Iepe Rubingh

New Survey: Majority of Teachers Cite Edtech as Key to Supporting Diverse Learners While Reducing Workloads

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Tuesday, August 15, 2023

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Clever, the platform used by more than 75% of U.S. K-12 schools to simplify and secure digital learning, today announced its Classroom of the Future Report 2023, a new survey of school administrators, teachers, and edtech vendors highlighting five trends shaping classrooms of the future.

Key Points: 
  • According to the data, almost two-thirds of teachers (63%) reported that edtech has been key in lightening their workloads, underscoring its ongoing role in supporting teacher wellness.
  • Other key findings from the report, which features perspectives from more than 1,000 teachers and 500 administrators, include:
    + Majority of teachers need support for personalized learning and diverse learners: Almost 70% of teachers and 50% of administrators call for more edtech support for students with IEPs or 504 plans.
  • Moreover, concerns abound about the availability of products effectively serving diverse learners, as reported by 56% of teachers and 59% of administrators.
  • "As we look ahead, edtech that addresses the needs of all students, while also helping teachers navigate evolving classrooms, will have the most impact."

Classworks Adds IEP Goals, Objectives, and Easy Tracking to CASE-Endorsed Platform

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Tuesday, March 14, 2023

DULUTH, Ga., March 14, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Classworks, a Special Education solution endorsed by the Council of Administrators of Special Education (CASE), added new IEP goal writing and progress monitoring features to their award-winning intervention and Special Education platform.

Key Points: 
  • DULUTH, Ga., March 14, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Classworks, a Special Education solution endorsed by the Council of Administrators of Special Education (CASE), added new IEP goal writing and progress monitoring features to their award-winning intervention and Special Education platform.
  • Classworks now facilitates creating, writing, and achieving academic IEP goals for reading and mathematics.
  • Enhancements include:
    "Our special education teachers are dedicated to creating high-quality IEPs customized to each student's areas of need.
  • Classworks data is easy to understand and gives us exactly what we need to create meaningful goals.

ReadSpeaker Enables Dynamic Text-to-Speech Industry With 1.4 Trillion Characters Converted Into Speech in 2021

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Wednesday, March 30, 2022

ReadSpeaker , the most trusted, independent digital voice partner for global businesses, today announced that its solutions have enabled 1.4 trillion characters to be converted into speech in 2021, a massive milestone as the digital voice industry booms.

Key Points: 
  • ReadSpeaker , the most trusted, independent digital voice partner for global businesses, today announced that its solutions have enabled 1.4 trillion characters to be converted into speech in 2021, a massive milestone as the digital voice industry booms.
  • In the fall of 2021, ReadSpeaker recorded a 43% increase in activations of the ReadSpeaker TTS service embedded within learning management systems, attributed largely to teachers and learners continuing to leverage e-learning resources while also returning to the classroom.
  • In November 2021, ReadSpeaker announced a collaboration with PowerSchool , the leading provider of cloud-based software for K-12 education, to integrate ReadSpeaker with PowerSchools Unified Classroom Schoology Learning.
  • This plugin enables developers to add screen narration and audio description and give the power of speech to AI-based non-player characters and prototype character lines during development.

B-Roll Media and Arts Offers Free Training for Promising Creatives Profile of B-Roll Student David Burketh

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Friday, January 28, 2022

ELLICOTT CITY, Md., Jan. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Race car driver David Burketh expresses his love of the sport with the creativity he has polished in free classes offered by B-Roll Media and Arts, a 501 (c) 3 non-profit media training organization.

Key Points: 
  • ELLICOTT CITY, Md., Jan. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Race car driver David Burketh expresses his love of the sport with the creativity he has polished in free classes offered by B-Roll Media and Arts, a 501 (c) 3 non-profit media training organization.
  • I wanted a way to document the adventure that I am blessed to be part of."
  • Ivan says that, as a media artist, his son has "a level of intuitiveness and anticipation that is quite good."
  • B-Roll, which offered on-line virtual training during 2020, returned to in-person training as well as virtual online classes.