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

Tony Wan
Oct 7, 2014, EdSurge

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“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

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.

New Partnership Between intelliVOL and AdmitHub Gives Students Better Odds at College Acceptance

DALLAS — September 9, 2014 — A new partnership between x2VOL by intelliVOL and AdmitHub will give students a better chance to get accepted by the college or university of their choice. x2VOL manages and tracks the hours students give to community service, which is critical for college acceptance. AdmitHub offers expert advice on the admissions process to college applicants.

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TechEdge article: Connected Classrooms with Schoology

by Alexis Carroll Cline
TCEA, TechEdge, August 2014

On the first day of school this year, Mindi Vandagriff will introduce her fourth graders to Schoology. Over the past four years, her experience with this free-for-instructors Learning Management System (LMS) has been so transformative that she now can't imagine running her classroom without it.

The rest of the article here.
Read the full issue of TechEdge here.

eSchoolNews Readers' Choice Awards

Congratulations to my clients for the Readers' Choice Awards 2014! Fifty education products selected by teachers/administrators for their effectiveness.

Schoology
...“Schoology has a great, easy to use interface that students and faculty really love,” said John Case, technology coordinator for Ohio Hi-Point Career Center. “Academic content standards are included, and a new analytics tool [helps] teachers in identifying students who are struggling.”

Nepris
...The website is “an awesome way to connect your classes with an expert or even other classes around the country that are studying the same units,” said LeAnn Waldie, instructional technologist for the Godley Independent School District in Texas.

x2VOL by intelliVOL (Honorable Mention)

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Bridging the Gap Virtually: Companies Outreach to Schools Simplified and Systemized with Nepris

200 companies participate in virtual sessions about STEM with Nepris since January launch.
Dallas (PRWEB) July 22, 2014 Students better grasp abstract concepts like ratios when a working architect shows them how mathematics affects building design. Few professionals, however, have the time to drive to a school or they are ill-prepared for translating their professional work into concepts students understand. Nepris has now bridged that gap for over 200 companies.
Read More: http://www.prweb.com/releases/nepris/hks/prweb12034023.htm