Teachers in adopting states have struggled to adapt to the rigorous requirements of the Common Core standards, especially for reading and writing. A new free platform for K-12 classroom teachers has provided tools for educators and learners, while still producing measurable reports and aligned instruction. “Only ¼ of high school graduates in this country achieve the reading … [Read more...] about Free Qlovi Platform Helps Teachers Meet Common Core Standards
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Kno Cofounder on the Practical Applications of Digital Textbooks
Babur Habib, co-founder of educational software and digital textbook designer Kno, was on hand at Tools of Change to speak with GoodEReader about its recent launch of the Kno Advance platform, the anticipated follow up to the earlier release of the Kno Me interactive learning dashboard. With this week's announcement about Kno Advance and its three distinct components, … [Read more...] about Kno Cofounder on the Practical Applications of Digital Textbooks
Why Just Read, When You Can Write with Storybird?
John Biggs for TechCrunch posted an interesting company profile yesterday of children's ebook developer Storybird. In the piece, Biggs detailed how the business model behind Storybird works, allowing free or premium members to build and share their own ebooks out of the on-screen point and click and the provided illustrations and graphics. While the piece demonstrated that this … [Read more...] about Why Just Read, When You Can Write with Storybird?