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Math Teaching Needs to be More Visual: New Brain Research Says

Leading Stanford University researchers dispel the common belief that students should not use their fingers to learn mathematics

Stanford, CA, April 11, 2016 – New evidence on how the brain functions when we think about mathematics could change the way mathematics is taught in K-12 and higher education classrooms. As described in the new paper released today, “SEEING AS UNDERSTANDING: The Importance of Visual Mathematics for our Brain and Learning,” supporting the use of visual mathematics and developing finger discrimination in students is vital for brain development and future mathematics success.

Projects Highlighting LifeStraw®-Inspired Devices and Adhesive-Free Bridges Win the Vernier 2016 Engineering Contest

STEM teachers awarded $5,500 each in cash and technology prizes for creative use of Vernier sensors in engineering education

BEAVERTON, Oregon, April 7, 2016 – A high school teacher who combines chemistry with engineering and a college professor who runs a student engineering-design competition are the two Vernier Software & Technology 2016 Engineering Contest winners. Vernier, the leading worldwide innovator of real-time sensor data collection and graphing and analysis tools for science and engineering education, selected Carol Hsu of Clark College in Vancouver, WA and Linda Rost of Baker High School in Baker, MT for their innovative uses of Vernier sensors to teach engineering concepts.

School Systems in Illinois Partner with PublicSchoolWORKS to Ensure they Meet School Safety and Compliance Requirements

To date, 127 Illinois districts and Regional Offices of Education are using the EmployeeSafe Suite

Cincinnati, OH (April 5, 2016) — Districts in Illinois are making complete compliance, safety and risk management easier via an automated process by partnering with PublicSchoolWORKS, the signature safety solution for schools. These districts, as well as multiple Illinois Regional Offices of Education (ROEs), are using PublicSchoolWORKS’ EmployeeSafe Suite, expert research and development team and award-winning client services team to stay in compliance with all district, state and federal compliance mandates.

Primary Concepts’ HourGlass Classroom Timer and Noise Controller Wins Educational Dealer’s Eddy Award at EDexpo 2016

Berkeley, CA - April 4, 2016 – The HourGlass classroom timer and noise controller from early learning curriculum developer Primary Concepts has won an Eddy Award sponsored by Educational Dealer magazine. The Eddy Awards recognize the industry’s best new educational products chosen by attendees at the Education Market Association’s EDexpo 2016 which was held March 9-11, 2016, in Las Vegas.

Record Number of Entries Leads to Seven STEM Educators Winning 2016 Vernier/NSTA Technology Awards

A heavy focus on environmental issues drives innovative uses of data-collection technology in the classroom

BEAVERTON, Oregon, March 31, 2016 –The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and Vernier Software & Technology, the leading worldwide innovator of real-time sensor data-collection, graphing and analysis tools for science education, have chosen the winners of the 2016 Vernier/NSTA Technology Awards. The seven science teachers—one elementary, two middle school, three high school and one college level—were selected by a panel of NSTA-appointed experts for their creative uses of Vernier’s data-collection technology with a computer, LabQuest or mobile device.

Adams County School District #14 Automates Deployment and Tracking of Safety Requirements with PublicSchoolWORKS’ EmployeeSafe Suite

The Colorado district plans to implement EmployeeSafe’s Staff Accident Management System and other modules this coming fall

Cincinnati, OH (March 30, 2016) — When Linda Shamlin became the Interim Chief Human Resources Officer at Adams County School District #14 in Commerce City, CO this past September, she brought with her changes to how the school district would handle employee safety. She implemented a safety and regulatory compliance system she had used at her prior district –PublicSchoolWORKS’ EmployeeSafe Suite.

New Vernier Lab Book Introduces Students to Solar Energy Concepts Using Hands-on Experiments

The Investigating Solar Energy lab book utilizes Vernier data-collection technology to help students develop solutions to real-world problems

BEAVERTON, Oregon, March 30, 2016 – Vernier Software & Technology wrote its new Investigating Solar Energy lab book to expose students in grades 4–6 to solar energy concepts while helping them develop solutions to real-world problems. The lab book, which contains nine experiments and two culminating engineering projects, teaches students about solar energy, energy transfer, series and parallel circuits, and variables that affect solar panel output.

Free “Success for Every Learner” Webinar Highlights Use of Collaborative and Proactive Solutions Approach with At-Risk Students

PresenceLearning’s May 5th webinar will feature best-selling author, speaker and psychologist Dr. Ross Greene, Ph.D.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 29, 2016 – At-risk students require special behavioral supports, which may include alternative conflict resolution methods since standard reward and punishment procedures are often ineffective for them. Author and psychologist Dr. Ross Greene, Ph.D. has focused his career on defining new methods to resolve conflict with at-risk students. Dr. Greene will explain these methods in the third “Success for Every Learner: From At-Risk to Successful” webinar on Thursday, May 5, 2016 at 10 AM Pacific/1 PM Eastern. Dr. Greene’s webinar, titled “Lost and Found: What Works (and What Doesn't) for Behaviorally Challenged Students”, will help attendees unpack the Collaborative and Proactive Solutions (CPS) approach and apply it to their instruction so at-risk students can achieve.

Vernier Software & Technology Launches New Dynamics Cart and Track System for Physics

Teachers and students can easily customize the system using a wide range of accessories to conduct experiments

BEAVERTON, Oregon, March 16, 2016 – Vernier Software & Technology’s new Dynamics Cart and Track System provides a complete and durable system that can be customized using a wide range of accessories, including fan carts and friction pads, to help teachers and students conduct physics investigations in kinematics and dynamics. The system is ideal for conducting hands-on experiments, such as ones that investigate Newton’s second law, acceleration on an inclined plane, conservation of momentum, and more.

THE 2016 EDTECH DIGEST AWARDS NAMES CURRICULUM ASSOCIATES’ CEO ROB WALDRON EDTECH CEO OF THE YEAR

NORTH BILLERICA, Mass., March 21, 2016 – Curriculum Associates’ CEO Rob Waldron has been named a winner of the 2016 EdTech Digest Awards. Waldron won the EdTech Leadership Award in the Founder / CEO category. The finalists in this category include Rob Mancabelli, CEO and Co-founder of BrightBytes; Phil Harrington, President and CEO at Kuder; Saki Dodelson, Founder, President and CEO at Achieve3000; and Elad Shoushan, Founder and CEO at LTG Exam.