Archives | April 17, 2012

With rising tuition courses across American universities, the number of students enrolled in advanced placement courses is rising. A 2010 College Board report states that over 500,000 students were enrolled in AP courses, and the number of traditionally underserved minority groups in AP classrooms has more than doubled over the course of a decade. PracticeQuiz.com produces online access to practice AP tests to increase student proficiency with the content and methodologies of AP exams. In April, the company announced that it will add practice tests in economics, US history and physics among other...

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The National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD) released findings in 2011 showing that 4.67 million Americans over age six have a diagnosed learning disability (LD). Educators, researchers and medical professionals have struggled to determine the best practices for these populations as LD is not a singular disorder, but instead a combination. Therefore, education methodologies must be individualized and should be supplemented with custom software development. Educational Technology and Society reports eLearning solutions can promote inclusions for students, particularly when it comes to the accessibility...

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We Give Books, a non-profit collaboration between Penguin Publishing Group and the Pearson Foundation has began its ReadMobile tour which will appear at 25 schools across the United States in the coming months. The organization has planned special children's literacy events and will offer classrooms access to hundreds of eBooks available on computers and mobile devices. We Give Books highlights the availability of technology to increase interest in literacy. A report from the Joan Ganz Cooney Center suggests that benefits of mobile app development on student learning includes increased remote...

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