Arne Duncan, the secretary of education, sent a message to the nation’s school officials last week: Heads up! We’ll be sending you billions of dollars by month’s end. Spend the money quickly but wisely. And keep receipts; we’ll be asking. The message, which went out Friday in documents e-mailed to governors, state education commissioners and [...]
The Education Department wants to expand “fiscally sustainable extended learning opportunities” in targeted assistance schools, including before-school, after-school, during the summer, or extended school year. The Department also wants to provide “new opportunities for Title I school wide programs for secondary school students to use high-quality, online courseware as supplemental learning materials for meeting mathematics [...]
Your Partner for Title I Success Exceptional times demand an exceptional education technology partner. Let us help you grow K–12 student achievement in your state and district. As your education technology partner, we can maximize the effectiveness of your Title I program by helping you ensure that your students meet challenging academic achievement standards. Our [...]
Interactive Classrooms, 21st Century Classrooms, High-Tech Classrooms, Classroom Response Systems, Mobile Computer Labs, …these are just a few things you here about what the current K-12 classroom should look like. “Interactive” is the key word. Since a lecture is NOT interactive and we know that everyone learns differently, creating interactivity within the classroom is the [...]
Special Education covers a wide range of abilities, both behaviorally and academically. Often times, Reading and Mathematics are areas where much attention is needed. See Reading Intervention Software and Math Intervention Software. Schools help their students who are in need of “Special Education” or “Exceptional Student Services” in many different ways. Small group instruction, individual [...]
Universal screening is a single test of all students used for multiple grade levels. Age-appropriate skills is determined by National and State Standards. Questions provided must be research-based and tested over time. Universal screening allows schools to not only capture a benchmark skill level but also to make informative decisions over time. What does all [...]
Reading Intervention and Math Intervention typically go hand in hand. Let’s start with the facts: Nationally, 44% of 4th Graders are not fluent readers 8 million students read below grade level 1.3 million students fail to graduate from high school 55% or less Hispanic and African-American students graduate from high school 72% of 8th grade [...]
By using the Lexile®- or Quantile® Frameworks, teachers can place their students in the appropriate reading and math instructional materials. Read about Reading Intervention Software and Math Intervention Software. OFFICIAL: Lexile Framework for Reading What is The Lexile Framework® for Reading? The Lexile Framework® for Reading provides a common, developmental scale for matching reader [...]
English is a skill. Improving this skill is the purpose of implementing an English Language Development (ELD) Program at your school. Why an ELD Program? English is a skill…English is THE skill in today’s world. English fluency empowers students, not only academically, but also provides them the ability to obtain jobs. Read the post titled [...]
Educational Software is broad and covers many things. Computer games children play at home and core curriculum lessons aligned to state’s standards to supplement students’ learning…and then everything in between! Most of you would agree that “playing on the Internet” is not the best way students should spend their time in the computer lab at [...]
American Education Corporation (AEC) is a leading provider of research-based core curriculum instructional software for kindergarten through adult learners. Our courseware is currently in use in over 14,000 public and private K–12 schools, charter schools, colleges, correctional institutions, centers of adult literacy, military education programs, and after-school learning centers. Instructional technology and educational software provided [...]
Teachers constantly expand their electronic file cabinet with state standards aligned curriculum and classroom resources. Videos, TV specials, animations, lesson plans, science experiments, educational software, games extending the objectives taught are just a few examples of things you might find in these electronic file cabinets. For specific preparation for state testing, see State Test Prep [...]
Interactive whiteboards…these boards are now being considered “conventional boards”. Schools have whiteboards in all their classrooms. Why add more boards? Teachers only need the interactive technology. Is there a way to add the interactive whiteboard technology while keeping the same whiteboard in the classroom? Absolutely! “We chose mimio over other interactive whiteboards in the market [...]
Reading Horizons Intervention Software Program Literacy is usually the first to be discussed when addressing both Reading Intervention and Math Intervention solutions. So what is literacy? The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has drafted the following definition: “‘Literacy’ is the ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate, compute and use printed and [...]
New Online Formative Assessments now available: Measures students’ knowledge of English & Math using online formative assessments Aligned with the Lexile® & Quantile® Framework Questions answered: Placement: How do I really know the level of my students’ performance? Prediction: Can I predict how my students will do on annual tests? Prescription: What do I teach [...]
As in the State Test Prep Software post, meeting schools’ individual needs and goals is our number one priority. When it comes to preparing students for the AIMS Testing, we have a proven track record helping students pass the AIMS Test. Arizona’s Instrument to Measure Standards (AIMS) Arizona’s Instrument to Measure Standards (AIMS), a Standards-Based [...]
There are many State Test Prep Software tools on the market today. There are many differences with the tools Backbone provides schools. We have the ability to customize assessments and lesson prescription to mirror your school’s objectives. For example, Arizona has the AIMS Test (Arizona’s Instrument to Measure Standards - AIMS Test Prep Software), Utah [...]
There are many English Language Learning (ELL, ESL) Software programs on the market today. What differentiates DynEd from EVERYONE else? Specific for Education Spoken Language & Academic Language Sequencing of the Lessons Patented Technology (Shuffller Level) Reporting & Documentation on Student’s Activity & Percentage Gain Research the following names: Stephen Krashen Virginia Collier Richard Restak [...]
Announcing the new mimio® masters Training Program! mimio® is proud to announce new fee-based training option that allow mimio® users to learn the basics to the most advanced methods of using mimio® products. An ideal program to assist in advancing mimio® technologies in your school or school system, this flexible program provides a number of [...]
WEBINAR: Support Teams Under Response to Intervention (RTI) Who will lead you to success? Typically support teams have been used to identify students for special education services. Now under the Response to Intervention (RTI) model, support teams are working to keep at-risk students in general education classrooms, while providing targeted interventions and monitoring their progress. [...]