National News

• 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), […]

• May 1, 2008 Online Writing Remediation Program Targets High School Seniors

  -Dave Nagel, T.H.E Journal Ed tech developer Vantage Learning has launched a new edition of its writing remediation program, targeting high school seniors and incoming college freshmen. My Access! College Edition extends the standard “School Edition,” designed for K-12, with greater emphasis on analysis and interpretation, as well as additional features. My Access! is a […]

• March 30, 2008 Grant Guru

  -Gary Carnow, techLEARNING Grant Guru Tip #29: Determining Results Breaking down your project into components will assist you in developing your evaluation plan. As you look at each component of your project you will be able to determine your results. For example, let’s say you wish to develop a project for middle school students. These […]

• March 1, 2008 Vantage, 8e6 Partner for Safe Search for Schools

  -Dave Nagel, T.H.E Journal Ed tech developer Vantage Learning and security technology provider 8e6 have teamed up to launch a new secure Internet search engine designed specifically for K-12 school districts. The partnership combines Vantage’s iSEEK “natural language” search engine with 8e6’s Web filtering to provide targeted searches for academic users while excluding material that […]

• February 15, 2008 NHS Teachers Win State Grant For New Writing Program

  Two high school English teachers secure grant from state to fund computer-assisted writing program MY Access! in their classrooms.  

• February 7, 2008 Watertown Schools Receive $57,000 Grant For MY Access! Program

  Schools receive grant to purchase new laptops and MY Access! computer program for ninth graders after positive results seen with program implementation for tenth grade students.

• January 1, 2008 Web Technology Boosts Writing Performance at Alhambra USD

  -Linda L. Briggs, T.H.E Journal Can a computer really grade a composition? Ask the initially skeptical teachers at Alhambra Unified School District just east of Los Angeles. Coordinator of Instructional Technology Linda Benafel introduced Vantage Learning’s online writing program MY Access! in the 2005/2006 school year. Seventh-grade test scores on the California Standards Test writing […]

• January 1, 2008 Technology Rescues At-Risk Middle-Schoolers

  -Dr. Ruth Forrester, Educator’s eZine Students from Escambia County School District in Pensacola, Florida. recently got the chance of a lifetime. Just two years ago I was a principal in that district and decided I needed to do more for my children. I set my mind to saving the children who were slowly falling through […]

• October 10, 2007 Vantage Learning Launches MY Access!

  -Staff Writer, CBR Vantage Learning, a provider of online assessment and automated essay scoring tools, has released MY Access! School Edition, an online instructional writing program. The upgraded version features an innovative new capability that detects ‘text speak,’ an increasingly popular form of shorthand writing found in text and instant messages. MY Access! School Edition […]

• October 8, 2007 Vantage Learning Launches MY Access! School Edition

  -MultiMedia & Internet @ Schools Vantage Learning has announced the release of MY Access! School Edition , the latest version of the company’s online instructional writing program. The upgraded MY Access! School Edition includes feature enhancements designed to make the program easier to navigate and use in a variety of instructional settings. The upgraded version […]