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.

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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).

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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.
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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.

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