Saturday, September 15, 2012

New to the Learning.com Marketplace


 
Exciting things are always happening in the Learning.com Marketplace. This week is no exception. If you haven't visited the Marketplace since returning from the Summer, now is the time. Not only is there a special deal going on with 20 digital resources under $20, but look at some of the latest providers that have been added.
 
Cubert’s Cube

Created with input from teachers, Cubert's Cube is an online writing environment designed to make your life easier and to inspire your students to want to write. Our technology is user-friendly and easy to navigate. Children in grades 2-5 are excited to see their writing take shape as they refine their skills, add creative touches with illustrations, collaborate with peers and publish their work in an online classroom library. You are able to tailor the skills you'd like to highlight and view each student's work in one easily accessible place. No more piles of papers to lug home. No more groans when it's time to write. You know how eager they are to use the computers, and with Cubert's Cube, writing is fun!

Cubert's Cube is designed to align with the Common Core Standards in writing and meets most technology standards as well. It's your secret weapon to help students take their writing to a whole new level.

Learn 360

We have indexed Learn 360’s content on our platform.  Learn 360 licensed users can now access Learn 360 content via Learning.com!  You won’t find them in the Marketplace drop-down menu yet, but in a few weeks, we’ll have listed Learn 360 so that educators can easily see that they can access Learn 360 via Learning.com.  For instance, if a school or district has a license to use Learn 360, they will be able to access Learn 360 via Learning.com—very much like our relationship with Discovery Education.

 Learn360 is an interactive, media-on-demand digital delivery service for the K-12 education market. With 24/7 access from any internet-enabled device, teachers, students and parents can stream and download high quality full-length videos, video clips, images, audio files, research articles, teacher resources and more. Content is provided by top educational publishers, including A&E, History, Biography, National Geographic, Reading Rainbow, Weston Woods and Britannica Concise Encyclopedia…over 60 in all! Videos are correlated to Common Core Standards, State Standards and 21st Century Learning Initiatives.

Professor Garfield

In collaboration with Ball State University, Professor Garfield offers free delivery of innovative and motivational digital learning content with a primary emphasis on children’s literacy.  We’ve added three free products to the Marketplace.  They are: Reading Ring, Orson’s Farm, G-Cubed.  Each of these games can be used in grades K-12.  Professor Garfield will soon be adding more content—both free content and fee-based content.