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WHAT’S NEW
software & onlineof Virtual
Data Wall
into IO Education’s assessment offering,
expanded reporting and dashboarding
capabilities, and improved parent-teacher
communication through integrated, bi-
directional SMS messaging capabilities.
Educators can use IO Education’s bi-
directional SMS messaging platform to
communicate directly with parents and
students. The platform also provides two-
way translation technology to send and
receive messages in the native language.ITSLEARNING AND
KNOVATION
(itslearning.com) & (www.
knovationlearning.com)
Itslearning
will give school
districts using
Knovation easy
and full access to the Knovation Content
Collection within the robust itslearning
platform. Key areas of recent focus include
unique integrations to content providers
like Knovation and cloud apps like
G-suite and Microsoft Office, streamlined
workflows for common daily tasks such
as creating assignments and assessments,
providing feedback to students, grading,
rich messaging and fully mobile apps.LEGENDS OF LEARNING
( legendsoflearning.com)
Legends of Learning announced it will
develop over 300 curriculum-based
education games for elementary science
curricula to be available Winter 2018.
The games will complement Legends of
Learning ’s existing middle school suite ofover 800 games and simulations, bringing
the depth and breadth of content on the site
to over 1,300 games spanning grades 3-8.
The platform is easy to use and educator
friendly thanks to input from the Legends
of Learning teaching community.LEGO EDUCATION STEAM
PARK
(education.lego.com/en-us)
LEGO
Education
announced
its new Early
Learning
solution,
STEAM Park
designed to spark preschoolers’ curiosity
in science, technology, engineering, arts,
and math (STEAM). Children work in
groups of six with LEGO DUPLO bricks
to build an amusement park with rides
and attractions designed to help them
discover gears and ramps, experiment, and
learn through trial and error. The new set
is accompanied by the LEGO Education
STEAM Park Teacher Guide, which
features eight STEAM-centric lessons.LETTERS ALIVE PLUS
(AliveStudiosco.com)
Letters alive Plus is a
supplemental reading kit
that incorporates
evidence-based
best practices and
science to teach
early literacy skills
to pre-K through 3rd-grade students.
The kit includes a full-year supplemental
curriculum with 26 alphabet cards, 97 sight-
word cards, and 84 word-family cards that
use 3D augmented reality to engage early
learners. This approach appeals to a variety
of learning styles and abilities, and increases
long-term retention, especially among ELL,
at-risk, and special needs students.LEXPLORE DYSLEXIA EARLY
DETECTION AI
(www.lexplore.com)
Lexplore has
developed a system
that analyzes eye
movements during
reading, and can
identify students
in the risk zone for
dyslexia with a very
high degree of accuracy. Using an eye-
tracker, two short texts, and a statistical
computer model, a student completes
their test within a few minutes and through
Microsoft Azure and a web portal, the
results are secured and sent to authorized
people to help them determine if a student
needs supplementary help.MCGRAW-HILL EDUCATION
AND PROCTORU
(mheducation.com) & (www.proctoru.com)
McGraw-Hill
Education
and ProctorU
announced
a new
partnership that will enable higher
education institutions to deliver digital
ALEKS Placement, Preparation and
Learning (ALEKS PPL) exams with
ProctorU’s secure remote proctoring
system. ALEKS PPL is an adaptive
placement solution that assesses what
students already know, what they are ready
to learn next, and provides students with
the opportunity to improve their placement
scores through an individualized, adaptive
learning path in the ALEKS Prep and
Learning Module.MYON UPGRADES
(www.myon.com)
myON announced enhanced reporting
capabilities to include opportunities for
goal-setting, reporting, and text coding,