By @jessieww in 21st Century Math Skills
DreamBox Learning CEO, Jessie Woolley-Wilson discusses how intelligent adaptive learning technology, “learns the learner as the learner learns.”
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By @DanKerns in Adaptive Learning
From the pressures of data driven evaluations to the challenge of reaching each student in a classroom full of different learning styles. Hear what Dr. Jorgensen has to say about the difficult challenges teachers face today and how DreamBox is using intelligent adaptive learning to overcome those challenges. Dr. Margaret (Margie) Jorgensen, Ph.D. has been [...]
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By @bedfordtweet in Blended Learning
In the past few years, blended learning has taken root in many classrooms. Forward leaning educators have “flipped” classrooms and leveraged technology as learning stations in their schoolrooms. Building leadership is creatively answering the call to student demand for technology access and school district administration is seeking scalable learning models and strategies. As the blended learning models in education gain traction across the country, many school districts are no longer debating not whether or not they should implement blended learning, but how they will do it and will it positively impact student progression.
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By @NealManegold in Common Core State Standards
Developing conceptual reasoning is one way educators are working to empower the next generation of mathematicians. Educational technology products are an essential part of helping students and teachers achieve this goal. The Common Core State Standards, which have been adopted by 45 states and the District of Columbia, place a particular emphasis on integration of [...]
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By @tylerdavisjones in From DreamBox
In honor of the fantastic progress students and teachers have made in DreamBox for the month of April we’re highlighting the School and Classroom of Excellence! All recognized participants received a certificate of excellence to hang in their classroom and a gift of DreamBox Learning MATH ROCKS! Bracelets to share with their students. School of [...]
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By @JosephSTeacher in Math Learning
Becoming a strong student of mathematics is about more than memorizing formulas and excelling at operation facts. The true heart of math lies in logic and problem solving. Strong tests, including many standardized assessments, feature questions that challenge students with new contexts and problem structures. Many students feel anxious about these “tricky” questions and complain [...]
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By @nigelgreen in Personalized Learning
Personalized learning is one-on-one instruction between a teacher and student, and is a key to transforming rote learning to comprehension and mastery of subject matter. But in today’s public schools, that option has become increasingly unrealistic—although it is needed more than ever, particularly to raise national math scores. For example, less than half of the [...]
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By @tylerdavisjones in What's New
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 7, 2013) The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), the principal trade association for the software and digital content industries, announced the winners of the 2013 CODiE Awards in education technology during a special awards reception and dinner, held during SIIA’s annual Ed Tech Industry Summit. Overall, 28 winners were recognized for [...]
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