district's digital learning resources and deliver a digital curriculum to all 40,000 LCS students. Read More »
Mackin Partners with Renaissance Learning
Mackin Educational Resources — Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Mackin Educational Resources announced a new partnership with Renaissance Learning, the makers of Accelerated Reader (AR). With this partnership, MackinVIA users who are current customers of Renaissance Learning's Accelerated Reader Enterprise system will now be able to setup their MackinVIA program to provide direct access to AR quizzes. Read More »
New Research Linking Increases in Student Achievement and Professional Learning Delivered On-Demand
School Improvement Network — Wednesday, March 20, 2013
School Improvement Network announced new, independent research linking student achievement and teacher effectiveness to on-demand professional learning. Importantly, results indicate that when teachers are highly-engaged in on-demand professional learning, student achievement increases dramatically. Read More »
Edgenuity, NWEA Partner To Drive ELA and Math Intervention
Edgenuity, Northwest Evaluation Association — Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Edgenuity and Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) announced the creation of a powerful new integration that will be available later this year. This integration will allow educators to use assessment data generated by Measures of Academic Progress® (MAP®) from NWEA to assign Individualized Learning Paths within Edgenuity to students in grades 6-12. Read More »
FundingFactory Offers Free E-Waste Awareness Curriculum
FundingFactory — Tuesday, March 19, 2013
With the launch of EcoBuddies™ from FundingFactory, the nation's largest recycling fundraiser for schools, teachers can bring service-learning into their classrooms through "green" lessons and activities. EcoBuddies is a free preK-5 recycling curriculum and fundraising program that helps students understand the environmental impact of e-waste while gaining subject-area knowledge and applying it to real-world projects. Read More »
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