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Impero Software Attends the 2017 Digital Citizenship Summit to Launch a New, Collaborative White Paper “Prevention Science: A Framework for Positive Digital Citizenship”

10/30/2017

The white paper is a collaborative effort between Impero Software,
EPIK Deliberate Digital, the Digital Citizenship Institute and Educate Empower Kids

Simi Valley, CA, Oct. 30, 2017 –Impero Software has partnered with EPIK Deliberate Digital, the Digital Citizenship Institute and Educate Empower Kids on a new white paper, “Prevention Science: A Framework for Positive Digital Citizenship” launching this week during the 2017 Digital Citizenship Summit (DigCitSummit) in Provo, Utah.

6 New Google Classroom Apps to Help Motivate and Engage Students

10/30/2017

Take a look at the handful of Google Classroom applications that include interactives, games, and visual learning. They are free and easy to integrate, so go ahead and help grow your students into explorers, researchers, and inventors. Written by Nancy Lin.

Education in K-12 and beyond sets out great expectations on students. Each year their learning becomes less teacher dependent as they develop independent learning skills. Distance learning can be twice as complicated for students in terms of keeping their motivation levels high. The experts suggest that a key element to motivate students and teenagers is learning through challenge and the element of novelty.

Thanks to new Google Classroom applications teachers have even more tools to enhance the education process for the students and make studying more fun and engaging.

Snapplify selected for World Bank’s accelerator programme, XL Africa

10/27/2017

CAPE TOWN, October 27, 2017 – Snapplify is proud to be one of the top 20 digital companies selected from over 1000 applications to participate in XL Africa – the World Bank’s new accelerator programme for Africa’s top digital entrepreneurs. The programme begins this November in Cape Town, with interaction with international investors and potential partners.

Aperture Education is Now Accepting Entries for its December Scholarship Contest

10/27/2017

Students can submit an essay describing the impact of a teacher to win $1,000

Charlotte N.C. (Oct. 26, 2017) — Teachers often have a positive impact on students that goes beyond academics. Social-emotional learning (SEL) company Aperture Education wants to hear these stories. For its Essay Scholarship Contest, Aperture Education is asking high school seniors and college students to submit essays that “Describe a high school teacher who made an impact on you in a non-academic way.”

The winning essay will receive a $1,000 college scholarship. Participants must submit their essays by Dec. 1, 2017. To enter, visit: http://www.apertureed.com/funding/scholarship/

Girls Thinking Global and Women’s Education Project Announce Strategic Partnership

10/27/2017

The partnership is dedicated to the leadership development of adolescent girls and young women

(CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS) October 26, 2017 – Girls Thinking Global (GTG), dedicated to connecting nonprofits that serve adolescent girls and young women around the world and Women’s Education Project (WEP), dedicated to leadership, and college and career training of young women in India and South Asia, are forming a strategic alliance focused to develop leadership skills in adolescent girls and young women to help lift them out of poverty and positively impact their communities.

ORIGO Education Announces New Program Adoption by Kennewick School District in Washington State

10/24/2017

ORIGO Stepping Stones 2.0 will now be used as
part of the school district’s elementary mathematics program

Tuesday, October 24, 2017 — KENNEWICK, Wash. - October 24, 2017 - ORIGO Education and Kennewick School District have partnered to bring a new way of teaching mathematics to classrooms in the 2017/18 school year. After a year-long evaluation process of many math curricula, including the ORIGO Stepping Stones 2.0: Comprehensive Mathematics program, Kennewick School District has adopted the program for implementation in the district’s 15 elementary schools. Approximately 350 teachers in K-5 grades will have access to the new program. Click to Tweet.

Califone Introduces Versatile Microphone to PA Product Family

10/24/2017

DM-39 Dynamic Microphone connects to wide range of PA solutions for K-12 schools

Chatsworth, Calif. (Oct. 24, 2017) – When educators participate in large-group presentations, they need to produce clear audio from tools that are easy to set up and use. To meet this need, Califone International, a leader in the design, development and manufacturing of audio equipment for use in education, announces the release of the DM-39 Dynamic Microphone for use with several of Califone’s portable PA Systems.

Hoonuit Acquires Whitewater Learning, Launches University Accredited Courses

10/24/2017

Hoonuit’s Pathways are now available to educators to
receive university credit for personalized course completion

MINNEAPOLIS (October 24, 2017) – Hoonuit, the catalyst for education excellence through data analytics and professional development, announces the launch of university accredited professional learning courses. The courses will be provided through Pathways, a new enhancement to Hoonuit’s online professional development solution, which groups similar modules together to provide a well-rounded study of a topic.

Each pathway has required modules, and a number of elective modules to enable personalization.

IO Education announces product innovations to drive analytics, differentiated instruction and teacher-parent communication

10/24/2017

New and updated features allow districts to access their data and
put plans into action to improve student outcomes

ATLANTA – October 23, 2017 – IO Education, a leader in helping educators use data to improve student outcomes, announces three product enhancements reinforcing its position as an innovator in education technology. The product updates include the integration of Virtual Data Wall into IO Education’s assessment offering, improved parent-teacher communications through integrated, bi-directional SMS messaging capabilities, and expanded reporting and dashboarding capabilities.

3M and Discovery Education Celebrate 10th Anniversary of Young Scientist Challenge, Awards America's Top Scientist with $25,000 Prize

10/23/2017

Gitanjali Rao named America’s Top Young Scientist in Nation’s Premier Middle School Science Competition for inventing a device that aims to test for lead in water

Silver Spring, Md. and St. Paul, Minn. (October 18, 2017) – 3M (@3M) and Discovery Education (@DiscoveryEd) have named 11-year-old Gitanjali Rao from Lone Tree, Colo., the winner of the 2017 Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge (#YoungScientist). Gitanjali is working to develop Tethys, a sensor-based device that can detect lead in water faster than other current techniques.