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The newly released integration of eInstruction's Insight 360 with ATI's Galileo K-12 Online software offers teachers a seamless and flexible approach to the assessment of student learning and differentiated instruction aimed at increasing student achievement and mastery of standards. Scottsdale, AZ (PRWEB) May 06, 2013 Assessment Technology Incorporated (ATI) and eInstruction have teamed up to create a unique and innovative technological advancement that transforms the classroom...
Platform Designed for Lifelong Learning Gives Teachers Tools to Easily Build, Market and Monetize Content MENLO PARK, Calif., May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Curious.com, Inc., today unveiled a new marketplace for lifelong learning where students and teachers can connect around subjects as varied as salsa dancing, integral solving, pipe soldering, jewelry making and knife sharpening. The company debuts as the home to hundreds of short, engaging video-based lessons for consumers...
VerticialTutors.Com Takes Learning to the Next Level As They Offer Online Solutions for Students to Cruise Along the Lines of Success FORT WORTH, Texas, April 26, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- VerticialTutors.com offers a ray of hope to distressed students with their unconventional online tutoring. As the educational sector embraced technology, many changes were introduced in methods of instruction delivery as well. Despite the revolution, parents still expect a single teacher to...
New Currency Allows More Convenience, Fewer Fees for International Students and Their Families ST. LOUIS, April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Varsity Tutors, a premier private academic tutoring and test prep provider, today announced that it is now accepting Bitcoin as a form of payment for its in-person and live-online tutoring services. While all clients will be able to pay using Bitcoin, the company anticipates that the greatest demand will be from students located abroad who purchase...
Even within the same school, lower-achieving students often are taught by less-experienced teachers, as well as by teachers who received their degrees from less-competitive colleges, according to a new study by researchers from the Stanford Graduate School of Education and the World Bank. The study, using data from one of the nation's largest school districts, also shows that student class assignments vary within schools by a teacher's gender and race. In a paper published in the April...
Mimio developer of the MimioClassroom™ family of interactive teaching technologies, is helping customers make optimal use of its technologies through a series of free professional development webinars. Cambridge, MA (PRWEB) April 17, 2013 Mimio developer of the MimioClassroom™ family of interactive teaching technologies, is helping customers make optimal use of its technologies through a series of free professional development webinars. Each of the live 30-minute webinars is presented...
ORLANDO, Fla., March 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Live Music Tutor, Inc. has recently made enhancements to improve the functionality of their live online interactive music instruction platform. Since its launch in early 2012 Live Music Tutor has continued to improve the customer experience on their educational platform with input and suggestions from site users. The new enhancements include a variety of short instructional videos and FAQs to help users better navigate the website. This...
Read The Most From Coast To Coast Unites Students in Shared Reading Practice Challenge WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis., March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- It wasn't soccer or basketball. It wasn't band or choir. Yet, hundreds of thousands of students showed up for practice - reading practice. U.S. students set a new national record, reading 4.4 million books in the days and hours leading up to "Read The Most From Coast To Coast" on March 1. (Logo:...
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online There’s perhaps no better example of how far technology has advanced than tablet computers like the iPad. Small, portable and powerful, these tablets have changed not only the way people perform everyday tasks but the way people work as well. Teachers have often been among the first to use the newest technology in their classrooms, and iPads are no exception. In a recent survey by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, some...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Launched in 2012 in time for back to school in September, the free resource-sharing website for teachers, Share My Lesson, and TES Connect have recorded phenomenal success, with more than 200,000 U.S. teacher members registered in just five months. Created by teachers, for teachers and backed by the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and TSL Education, Share My Lesson is on track to have more than one million U.S. teachers by the end of...
