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New Online College Preparatory High School Launches
The Princeton Review and Penn Foster — Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Avondale & Williams Preparatory High School is the result of a joint initiative by The Princeton Review, a leading provider of test preparation and education support services, and Penn Foster High School, a regionally and nationally accredited study-at-home high school. This new institution is focused exclusively on online college preparatory learning. Read More »
World Book Launches the New worldbook.com
World Book, Inc. — Tuesday, October 25, 2011
World Book, Inc. today launched the newly redesigned and enhanced worldbook.com, offering free content for all ages; exciting new products for homes, public and school libraries, and school classrooms; and expanded functionality enabling users to easily interact with content, products, and services. Read More »
Groundbreaking Augmented Reality-Based Reading Curriculum Launches
Logical Choice Technologies — Sunday, October 23, 2011
Logical Choice Technologies announced today the release of Letters alive (R) 2.0. Letters alive is a supplemental reading curriculum that uses the innovative technology of augmented reality to bring letters to life for students in the form of 3D, interactive animals Read More »
SMALLab Learning Closes First Sales
SMALLab Learning LLC — Saturday, October 22, 2011
SMALLab Learning LLC's flagship product called SMALLab is a physical space that uses tracked objects to ascertain where the student is in 3D space and give immediate feedback on learning. SMALLab Learning is pleased to announce two recent sales and installations. The first is to ChicagoQuest (a new charter school in Chicago) and the second is to Epiphany Cathedral School in Venice, FL. Read More »
Charter Districts Use Cloud Technology To Manage Unique Leadership Structure
eBOARD — Saturday, October 22, 2011
On Friday, October 14th, two school charter districts were invited to speak at the Georgia Charter Advisory Council (CAC) meeting where they shared how they use eBOARD's cloud-based technology to better manage and align the work of the governance teams in their school districts while ensuring transparent communications with their stakeholders. Read More »
Promethean Releases Next-Generation Learner Response System
Promethean — Saturday, October 22, 2011
Promethean launched its next generation Learner Response System (LRS), ActivExpression2. The new device is a powerful instructional tool that enables formative assessment and gives teachers real-time feedback so that they can monitor how well a theory or idea is being understood, and to identify learning gaps Read More »
ENA and SchoolDude Partner To Increase Use of SaaS
ENA and SchoolDude — Thursday, October 20, 2011
ENA and SchoolDude.com today announced an alliance to increase the use of popular software-as-a-service (SaaS)—also commonly referred to as cloud-based—solutions. SchoolDude joins ENA’s Consortium Partner Program as the first SaaS provider with a suite of solutions to help the superintendent as well as business, technology, facilities, transportation and energy officers. Read More »
Friends with Brainefits Turns Facebook into a Study Tool
StudyBlue — Thursday, October 20, 2011
StudyBlue®, an online and mobile study system for students, announces the launch of Friends with Brainefits, a new Facebook application. Friends with Brainefits allows students to leverage their friends to make them smarter, and – just as important – to add fun to studying difficult subjects. Read More »
Kajeet for Education Launches Sentinel
Kajeet for Education — Wednesday, October 19, 2011
As schools across the country adopt computing platforms of all shapes and sizes, including smartphones, tablets, netbooks, laptops and more, they face many very relevant concerns. Kajeet for Education’s new platform, Sentinel™ addresses these concerns head-on as only a wireless carrier focused on kids and education can do: Read More »
Brooklyn Schools Select eChalk
eChalk — Tuesday, October 18, 2011
eChalk, a pioneer of school communication and instruction management software, has reached a new milestone in helping educators foster an engaging 21st century learning environment personalized to students’ needs. The company’s software is implemented in more than 100 Brooklyn schools, a microcosm of eChalk’s impact in educational institutions across the New York City area. Read More »
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