1. www.kickboardforteachers.com/
  2. www.learningmate.com/
  3. www.wirelessgeneration.com/
  4. www.go-eknowledge.com/lms.htm
  5. www.anewspring.com/
  6. www.knewton.com/
  7. www.vschoolz.com/
  8. www.educatek12.com
  9. www.sungard.com/k-12
  10. www.edmodo.com/features
  11. www.showevidence.com/
  12. www.agilix.com/products/buzz/
  13. www.xyleme.com/
  14. www.spiraluniverse.com/
  15. www.khanacademy.org/about
  16. www.openbadges.org/
  17. www.dreambox.com/
  18. www.schoology.com
  19. http://goo.gl/4EROI
  20. http://www.openclass.com/
  21. http://www.intrade.com
  22. www.jumpro.pe/
  23. Agilix Buzz
    1. Strengths
      1. Ability Grouping
      2. Mastery Based
      3. Student based management
    2. Considerations
      1. Student based management
      2. Requires change of classroom environments
  24. Edmodo
    1. Strengths
      1. Insights allow for actionable feedback
      2. Dashboard approach to encourage proactive conversation
      3. LMS and performance system integrated
    2. Considerations
      1. No connection to local student information system
      2. Proprietary system
  25. Show Evidence
    1. Strengths
      1. Evidence Based
      2. Performance system for students and staff
      3. Accountability measures for professional development
      4. Badging Options
    2. Considerations
      1. Isn't testing based, but competency based
      2. Artifact based system requires design thinking
      3. Requires development team to create assessments
  26. Performance Plus
    1. Strengths
      1. National, State, and Local benchmarking
      2. Longitudinal achievement data
      3. Integration with their other products
    2. Considerations
      1. No connection to other organizational data
      2. No apparent LMS integration
      3. Requires other products to take advantage of all options
  27. Educate K12
    1. Strengths
      1. Fully integrated LMS
      2. Formative and Summative Comprehensive Assessments
      3. Powerful data analytics
    2. Considerations
      1. Fairly new compared to many other options
      2. Isn't testing based, but competency based
  28. Bredge
    1. Strengths
      1. Teacher published resources and assessments
      2. Web based
      3. Bilingual interface
      4. Distribution reports for performance
    2. Considerations
      1. Corporate oriented systems
      2. Not a very modern flow for an LMS
      3. Apparent lack of synchronous learning options
  29. WirelessGeneration
    1. Strengths
      1. Offers services through custom partnerships
      2. Integrates data across systems, beyond a simple single sign on.
      3. Educator friendly
    2. Considerations
      1. Disconnected from LMS objects
      2. Completely proprietary software
      3. Requires many levels of professional development
  30. Kickboard
    1. Strengths
      1. Behavioral analysis
      2. Community engagement
      3. SiS integration
    2. Considerations
      1. High priority on character assessment over academic
      2. No LMS integration
  31. Learning Mate
    1. Strengths
      1. LMS Cartridge for simple integration
      2. Multiple LMS partners
      3. Quick transition across platforms
    2. Considerations
      1. Hard to find data systems
      2. Almost too many options
      3. May require additional procurement to access all tools
  32. Knewton
    1. Strengths
      1. Large publisher base
      2. Adaptive learning platform
      3. Huge data pool
    2. Considerations
      1. Pulls data outside of local agency for comparison
      2. Separate products for purchase
  33. VSchoolz
    1. Strengths
      1. Extremely comprehensive set of tools
      2. Comparitive measurements locally, state-wide, and nationally
      3. vPortfolio for alternative assessment data
    2. Considerations
      1. Must choose how you want to assemble content
      2. Extremely wide range of tools, hard to decide where to start
  34. Khan's Back End
    1. Strengths
      1. Unique blending of videos & interactions
      2. Student oriented goals & badges
      3. Data reporting on content creation & consumption
      4. Targeted interventions
    2. Considerations
      1. Reliance on Youtube for access
      2. Completely open access to entire curriculum at once
      3. Learning curve for data reporting
  35. Macarthur Mozilla
    1. Strengths
      1. Badge Backpack toolkit allows for easy management
      2. Can contribute to badging worldwide
      3. Attention getting and engaging
    2. Considerations
      1. Requires IT staffing to deploy
      2. Highly technical implementation
      3. Requires integration with an SIS or personal profile
  36. Dreambox
    1. Strengths
      1. Adaptive online learning
      2. Metrics captured during student interactions
      3. Nearly unlimited number of pathways
    2. Considerations
      1. Online elementary math only
      2. Very limited audience
      3. Standalone system
  37. Spiral Universe
    1. Strengths
      1. Cloud based setup
      2. User friendly environment
      3. Free
      4. Create assignments and quizzes in many formats
    2. Considerations
      1. No personalized learning options
      2. Simply grading and data reporting
      3. Cost for data conversion and migration
  38. http://www.anewspring.com/
    1. Strengths
      1. Adaptive Learning Platform
      2. Free to start
      3. LMS environment
      4. Templating options across all levels of development and reporting
    2. Considerations
      1. Free to premium pricing ranges greatly
      2. Independent and proprietary system
      3. Lack of additional tools requires use of third-party applications
  39. Xyleme
    1. Strengths
      1. Single source course for print, eLearning, & mobile output
      2. Many open options for publishing
      3. Ease of use allows for quick updates of learning interactions
    2. Considerations
      1. Another new proprietary system requires manual migration from current system
      2. Data reporting collection options are unclear
      3. Very few predetermined performance assessments already in place
  40. Schoology
    1. Strengths
      1. Integration with latest platforms & systems
      2. Social networking interface
      3. Learning Communities
    2. Considerations
      1. Gaps from Free to Premium Accounts
      2. Must create all assessments from scratch as an LMS
      3. Hard to find data collection utilities
  41. JumpRope
    1. Strengths
      1. Standards based grading
      2. Character based performance data recorded
      3. Curriculum design tools
    2. Considerations
      1. Lack of learning management
      2. Character education tools are a bit off from the typical focus of performance data in this market
  42. Dell
    1. Strengths
      1. Integration of instructional tools, e-books, curriculum and lecture capture
      2. SIS integration
      3. Single Sign On for instruction/ assessment/ assets
    2. Considerations
      1. Built by hardware company
      2. Sponsored by hardware and software companies
      3. Lack of available demos and examples
  43. Google OpenClass
    1. Strengths
      1. No cost at all
      2. Social technologies included with mobile access
      3. Powerful dashboard & reporting
    2. Considerations
      1. Sponsored by educational publishers
      2. Institutions not willing to share with OER will need to find other options
  44. Intrade
    1. Strengths
      1. Prediction market is unique for edu data reporting
      2. Based on hundreds of real world outcomes
      3. Clear cut binary answers "yes" and "no"
    2. Considerations
      1. Retreating from US market
      2. Not an edu specific information provider
      3. Relies on internal metrics based on an internal currency