Thursday, October 30, 2014

Leveraging EdTech for Personalized Learning, San Juan USD Implements Schoology Districtwide

Carl Fahle of San Juan Unified School District shows a Will Rogers Middle School student how the Schoology learning management system is used for collaboration and personalized learning.



SACRAMENTO, Calif. – October 30, 2014—In San Juan Unified School District, over 22,000 teachers, parents and students have been using the Schoology Learning Management System for everything from online book studies to web-enabled collaborative learning. With so many District users and educational applications already in place, San Juan USD made the decision to invest in the enterprise version of Schoology—which provides additional analytics, integration with the District’s student information system, and administrative features--to deploy throughout the District.

Read full release on Businesswire.

Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Article: #SBSTEM Pathways: Q&A with Sabari Raja, CEO of Nepris

Join us this week on SmartBlog on Education as we highlight Q&As with the panelists from our recent STEM Pathways Roundtable event. Read our most recent interview with Sabari Raja, CEO of Nepris.

Why is the issue of connecting industry and education to enhance STEM education important to you?

I landed in engineering because my parents said so. Unfortunately, I don’t have that kind of control over my kids. Kids today need to understand the relevance of what they are learning in the classroom and how it applies to the real world and eventually how it ties to a career. Sixty-seven percent of kids have no idea what STEM professionals do.

Read full interview in SmartBrief

x2VOL, by intelliVOL, Added to Pearson School Systems List of Partners

x2VOL Simplifies Management and Reporting of High School Community Service Programs

DALLAS — October 29, 2014 — Pearson School Systems has added x2VOL by intelliVOL to its list of Independent Service Vendors. x2VOL solves the problem schools have in managing the community service and volunteer hours their high school students give to nonprofits. x2VOL simplifies management, verification and reporting for student service programs, making hours submission and verification a turn-key process. Administrators and students can also easily generate reports as needed for scholarship and college applications. Click to Tweet.

Read more on Businesswire.

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Three California School Districts Select Schoology as Their Learning Management System

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Three school districts in California: San Juan Unified School District in Sacramento, Modesto City Schools, and Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District in Los Angeles recently selected Schoology as their Learning Management System (LMS).

See full press release on Businesswire.

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

EdSurge Article: Nepris Raises $550K to Bring STEAM Experts to Classrooms

Tony Wan
Oct 7, 2014, EdSurge

“What do you want to be when you grow up?” It’s a difficult question commonly asked of kids (and sometimes adults).

Nepris, a startup based in Austin, TX, wants to offer students a peek at different career choices by playing matchmaker between industry professionals and classroom teachers and students. For Sabari Raja, co-founder and CEO, the goal is “to make industry engagement a part of the everyday classroom experience, instead of something that happens just once or twice a year.”

Read full article here: https://www.edsurge.com/n/2014-10-07-nepris-raises-550k-to-bring-steam-experts-to-classrooms

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Education Week: Peek Inside a Learning Management System - Schoology

See this infographic in Education Week about Schoology. Education Week published a Special Report on learning management systems at the end of September, 2014.

http://www.edweek.org/ew/section/multimedia/peek-inside-a-learning-management-system.html?qs=schoology 

Schoology Portfolios Highlight Academic Achievement

Learning Management System Empowers Users to Share Academic Portfolio with Faculty, Peers and Potential Employers
ORLANDO, Fla. – September 30, 2014—All the technology being applied in K-12 and higher education makes learning a richer experience but it can be difficult to manage the multimedia and digital work generated by a student. Schoology, today announced a new vision for digital portfolios for students to store and manage their own customizable, portable digital profiles, attaching research papers, certificates, endorsements, test results and other learning projects.
Read more on Businesswire.