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Carson Dellosa Launches Learning Spot Lessons
Carson-Dellosa Publishing, LLC — Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Carson-Dellosa Publishing, LLC introduced the newest, comprehensive solution—Learning Spot™ Lessons—a line of teacher-designed and teacher-tested lessons for interactive whiteboards. Learning Spot™ Lessons bring the interactive whiteboard to life with standards-based, curriculum-focused content that encourages student interaction. Read More »
Time To Know Releases Software Update for Apple Products
Time To Know — Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Time To Know, a complete online teaching and learning solution, is now available for the Mac. The updated platform, DTP 6.1, supports Windows Internet Explorer 9, Apple Safari 5.1, Apple Mac OS X 10.6 and 10.7 operating systems, and all related models. Read More »
Announcing Naiku Platform 2.0
Naiku — Monday, February 20, 2012
Naiku, a leader of cloud-based balanced assessment software K-12 education announced version 2.0 of the Naiku Platform. Naiku is a best-in-class SaaS platform that enables teachers to make "real-time" instructional decisions to improve student achievement. Version 2.0 is available for immediate use and requires absolutely zero "app deployment" to get started. Read More »
myON reader from Capstone Digital Goes Mobile
Capstone Digital — Monday, February 20, 2012
Capstone Digital, developer of personalized learning environments for students, announces the launch of new mobile capabilities for myON™ reader. The personalized literacy environment that provides access to the largest integrated library of digital books with multimedia supports is now available on Kindle Fire. Read More »
Tutor.com Launches Online Coaching Service for Math Teachers
Tutor.com — Saturday, February 18, 2012
MyLivePD™ Online Coaching Service, the first and only on demand professional development program from Tutor.com, is now available to all mathematics teachers. This is the only service that connects a teacher to an experienced coach online for immediate real-time collaboration around all planning topics, including differentiating instruction, classroom management, Common Core transitions and creating assessments. Read More »
PARCC Chooses Measured Progress To Assist with Interoperability Standards
Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Career — Thursday, February 16, 2012
The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Career (PARCC) recently named Measured Progress as its interoperability standards development services contractor for PARCC’s K-12 assessment program. PARCC is one of two consortia in the process of developing common assessments for the nation’s students. Interoperability refers to a system’s capacity to store and transfer data effectively and accurately. Read More »
Schools Tapping Technology to Make and Measure Math Gains
Whizz Education — Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Elementary and middle schools in Hawaii, Washington, Maryland, Alaska and Kentucky are using Math-Whizz to deliver the complex requirements of RTI and to demonstrate that their RTI initiatives are working, according to Ben Keogh, CEO of Whizz Education. Read More »
Walch Education Launches Texas Algebra I EOC App
Walch Education — Wednesday, February 15, 2012
To assist Texas students preparing for the new EOC Algebra I assessment, Walch Education has launched a web-based version of its popular iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch app. Developed and piloted in Plano, Texas, in 2011, the Algebra 1 Help Texas EOC app helps Texas educators ensure that students have the necessary concepts and skills. Read More »
GoSoapBox Launches To Shatter Barriers to Student Engagement
GoSoapBox — Tuesday, February 14, 2012
GoSoapBox, a Chicago-based education technology startup, announced today the launch of its eLearning application designed as an assessment tool for classrooms from elementary school through the college level. The company's Web-based mobile application, called GoSoapBox, is available on any device with an Internet connection. Read More »
Novachi Enables Educators To Click-Integrate Any App
Novachi — Tuesday, February 14, 2012
The Novachi Apps Store is not a stand alone product, but an enhancement to the already powerful set of features provided by Novachi 2.0. The app store provides a mechanism for which educators can easily manage, activate, and purchase a variety of data systems, curriculum content, and educational tools. These apps run seamlessly within the Novachi 2.0 IES framework... Read More »
