MY Access!® News

• September 25, 2008 Teachers, Students Benefiting From Web-based Writing Program

  -Patrick Timothy Mullikin, vernal.com English class ain’t what it used to be. In years past, Rachelle Durrant, who heads the English department at Vernal Junior High, would have taken pencil to paper and circled that offending “ain’t.” Not this year. The junior high is one of several schools in the state that has begun using […]

• September 22, 2008 Alaska District Adopts Online Language Arts Program

  -Dave Nagel, T.H.E Journal Anchorage School District in Alaska has brought the MY Access! language arts program from Vantage Learning into its curriculum for the 2008-2009 school year. The district has deployed the online solution for use with about 6,500 students and supplied training for teachers who are using the system. The MY Access! system […]

• September 3, 2008 Snazzy Online Program Helping Lake Villa Students

  -Vincent Pierri, Daily Herald The assignment was clear, but not simple. A five-paragraph essay comparing and contrasting Eskimo culture with life in Midwestern United States. Not the easiest thing for a high school kid to do after a long, hot summer. M.J. Jones, a student at Lakes Community High School in Lake Villa, wrestled with […]

• August 21, 2008 Utah Expands Online Writing Program

  -Dave Nagel, T.H.E Journal Utah districts are expanding their use of MY Access!, an online writing program from Vantage Learning. According to Vantage, more than 400,000 essays were submitted to MY Access! by Utah students within one school year. MY Access! uses Web-based forms that allow students to input assignments. It then checks those assignments […]

• August 19, 2008 Vantage Learning Spells Success in More than Half of Utah’s School Districts

  -Wasatch Digital iQ, PR and Business Wire News Utah’s students are boosting critical writing, reasoning and computer skills in the classroom, thanks to a licensing agreement for MY Access! the award-winning online writing tool developed by Vantage Learning. Twenty four districts have decided to use MY Access! this school year after teachers, directors and administrators […]

• July 11, 2008 Vantage Upgrades MY Access! School Edition

  -Dave Nagel, T.H.E Journal Vantage Learning has released an upgraded version of MY Access! School Edition, an online writing program. The new version now aligns with curriculum standards for all 50 states and includes new usability and functionality enhancements. MY Access! uses Web-based forms that allow students to input assignments. It then checks those assignments […]

• July 11, 2008 Man Bites Dog? Educators Use Technology to Improve Writing

  -Dean Millot, Education Week Public education’s core functions are teaching and learning, an endeavor in which private enterprise plays a growing role. Edbizbuzz offers perspective on this emerging school improvement industry. (For entries prior to September 2007, visit the archives .) Arie Korporaal is the Executive Director of the California Southeast Educational Technology Consortium (SEETC), […]

• June 8, 2008 School Essays Made Easy

  -Alan J. Borsuk, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Computer program helps students shape their writing If Alegra Holt had $100, she would spend $1 on candy, buy some clothes, give some to charity and see if she had enough left to buy a Chihuahua. If Alegra had to write a short essay on what she’d do if […]

• June 8, 2008 School Essays Made Easy

  -Alan J. Borsuk, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Computer program helps students shape their writing If Alegra Holt had $100, she would spend $1 on candy, buy some clothes, give some to charity and see if she had enough left to buy a Chihuahua. If Alegra had to write a short essay on what she’d do if […]

• May 1, 2008 Foundation’s Event To Benefit Schools

  -David Jesse, The Ann Arbor News Fundraiser for Ann Arbor Public Schools will focus on innovation Leaders of the Ann Arbor Public Schools Educational Foundation hope to turn Saturday’s fundraiser at the new Skyline High School into an annual event, spotlighting the district’s schools. “For many people, it’s been a while since they were in […]