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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 »
Connections Academy Virtual School Students Head Back to School
Connections Academy — Thursday, August 23, 2012
The 2012-2013 school year marks the start of the second decade of Connections Academy, leading provider of highly accountable virtual schooling for students in grades K through 12. The virtual learning pioneer celebrates its decade of serving students and families with two major milestones: a record number of students are expected to enroll in its largest-ever number of 24 Connections Academy public schools, spanning 22 states. Read More »
One Laptop Per Child and Common Sense Media Partner
One Laptop per Child — Wednesday, August 22, 2012
One Laptop per Child (OLPC) has signed an agreement with Common Sense Media to offer Digital Passport™, the interactive web-based platform, on OLPC's XO laptops and tablets in the U.S. and internationally. Digital Passport™ is an interactive learning environment designed for students in grades 3-5 who are just beginning to use media and technology independently. Read More »
PresenceLearning Partners with the Arizona Charter School Association
PresenceLearning — Wednesday, August 22, 2012
PresenceLearning recently joined into a corporate partnership with the Arizona Charter School Association. Through the partnership, the Association will help make Arizona's 524 charter campuses aware of the uses and benefits of online speech therapy provided by PresenceLearning. Read More »
Mimio Introduces "Get Out the Vote," Teacher-Designed K-12 Social Studies Lesson Plans and Activities
Mimio — Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Mimio is helping teachers capitalize on that interest with its "Get Out the Vote" series of teacher-created K-12 lesson ideas hosted at the MimioConnect website. The standards-based lessons were designed by a team of classroom teachers and cover social studies topics such as citizenship, characteristics of government, rights and responsibilities, civic participation and democracy. Read More »
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