- www.kickboardforteachers.com/
- www.learningmate.com/
- www.wirelessgeneration.com/
- www.go-eknowledge.com/lms.htm
- www.anewspring.com/
- www.knewton.com/
- www.vschoolz.com/
- www.educatek12.com
- www.sungard.com/k-12
- www.edmodo.com/features
- www.showevidence.com/
- www.agilix.com/products/buzz/
- www.xyleme.com/
- www.spiraluniverse.com/
- www.khanacademy.org/about
- www.openbadges.org/
- www.dreambox.com/
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Agilix
Buzz
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Strengths
- Ability Grouping
- Mastery Based
- Student based
management
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Considerations
- Student based
management
- Requires change of
classroom environments
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Edmodo
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Strengths
- Insights allow for
actionable feedback
- Dashboard approach
to encourage proactive conversation
- LMS and performance
system integrated
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Considerations
- No connection to local
student information system
- Proprietary system
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Show Evidence
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Strengths
- Evidence Based
- Performance system for
students and staff
- Accountability measures for
professional development
- Badging Options
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Considerations
- Isn't testing based, but
competency based
- Artifact based system
requires design thinking
- Requires development
team to create assessments
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Performance Plus
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Strengths
- National, State,
and Local benchmarking
- Longitudinal achievement data
- Integration with their
other products
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Considerations
- No connection to other
organizational data
- No apparent LMS integration
- Requires other products to
take advantage of all options
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Educate K12
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Strengths
- Fully integrated LMS
- Formative and Summative
Comprehensive Assessments
- Powerful data analytics
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Considerations
- Fairly new compared to
many other options
- Isn't testing based, but
competency based
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Bredge
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Strengths
- Teacher published
resources and assessments
- Web based
- Bilingual interface
- Distribution reports for
performance
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Considerations
- Corporate oriented systems
- Not a very modern
flow for an LMS
- Apparent lack of
synchronous learning options
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WirelessGeneration
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Strengths
- Offers services through
custom partnerships
- Integrates data across systems,
beyond a simple single sign on.
- Educator friendly
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Considerations
- Disconnected from LMS objects
- Completely proprietary software
- Requires many levels of
professional development
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Kickboard
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Strengths
- Behavioral analysis
- Community engagement
- SiS integration
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Considerations
- High priority on character
assessment over academic
- No LMS integration
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Learning Mate
-
Strengths
- LMS Cartridge for
simple integration
- Multiple LMS partners
- Quick transition
across platforms
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Considerations
- Hard to find
data systems
- Almost too
many options
- May require
additional procurement
to access all tools
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Knewton
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Strengths
- Large publisher base
- Adaptive learning platform
- Huge data pool
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Considerations
- Pulls data outside of local
agency for comparison
- Separate products for purchase
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VSchoolz
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Strengths
- Extremely comprehensive
set of tools
- Comparitive measurements
locally, state-wide, and nationally
- vPortfolio for alternative
assessment data
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Considerations
- Must choose how you
want to assemble content
- Extremely wide range
of tools, hard to decide
where to start
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Khan's Back End
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Strengths
- Unique blending
of videos & interactions
- Student oriented
goals & badges
- Data reporting on content
creation & consumption
- Targeted interventions
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Considerations
- Reliance on Youtube
for access
- Completely open access
to entire curriculum at once
- Learning curve for
data reporting
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Macarthur Mozilla
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Strengths
- Badge Backpack toolkit
allows for easy management
- Can contribute to
badging worldwide
- Attention getting
and engaging
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Considerations
- Requires IT staffing
to deploy
- Highly technical
implementation
- Requires integration with
an SIS or personal profile
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Dreambox
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Strengths
- Adaptive online learning
- Metrics captured
during student interactions
- Nearly unlimited number
of pathways
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Considerations
- Online elementary
math only
- Very limited audience
- Standalone system
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Spiral Universe
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Strengths
- Cloud based setup
- User friendly environment
- Free
- Create assignments and
quizzes in many formats
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Considerations
- No personalized learning options
- Simply grading and data reporting
- Cost for data conversion
and migration
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http://www.anewspring.com/
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Strengths
- Adaptive Learning Platform
- Free to start
- LMS environment
- Templating options across all levels
of development and reporting
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Considerations
- Free to premium
pricing ranges greatly
- Independent and proprietary system
- Lack of additional tools
requires use of third-party applications
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Xyleme
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Strengths
- Single source course for
print, eLearning, & mobile output
- Many open options
for publishing
- Ease of use allows
for quick updates of
learning interactions
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Considerations
- Another new proprietary system
requires manual migration
from current system
- Data reporting collection
options are unclear
- Very few predetermined
performance assessments
already in place