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BrainPOP
As the fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks approaches,
kids are still being faced with some harsh realities about this
terrible tragedy. In light of renewed media attention on 9/11,
as well as numerous major motion picture releases dealing with
these events, BrainPOP will offer its movie on Terrorism free to
all visitors of the site during the month of September.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education is collaborating with four
of the education industry's top technology providers to make it
easier than ever for teachers to integrate digital video technology
into their lesson plans and classrooms. Building on the success
of the unitedstreaming video-on-demand
service for the classroom, the new technological collaborations
with SMART Technologies Inc., Adobe, eInstruction Corporation,
and Inspiration Software, Inc., will provide a robust new dimension
for teachers using videos as instructional tools.
Continuing its commitment to providing educators with easy-to-use
technology, Discovery Education today introduced One Place, a digital
media management product that offers quick access to online digital
media from one integrated access point.
The Hayes Connection/The Greaves Group
Superintendents, curriculum
directors and technology directors representing over 11 million
students nationwide participated in the "America's Digital Schools 2006" study,
conducted by The Hayes Connection and The Greaves Group and sponsored
by Discovery Education and Pearson Education. Among the key findings
of the study: Over 87% of schools offering 1:1 computing report
substantial academic improvement where results were tracked; superintendents
rank low TCO (total cost of ownership) as the single most important
factor in 1:1 computing implementation; and many school districts
are unaware of a looming bandwidth crisis resulting from the growing
number of student computers and applications.
PLATO Learning, Inc.
PLATO Learning announced
the market release of Straight Curve Mathematics Series 2. The
supplemental curriculum enriches core elementary mathematics curriculum
and provides deeper, enhanced instructional focus on the concepts
that students in grades 3ñ5
find most challenging - decimals, fractions, measurement, probability,
and problem solving.
PLATO Learning is pleased to announce the expansion of the PLATO
Courses product line for middle school learners, additional subjects
for high school students, and course management and reporting options
for administrators and teachers.
Thinkronize
netTrekker d.i., the safe Internet search engine specifically
designed to support differentiated instruction, is now available
with text-to-speech support. The award-winning product by Thinkronize
has helped thousands of educators individualize instruction for
all levels of learners, and now the product's 180,000 educator-selected
resources are more accessible and adaptive for special needs students.
Thinkronize, developer of the netTrekker suite of safe
educational search products, and FSCreations have partnered to
provide educators with instant access to reinforcement content
for their students. The newest version of FSCreation's flagship
product, ExamView v5.2, now features an item remediation summary
that allows teachers to instantly link to remediation content provided
by netTrekker. Any netTrekker classic or netTrekker
d.i. customer who purchases ExamView will now have access
to this new functionality.
Tom Snyder Productions
Tom Snyder Productions has created a series
of online guides to help educators use several of its most popular
software programs with interactive whiteboards and projectors.
GO Solve Word Problems, Science Court, Reading for Meaning, and
Decisions, Decisions 5.0 are among many of the company's award-winning
titles that encourage whole-class instruction and student participation,
making them ideal for classrooms with interactive whiteboards or
projectors.
Tom Snyder Productions has created a series of online guides to
help educators use several of its most popular software programs
with interactive whiteboards and projectors. GO SolveÆ Word Problems,
Science Court, Reading for Meaning, and Decisions, DecisionsÆ 5.0
are among many of the company's award-winning titles that encourage
whole-class instruction and student participation, making them
ideal for classrooms with interactive whiteboards or projectors.
Questions, ideas, or
in need of more information? Please contact Stacey
Pusey at 302-295-8349.
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