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Leveling the Computer Science Playing Field with Virtual Robotics
Robotics activities have been offered in K-12 school for decades. Robotics is a great way to introduce students to important concepts in math, physics, coding and engineering. At Learning.com, we believe that all students should be exposed, in some fashion, to the concepts encompassed in robotics. To address this, we’ve recently launched EasyCode Virtual Robotics (ECVR), in partnership with Robotify.
Learning.com Introduces EasyCode Virtual Robotics Through Partnership with Robotify
Learning.com today announced its new EasyCode Virtual Robotics curriculum, through which it will offer Robotify’s content to U.S. schools and districts. The K-12 EasyCode Virtual Robotics curriculum teaches coding through block-based computer programming in a gamified virtual environment.
Gearing Up for the New(est) Normal in Learning
Gearing up means a recognition that the traditional schooling model has shifted significantly, requiring new skills, particularly student digital literacy. What are the moves to make, what to gear up and how. Finally, what comes after digital literacy. What do you need to attend to now to ensure success for all students?
District Develops Digital Curriculum with Learning Partner’s Help
As the instructional technology director for Corpus Christi Independent School District, Cary Perales needed a digital curriculum to meet several requirements: Technology Application TEKS, E-Rate, and David’s Law, which is aimed at curbing cyberbullying. When Perales found Learning.com, she liked the EasyTech digital curriculum and modules that spanned everything from digital citizenship to keyboarding skills, and multimedia presentation skills to introductory coding.
How this Sprawling, Diverse District is Working Toward Digital Equity
When Arizona’s Chandler Unified School District, which serves 43,000 students from a wide variety of backgrounds and languages, decided to standardize its digital curriculum in 2017 as part of an overall push toward digital equity, instructional technology coach...
Digital Literacy Remains Key for Districts Pre- and Post-Pandemic
One year after schools shut down due to the pandemic, Cincinnati teachers reflect on how Learning.com helped promote digital literacy pre-and post-pandemic.
Improve Student Performance on Online Assessments with Digital Literacy
In the era of online assessments, digital literacy is a must for students – particularly in today’s world of remote learning. Digital literacy skills help students navigate the assessment interface and efficiently answer questions. These skills range from mouse skills...
A Look Back at 2020: Driven By Resilience and Inspiration
As we pause for the holidays, and look forward to turning the calendar to 2021, it is a good time to reflect on the past twelve months. Collective Resilience 2020 was a very challenging year. Tens of millions of school and district staff and administrators,...
Learning.com Includes Essential Skills for Remote Learning in EasyTech
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Interactive lessons guide students through digital concepts in gamified, engaging activities PORTLAND, Ore. (Sept. 24, 2020) – To prepare students for success in a remote learning environment, Learning.com is adding remote learning lessons to its...
Preparing Students for Tomorrow’s Workplace, A Teacher’s Perspective
I was first introduced to the concept of a technological revolution eight years ago, through a twelve-month professional development course I took about transforming education. It truly upended the way I viewed my role as an educator. Over those twelve months, I took...