30 May 2019Dave Edyburn Professor and Associate Dean for Research at the College of Community Innovation and Education, University of Central Florida
According to recent data from the National Assessment of Student Performance, two-thirds of K-12 students are not writing at levels expected for their grade level. The fundamental issue is that, nationally, writing has not been given the same attention as math and reading.
When writing is not a priority in elementary school, it becomes difficult to teach by middle school when large class sizes are the norm. This begs for technology intervention.
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30 May 2019Mark McCusker, CEO
On behalf of everyone at Texthelp, I’m very happy to announce this morning that we have secured new investment in our company. Our new investors are LDC, the investment arm of Lloyds Bank.
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29 May 2019Deena Kimmel, Social Media & Community Manager
The theme for this year’s ISTE Conference is ‘Bold Educators Activate Change’. In preparation for ISTE 2019, and throughout the conference, we want to discuss what activating change means to you - particularly in the context of EdTech.
Whether you’re a classroom teacher, a tech coach, a district leader, or anyone in between, we want to hear your answer to this question: how do you currently use or plan to use EdTech to activate change?
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28 May 2019Mark Schwartz
Hi all! I’m Texthelp’s new WriQ Product Manager, Mark Schwartz. I’m also excited to bring you the news that we’re releasing brand new features!
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24 May 2019Barbara Landsberg, AsiaPac Education Manager
The annual EduTech Conference is kicking off soon and the Australian-based Texthelp team will be onsite at the International Convention Centre on Sydney’s picturesque Darling Harbour. With over 10,000 attendees, we look forward to catching up with many old friends while meeting new faces to learn about their educational technology journeys too.
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23 May 2019Deena Kimmel, Social Media & Community Manager
There are nearly 1,600 sessions at this year’s ISTE EdTech Conference. But, before getting completely overwhelmed, we’re here to help. Though this list is far from comprehensive, here are a handful of sessions that we’d recommend attending at ISTE 2019. We hope to see you at one or several of them!
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