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Mentoring Minds - instructional materials to develop critical thinking skills

Educational Technology Guy

Mentoring Minds is an educational publishing company that develops K-12 instructional materials to help students develop critical thinking and problem solving skills. Products include ELA, Math and Vocabulary curriculum programs, Professional Development tools, Critical Thinking programs, Assessments, RTI and more.

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It’s not about technology!

Ascend Math

“Write the following on the blackboard 100 times: Schools don’t want technology. Schools don’t want technology. Okay, we have certainly gotten past the premise that technology itself holds answers for education. As we know, it is technology’s ability to save teachers time or focus student attention that can be advantageous.

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Choosing Edtech: Three Learnings from Five Districts

Digital Promise

As students and teachers return to school this fall, they will be using more technology than ever before. Understanding what works, and what doesn’t, from a user perspective is critical before deciding on wide-scale technology adoption. How might districts find edtech to support learning?

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Georgia Adds Classworks® Reading Screener to State-approved Universal Screener and Dyslexia Screener Lists

eSchool News

The Georgia Department of Education (GA DOE) recently added the Classworks Reading Universal Screener assessment to two state-approved lists. Classworks Universal Screeners and Progress Monitoring assessments are validated and highly rated by the National Center on Intensive Intervention (NCII).

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Savvas Announces New Math and Reading Solutions that Engage and Inspire Students While Giving Educators the Resources to Help All Learners Achieve

eSchool News

PARAMUS, NEW JERSEY — Savvas Learning Company is excited to announce new and enhanced math and reading solutions that engage and inspire students to learn, while giving educators the evidence-based instructional resources they need to accelerate learning and help all students achieve. “At We couldn’t do that before.”

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Renaissance Learning Acquires Schoolzilla to Marry Assessment and School Data

Edsurge

based provider of instructional software and formative assessment tools that is on a buying spree. It lost no customers due to the discovered flaw and constantly improves its technology and security, Ziegenhagen says. In the past, it’s focused on pairing assessments with digital instructional materials.

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Differentiating Instruction with Technology

EdTechTeacher

Teachers need to acquire their own skills in using technology to provide accessible instructional materials and alternatives that will provide voice and choice for students. Effective use of technology can help teachers transform their classrooms and customize curriculum to meet student needs. UDL Framework from CAST.