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Aperture Education Becomes an Approved Vendor for Social-Emotional Learning for Chicago Public Schools

4/12/2018

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(Charlotte,NC) April 12, 2018 — Chicago Public Schools has added Aperture Education to its list of vendors approved to provide social-emotional learning (SEL) products to its schools. All vendors were selected after they applied and had their products vetted by the district. Following this period, products were approved by the board of education.
 
Aperture Education is the publisher of Evo Social/Emotional, an online SEL assessment and intervention system for students in grades K-8.The system uses the Devereux Student Strengths Assessment (DESSA) to measure students’ social and emotional competencies. Evo Social/Emotional also provides growth strategies and foundational practices to strengthen social and emotional skills. Aperture Education was selected as a vendor in the district’s curriculum and materials category which includes “curricula and materials that support the delivery of structured interventions to address student barriers to learning before, during and after school.”


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Defined STEM Adds Portfolio Assessment Manager for Project-Based Learning

4/11/2018

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The new tool allows school district administrators and teachers to assign and assess student portfolios to measure growth over time
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(CHICAGO, IL) April 11, 2018 --In an effort to support project-based learning, Defined Learning today announced its latest extension to Defined STEM, the Portfolio Assessment Manager. The all-encompassing new platform is designed to help teachers grade project-based assignments and create student portfolios to measure growth over time. Districts across the country are using project-based learning to help their students develop and apply critical 21st-century skills. 

​Many standardized tests do not measure these critical skills and district leaders need an assessment system to support an analysis of student experiences with these applications and skills. Defined STEM’s new Portfolio Assessment Manager provides school district administrators and teachers with valuable information and support related to each students' strengths and areas for growth as they progress through performance tasks and across grade levels. With the Portfolio Assessment Manager, district administrators can share assessments with all of their teachers to ensure that they assign and assess the standards, skills, and competencies the school district wants to meet.


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KinderLab Robotics Meets Rigorous Review Standards to Join STEMworks Database

4/11/2018

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KinderLab Robotics and STEMworks both aim to develop 21 st -century skills by providing effective STEM education and inspiration
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(Waltham, MA) April 11, 2018 -- KinderLab Robotics, the creators of KIBO™, a robot kit designed to teach children ages 4–7 to build, program, decorate, and bring their own robot to life without requiring any screen-time, today announced its acceptance to STEMworks, an online honor roll of high-quality STEM education programs. As the demand for STEM education continues to grow, many organizations have identified achievement gaps in STEM literacy based on gender, race, and economic inequalities.
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​KinderLab Robotics seeks to increase STEM literacy and prepare young children for the demands of a 21st-century society that will require them to learn sequencing, think computationally, problem-solve, and collaborate. The overarching goal of offering students access to a plethora of tools and resources is to create a new population of young people who are STEM-literate, and to improve the economic competitiveness of our future workforce.


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Texas School Adopts Milo and robots4autism Curriculum for Students with Autism

4/11/2018

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Congressman and special needs advocate, Pete Sessions, visits Tom C. Gooch Elementary to see students interact with Milo, the facially expressive humanoid robot
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(Dallas, TX) April 11, 2018 -- RoboKind, the world leader in social robotics and the creator of Milo and robots4autism, today announced its partnership with Tom C. Gooch Elementary School in Dallas, TX, to break down barriers for students with special needs and autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

​The school adopted Milo and the robots4autism curriculum in early April, and within days were seeing results with students. On Wednesday April 4, 2018, Texas congressman and special needs advocate, Pete Sessions, showed his support of the newly implemented technology by visiting the school to see Milo in action.


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Insight ADVANCE Wins 2018 EdTech Award for ‘Best Professional Development Learning Solution’

4/10/2018

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The awards, presented by EdTech Digest, honor leaders, innovators, and trendsetters who are creating a better future for learning with the help of technology
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(ENCINO, CA) April 10, 2018 — As part of the 2018 EdTech Awards, Insight ADVANCE, creator of groundbreaking tools for teacher observation, has won the 2018 Cool Tool Award for “Professional Development Learning Solution.” The tool was also honored as a finalist in two other categories: “Collaboration Solution,” and “Video-based Learning Solution.”
 
The EdTech Awards recognize companies and people in and around education for outstanding contributions in transforming education through technology to enrich the lives of learners everywhere. The edtech ecosystem is now more than 15,000 companies strong, with hundreds of thousands of educators and students using technology to enhance, improve, and transform their everyday work. Now in its eighth year, the US-based program is the largest and most competitive recognition program in all of education technology, recognizing the biggest names in edtech—and those who soon will be. This year’s finalists and winners were narrowed from the larger field and judged based on various criteria, including pedagogical workability, efficacy and results, support, clarity, value, and potential.


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IPS and Salesforce.org Partner Together to Prepare Students for College and Career

4/4/2018

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(April 3, 2018) -- Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS) is excited to announce a grant to support strong college and career preparation for high school students in Indianapolis. With a Salesforce.org donation of $500,000, IPS is opening a new Information Technology Academy at George Washington High School, as part of IPS' All-Choice High School model. Additionally, Salesforce.org grant dollars will help support new Future Centers that actively engage and help students and families with college and career planning in Indianapolis.
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The Information Technology Academy at George Washington High School starts in the 2018-19 school year. This is one of several new academies and College and Career Options that demonstrate the district’s commitment to make sure students are enrolled in a two- or four-year college or university, enlisted in the military or employed at a livable wage upon graduation.


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Kajeet® Education Broadband™ Powers Wi-Fi on School Buses for Google’s Rolling Study Halls Initiative

4/2/2018

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Kajeet SmartBus™ Extends the Classroom in Over 100 Districts, 34 States
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​(MCLEAN, VA)--April 2, 2018--Kajeet®, the industry leader for safe, mobile student Internet connectivity, today announces its work with Google to power its Rolling Study Halls program,  which includes filtered, district-managed Wi-Fi on school buses deployed in 12 states this year.

As part of this Google-sponsored program to transform the school bus into an extension of the classroom, students receive take-home devices, educational Wi-Fi access on the school bus, and a dedicated instructor on the school bus. Google selected the Kajeet SmartBus™ solution to connect students to reliable Internet with its CIPA-compliant Kajeet Education Broadband™ solution.


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