Technology & Learning - March 2009 - (Page 46) WHATSNEW Online & Software U.S. HISTORY I (WWW.AMERED.COM) American Education Corporation has released U.S. History I, a new core social sciences course for the A+nyWhere Learning System courseware program. U.S. History I is the first full-semester-course component of a comprehensive yearlong course of study that is appropriate for grades 9 through 12. Students will examine history by using the themes of culture, economics, geography, global connections, government, science/technology, and sociology/anthropology. The second-semester component, U.S. History II, will be released in August. Price: $1,000 Category: History dramatic reduction in school districts’ expenditures on behavioral services, and, ultimately, significant gains in academic achievement. Price: Per school Category: Behavioral Monitoring DIMENSIONM (WWW.DIMENSIONM.COM) Tabula Digita has partnered with Pearson. Tabula Digita will create customized versions of its award-winning DimensionM educational video games aligned directly with the math curriculum in Scott Foresman–Addison Wesley enVisionMATH’s elementary math program and Pearson’s two middle-school programs, Prentice Hall Math and Connected Mathematics. Price: $7–$20 Category: Education Games DISCOVERY EDUCATION STREAMING (WWW.DISCOVERYEDUCATION.COM) Saving educators’ time and further enriching their overall user experience, Discovery Education announces several key upgrades to Discovery Education streaming. The digital video-based learning resource now features an enhanced landing page that allows users to access all Discovery Education services, and preview new additions to the media library, encourages customization and personalization, and more. Price: K-8 Building, $1,570; 9-12 and K-12 Building, $2,095 Category: Video Streaming CLASSROOM WALKTHROUGH (WWW.TEACHSCAPE.COM) Teachscape’s new Classroom Walkthrough 3.0 (CWT 3.0) features new look–fors, the ability to create custom look–fors, hierarchical management, and enhanced reporting. CWT allows building administrators and others to quickly collect data about classroom practice and to use that information to work with teachers to plan and implement improvement and professional-development activities. Price: Call for pricing Category: Walkthrough Assessment Software ACTIVSOFTWARE INSPIRE EDITION (WWW.PROMETHEANWORLD.COM) Promethean’s new Activsoftware Inspire Edition can be used with any brand of interactive whiteboard. Activsoftware Inspire Edition combines the functionality of both Activprimary (for students aged up to 11 years) and Activstudio (for students aged 11 and above) into a single software solution that allows the user to operate in their preferred and most familiar interface. The new Activsoftware enables full integration of Promethean Activclassroom technologies, including Promethean’s Activote and Activexpression Learner Response Systems. Price: Standalone, $99 (comes with the Activboard) Category: Interactive Whiteboard Software EDUCATE ONLINE (WWW.EDUCATE-ONLINE.COM) The Educate Online program consists of the following: online assessment to identify learning gaps; development of an individualized learning plan based on the student’s specific skill gaps or goals that is aligned with state and national standards; lessons delivered online with a live, U.S. state-certified instructor; ongoing monitoring of student progress by an Educate Online “prescription monitor,” and post-assessment test to measure actual grade-level gains. Price: Per student pricing model Category: Online Tutoring MY LEARN360 (WWW.LEARN360.COM) The “My Learn360” homepage for teachers is filled with new tools that include a classroom-blog-creating tool, more activities and teacher’s guides, a personalized calendar, and a podcasting tool. The Learn360 streaming solution also now includes an assignment-and-quiz-creation tool and the ability to upload and share your own documents and media. Price: Annual subscription for one school, $695 (volume discounts for more than one site available) Category: Video Streaming REVIEW360 (WWW.PSIWARESOLUTIONS.COM) Psychological Software Solutions has announced the results from several implementations showing that using its 5 Steps to Improving Student Behavior and Review360 leads to noteworthy reductions in disruptive behavior, increased rates of inclusion for students with emotional and behavioral disorders, 46 | TECH & LEARNING http://WWW.AMERED.COM http://WWW.DIMENSIONM.COM http://WWW.DISCOVERYEDUCATION.COM http://WWW.TEACHSCAPE.COM http://WWW.PROMETHEANWORLD.COM http://WWW.EDUCATE-ONLINE.COM http://WWW.LEARN360.COM http://WWW.PSIWARESOLUTIONS.COM
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