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itslearning Announces Impressive Growth in U.S
itslearning, inc. — Wednesday, February 06, 2013
itslearning, inc., the digital learning platform of choice for teachers, today announced its 2012 results. itslearning USA, the North American subsidiary of itslearning AS, experienced 176% growth in 2012. The company nearly tripled the number of new users in the U.S. while growing its active user base by more than 100% during the same period. Read More »
Learning.com Unveils Custom Curriculum Publishing Tool
Learning.com — Wednesday, February 06, 2013
The newest feature of the award-winning Learning.com platform, Custom Curriculum Publishing allows districts and schools to build and publish custom digital units that align with their curriculum maps and instructional goals. The tool enables administrators to create and share unique content collections with their teachers and re-sequence existing content to more effectively meet specific objectives and standards. Read More »
Pearson Foundation Launches New Digital Initiative for Parents
Pearson Foundation — Wednesday, February 06, 2013
As educators and students everywhere celebrate Digital Learning Day, the Pearson Foundation is pleased to announce LEARNING STARTS, a new digital guide to education and learning designed especially for parents. This free online publication highlights the latest developments in education and how they transform teaching and learning inside and outside the classroom. Read More »
Global Scholar and Compass Learning Form Alliance
Compass Learning, Inc., GlobalScholar, Inc — Tuesday, February 05, 2013
The product integration and a strategic alliance that will help education professionals produce better learning outcomes by delivering on the promise of Personalized Learning. The combination of GlobalScholar’s Performance Series® with CompassLearning Odyssey® provides teachers with immediate assessment results and a personalized learning path designed to the specific learning needs of each student that is aligned with state and Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Read More »
Skyward Introduces SkyCoder
Skyward — Tuesday, February 05, 2013
Skyward today launches SkyCoder, a free tool that enables districts to customize its solutions for greater control and advanced data management capabilities. Customers can now tailor screens and field rules to fit their needs without using in-house development staff or expensive customizations, saving districts time and money. Read More »
Pinellas County Schools and ASCD Partner
ASCD — Tuesday, February 05, 2013
Pinellas County Schools (PCS) has chosen ASCD as its newest professional development partner. The seventh largest school system in Florida, PCS serves 104,000 preK-12th grade students in more than 145 schools. ASCD is the global leader in providing programs, products, and services that empower educators to support the success of each learner. Read More »
Independent Study Shows Magic Planet Improves Student Performance
Global Imagination — Monday, February 04, 2013
Global Imagination®, maker of the Magic Planet® digital video globe, today announced the results of a major international study on the educational efficacy of the Magic Planet in K-12 classrooms. The study, performed by The Chinese Ministry of Education's Educational Equipment Research Institute (EERI) in Beijing, China, determined that using the Magic Planet increased overall student comprehension by an average of 16.5 percent across a broad range of subjects. Read More »
Shmoop Introduces Analytics For Test Prep
Shmoop — Monday, February 04, 2013
Schools with a Shmoop license can keep tabs on your students - or, if you're an administrator, keep tabs on your teachers. Shmoop Analytics - a tool in the same vein as Google Analytics - will give you instant access to oodles of informative data. Buzz on down to the bullet points to learn all the deets. Read More »
PBS Survey Finds Teachers Are Embracing Digital Resources To Propel Student Learning
PBS LearningMedia — Monday, February 04, 2013
PBS LearningMedia today released findings from a national survey of pre-K-12 teachers that provides a current snapshot of how teachers are utilizing technology in America's classrooms, the types of technology teachers have access to and their attitudes toward technology. Three-quarters of teachers surveyed link educational technology to a growing list of benefits, saying technology enables them to reinforce and expand on content (74%), to motivate students to learn (74%), and to respond to a variety of learning styles (73%). Seven in 10 teachers (69%) surveyed said educational technology allows them to "do much more than ever before" for their students. Read More »
Skyward Increases Productivity for MI School Districts
Skyward — Thursday, January 31, 2013
Skyward is increasing productivity and efficiency within Michigan school districts that have adopted the company's robust Student Management and School Business suites. Since 2010, the number of districts in the state implementing Skyward has increased by 44%, with a total of 171 districts using the integrated software to manage local student, finance and human resources data. Read More »
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