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Pilot Math – Math resource that combines traditional print textbooks and workbooks with online educational multimedia. |
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StudyBUZZ – An online assessment tool that generates a personalized study guide for students. |
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SP SnapShot™ – A data analysis tool that turns student data into easy-to-understand reports and graphs that educators can use for decision making regarding student achievement and school improvement. |
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Teacher Essentials – Professional learning for teachers delivered online in short-form, learning lessons. |
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ASAP Assessments and professional learning that helps school districts to quickly identify and develop quality new administrative candidates. |
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LLEARN – An interactive, multimedia learning tool for French language classes. |
Pilot Math
Pilot Math is a learning resource available to high school math classes. Etraffic Press provides textbooks and workbooks that are 100% aligned with the curriculum along with an extensive collection of online media that students can access from home or school. Pilot Math makes learning math fun and interactive for students.
Students and teachers can access hundreds of math media objects, animations, math-embedded games, an e-textbook, and an e-workbook at absolutely no charge! If you want to use print textbooks and workbooks in the classroom, you can order textbooks and workbooks for an incredibly reasonable price. Built for classrooms with or without media, Pilot Math is easy to integrate into any setting and can accommodate students with a variety of skill levels.
The Situation
Think for a minute about the typical high school student. At school, they attend class, read from their text, work on assignments and collaborate with their peers on projects. Once they return home, their world is quite different. The print world of school doesn’t match the digital world in which they live.
Current research is indicating that, unlike their parents, the quality of student’s work is not dependant on their workload. Students today are master multi-taskers.
The Solution
Pilot Math acknowledges that students live in a media-rich environment, and can multi-task between these media. Etraffic Press provides not only print textbooks and workbooks to schools, but also related multimedia web-based resources.
Students have the ability to access, research, and master material whether they are at school or at home. Teachers can access hundreds of rich media experiences and incorporate them into their classrooms. Alternately, they can send their students home to access the media, and rely on the text and workbooks for classroom instruction.
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Print Textbooks and Workbooks A softcover or hardcover traditional textbook that covers the entire curriculum and a traditional spiral bound workbook. |
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Electronic Textbooks and Workbooks A digital version of the textbook and workbook with assignments, quizzes, and much more. |
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Concept Capsules Online interactive lesson modules that can help students of all abilities. |
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Interactives Online math-embedded games, term and definition games, and other interactives provide fun practice. ( Play Swap a Smiley ) ( Word Search ) |
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Animations The cartoon animations provide a fun and compelling way to introduce new concepts to students. |
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StudyBUZZ
StudyBUZZ takes the guesswork out of what to study and focuses study time. When a student uses StudyBUZZ, they answer a number of online questions. Each student receives a personalized study guide that identifies his or her strengths and weaknesses. The study guide provides the information needed to master their exam. Students can then target areas of further study and re-assess their understanding of key concepts before writing their exam.
The Situation
A challenge that students face is trying to figure out what they need to study. Many students waste precious time wondering what material their teacher is going to test and where they need to focus their studies. Students aren’t always familiar with what curriculum they need to master in order to do well on an exam. Students need help preparing for their exams.
The Solution
StudyBUZZ acknowledges that students need a tool that can help to formatively assess their knowledge level in the subject matter leading up to their exams. Every student will know their specific area of strength and weakness. The results refer each student to quality resources that will help them master the curriculum. StudyBUZZ believes in empowering the student and allowing them to take ownership of their test preparation.
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Quiz Students answer a number of online questions to assess their preparedness for each unit of the curriculum. |
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Personal Study Guide After answering a number of online questions, each student gets a personalized study guide that shows their strengths and weaknesses, and refers them to additional resources to study before an exam. |
SP SnapShot
SP SnapShot™ is an online data analysis tool that enables teachers, administrators, and school districts to effectively mine, manage, analyze, report, and apply data to their school improvement initiatives.
The Situation
Look at student test data and really delve into it. Deriving meaning from a thick stack of printouts or cross-referencing spreadsheets by hand is hard. It can take a lot of time and effort to find those discoveries that could make all the difference to a student’s education. Most data sourcing tools only source data in unfriendly spreadsheet formats.
The Solution
SP SnapShot™ takes all the key data that schools collect on their students such as test scores and demographics, analyzes it, and presents it in an easy-to-comprehend format. By simplifying data analysis, teachers and administrators are able to make the best use of their time, and maximize their impact on student performance and school improvement.
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- Student Performance SnapShot
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Scatterplot Graphs Scatterplots let you compare two different test types (e.g. NRT Reading vs CRT/SSS Reading) to see where the student might have more potential for growth. They also compare different components (e.g. Reading vs Math) to see where the greatest learning needs lie. They can also compare test scores from year to year to measure expected growth. |
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Trend and Status Reports Status Reports show a one year summary for a school and Trend Reports show multi-year comparison of the schools' scores. Status Reports show average by grade, teacher and demographics, and Trend Reports show average by grade and demographics. |
Teacher Essentials
Teacher Essentials is relevant and timely professional learning for your teachers and leaders. Available online in short-format lesson modules, teachers can access condensed content on K-12 teaching. Teacher Essentials breaks down complex topics into easy-to-comprehend lesson modules with engaging interactive features. Teachers can easily complete each lesson, in less than one hour, around their daily schedule.
The Situation
Today’s schools face increasing levels of accountability and are required to develop improvement plans that focus on student achievement. It’s hard to find a professional development option that can fit into a staff member’s busy schedule, that they can complete in a short amount of time, that meets the goals of the school, and with results that staff can directly apply to their job.
The Solution
Teacher Essentials provides professional learning to teachers and leaders that enhances their leadership, content knowledge, and teaching skills. With these skills, staff is better equipped to successfully address issues of school improvement and student achievement.
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Match School Improvement Plan Each Principal can choose lesson modules that best fit the professional learning needs of their school and help reinforce the school improvement plan.
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Job-embedded Learning Teacher Essentials is professional learning built by teachers for teachers. Lesson modules are so concise that teachers can complete them during the school day. Available online 24 hours a day, teachers can engage in professional learning in the classroom.
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Apply Content Directly to Classroom Staff can immediately apply what they have learned to their classroom through activities featured in the lesson modules. Teacher Essentials content can provide you with new ideas to help improve classroom instruction. Teacher Essentials provides strategies on how to tailor a teacher’s instruction to address specific student needs.
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Build Leaders From Within Leader Essentials is a series of lesson modules that develop people, from within the district, in a timely and cost effective manner. Lesson modules align with both the Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC) and the National Staff Development Council Standards.
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ASAP
The Accelerated School Administrator Program (ASAP) can help school districts to quickly identify and develop quality new candidates. The Educational Leadership Assessment (ELA) shows participants where they need to focus their learning in order to meet their leadership goals. The In-Basket helps assess a candidate's decision-making skills. ASAP Modules provide them with access to high-quality professional learning. The Portfolio gives each participant the ability to manage their career in one location.
The Situation
Throughout North America, there is a shortage of qualified school administrators. School districts need to develop new leaders quickly. An effective principal is essential to school success.
The Solution
The Accelerated School Administrator Program (ASAP) helps districts to qualify candidates in a fast and effective manner. Every assessment, module, and portfolio is quick and efficient. Everything is available online in a concise format. School districts can select from the range of ASAP products to help complement their professional learning program.
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Educational Leadership Assessment The ELA is an online leadership assessment tool that quickly identifies prospective and current school principals, and determines their leadership development needs. |
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Modules Once you know the leadership needs of your administrative candidates, the ASAP Modules provide high quality, interactive learning. Each module addresses one of the 10 dimensions of leadership and features multimedia elements, written content, and reference materials. |
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Portfolio The Portfolio gives participants control of their learning experience and lets them manage their professional lives. Participants can use the Portfolio to schedule activities, make notes in a journal and build their resume. |
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In-Basket The In-Basket tests participants' ability to prioritize and make sound decisions by responding to genuine, relevant, and timely school-based scenarios. Animations, audio, visual, and interactive features make learning fun and dynamic. |
LLEARN
LLEARN is an interactive, multimedia language learning tool for the delivery of Internet-based learning experiences that effectively meets individual needs of students. LLEARN brings together best practices in second language teaching and learning and the capacity of broadband technology.
The Situation
Distance courses have trouble engaging students in a communicative manner. Students need an interactive and vibrant learning atmosphere.
The Solution
LLEARN enables elearners to listen, speak and collaborate with peers located geographically from one another. Outstanding features of LLEARN include tailored learning paths, peer-to-peer interactions, student assessment tools, a learner-centered approach and a firm pedagogical foundation.
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Content Management System The CMS permits instructors to tailor the curriculum at each level by adding or removing activities and/or assignments. This feature has been included to meet the needs of individual learners or learner subgroups, in order to reflect the diversity of learning styles and competencies that students bring to their instruction. ( Screenshot ) |
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Studio An asynchronous communication tool that allows students to practice their oral communication skills and record themselves, either for self-assessment, or to send to the instructor for evaluation. ( Screenshot ) |
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Message Center A secure communication tool that allows students to submit their work to and communicate with their instructor. ( Screenshot ) |
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Interactives and Animations These features help to provide a fun and compelling way to introduce new and reinforce concepts to students. ( Screenshot ) |