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Industry Roundup - A Collection of the Latest AEP Member News
Releases
Inspiration 8 Wins 2007 Codie Award From Software & Information
Industry Association - 5/1/07
Inspiration 8, the essential tool to
visualize, think, organize and learn, received a 2007 Codie Award
from the Software & Information
Industry Association (SIIA). Inspiration Software's flagship product
was recognized as the "Best Education Technology Solution
for Productivity/Creativity."
Free Online Journal From Pearson Assessments Translates Research
Into Practice for Speech-Language Pathologists - 5/1/07
Pearson
Assessments today launched the second year of "Evidence-Based
Practice (EBP) Briefs," a free online journal for speech and
language professionals. Edited by Laura Justice, Ph.D., "EBP
Briefs" is a peer-reviewed journal with articles written to
help practicing clinicians translate research into practice in
their daily activities.
Upcoming Presentation to Demonstrate How Weekly Reader Magazines
Have Been Proven Scientifically Effective - 4/30/07
A study proving
that student exposure to Weekly Reader magazines significantly
boosts learning in the classroom will be presented on May 14, 2007,
at the annual International Reading Association (IRA) conference
in Toronto. The Michael Cohen Group LLC, which conducted the research,
will present "An Evaluation of the
Effectiveness of Nonfiction Supplementary Materials: Kids and Nonfiction
Magazines - Evaluating the Impact of Supplemental Materials in
the Elementary Classroom."
WriteToLearn 3.0 Launches With Expanded Essay Feedback, Industry-Standard
Teacher Tools - 4/23/07
Pearson Knowledge Technologies (PKT) today
launched WriteToLearn(tm) 3.0, the newest update of its innovative
Web-based learning tool for developing writing and reading comprehension
skills. Offering both summary and essay writing activities, WriteToLearn
now provides students with expanded feedback on their essays and
gives teachers a tool for targeting their students with ability-appropriate
reading passages.
Fairfax County Public Schools begins 5th year of FableVision's
web-based vocabulary program, Get A Clue - 4/23/07
FableVision,
the award-winning progressive educational media and interactive
publisher, today announced that its web-based vocabulary and critical
thinking program, Get A Clue, has been selected once again by Fairfax
County Public Schools (FCPS) in Virginia as part of in the district's
leading-edge curriculum mix.
ABC-CLIO and EBSCO Publishing Announce New Distribution Partnership
- 4/20/07
ABC-CLIO is pleased to announce a new distribution partnership
to make award-winning ABC-CLIO databases available through EBSCO
Publishing. With this new partnership, school libraries will be
able to enjoy the convenience of working with their EBSCO representative
to consolidate orders for ABC-CLIO databases with their orders
for EBSCO host databases.
Shakespeare Squared Awards Student Teaching Scholarships - 4/19/07
To
encourage and enable more students to pursue a career in education,
Shakespeare Squared, the innovative full-service development company
serving educational and trade publishers, has created the Shakespeare
Squared Scholarship and Award in Student Teaching. Established
at Northeastern Illinois University, each scholarship pays for
the tuition or miscellaneous expenses of students during their
required student teaching semester.
Discovery Education Introduces HELP Math - 4/19/07
Discovery Education, a division of Discovery Communications, Inc.,
announced today a partnership with Digital Directions International,
Inc. (DDI), an educational technology company based in Colorado,
to be the exclusive distributor of HELP Math, the only multimedia,
supplementary Web-based program designed to remove language barriers
from the learning of math skills and content.
State of Washington Professional Educator Standards Board Selects
National Evaluation Systems - 4/18/07
National Evaluation Systems(tm)
(NES), the teacher licensure testing business of Pearson Education,
announced today that the State of Washington Professional Educator
Standards Board (PESB) has awarded the company the contract to
develop and manage the Washington Educator Skills Tests-Endorsements
(WEST-E), which assess subject-area content knowledge of candidates
for the state's teacher endorsements.
The Bridge of Vocabulary From Pearson Assessments Honored- 4/17/07
Pearson
Assessments today announced that The Bridge of Vocabulary, the
only explicit vocabulary intervention program tied to evidence-based
research and curriculum standards and developed for both general
and special educators, is a finalist in two categories of the Association
of Educational Publishers (AEP) 2007 Distinguished Achievement
Awards Program. The product is honored in the "Curriculum: Reading
and Language Arts Teaching Resources: Activity Books Category" for
both grades 6-8 and 9-12.
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