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Follett's New Website Helps Schools Navigate eReader Highway
Follett — Thursday, August 30, 2012
Follett has sponsored a new website, K12DigitalDecisions.com, a timely and robust resource to help educators and districts navigate the eReader highway and answer the critical question, "Which Comes First ... Content or Device?" Read More »
ePals® Launches Fun New Way To Access Content from Cobblestone & Cricket®;
ePals Corporation — Wednesday, August 29, 2012
ePals Corporation announced the release of new interactive magazine apps from its children's media division, offering kids an exciting new way to interact with content from award-winning, teacher- and parent-recommended Cobblestone & Cricket magazines. Read More »
SchoolReach and Sycamore Education Launch New Integrated Messaging Services
SchoolReach — Wednesday, August 29, 2012
SchoolReach Instant Contact Solutions and Sycamore Education (Sycamore), a leading online school management system specializing in private and Charter schools, today launched a new integrated messaging system. Under the agreement Sycamore will offer fully integrated access to SchoolReach and promote SchoolReach as its preferred parent notification solution. Read More »
Turnitin Adds Common Core Grading Rubrics to GradeMark
Turnitin — Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Turnitin, the leader in originality checking and online grading, announced the addition of writing rubrics aligned to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) to its award-winning cloud-based grading service, GradeMark. The six rubrics are available today within Turnitin for secondary and two-year instructors in the United States. Read More »
Cotati-Rohnert Park USD Launches District-Wide Blended Learning Program with K12 Inc.
K12 Inc. — Monday, August 27, 2012
K12 Inc. announced it has partnered with Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District in California's Sonoma County to launch a new, blended online learning program for high school students across the district. Read More »
Online Speech Therapy Helps Union County Better Serve Its Special Needs Students
PresenceLearning — Monday, August 27, 2012
Union County School System in northern Georgia has adopted PresenceLearning. After a successful pilot of PresenceLearning's services in May 2012, the district will start using live online speech therapy this fall for a portion of the district's students receiving speech language services. Read More »
Schoolwires® Introduces Portal Tool
Schoolwires, Inc. — Saturday, August 25, 2012
The new MyView feature within the Schoolwires Centricity2 content management system functions like a personal portal, letting students, teachers and parents select the information they want to view from district and school websites. MyView is designed to appeal especially to parents, providing an easy way for them to track and view school activities and events for each of their children using a built-in planner and personal dashboard. Read More »
Coosa County Schools Change Classroom Culture with My Big Campus
Lightspeed Systems — Saturday, August 25, 2012
Administrators and teachers at Coosa County School District in rural Alabama were fortunate to receive a technology grant for their middle school campus. However they soon faced a common problem: how to efficiently and effectively manage the new technology and incorporate it into the classroom. Read More »
Nearly Half of States Now Offer The GED Test on Computer
GED Testing Service — Thursday, August 23, 2012
GED Testing Service announced that nearly half of all states are now offering the GED test on computer. The test is moving to computer to meet the demands of the changing workplace and better prepare adult learners for the competitive job market and entry into college and career training programs. Read More »
SOPHIA Offers Free Homework Help for Back to School
SOPHIA — Thursday, August 23, 2012
SOPHIA.org is an online social education platform that provides more than 25,000 free academic tutorials on math, science, English and several other subjects. The ad-free site is unlike other education resources because it offers multiple lessons on each concept, providing students with many ways to learn. Read More »
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