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Oklahoma Department of Education: Closing the Achievement Gap With Wireless Generation Professional Services

The Oklahoma State Department of Education is committed to improving teaching and learning in its schools and closing the reading achievement gap across the state. The Department identified a subset of fifteen schools needing additional support and turned to longtime partner Wireless Generation to collaborate on delivering targeted, ongoing professional...

Tags: U.S. Department Of Education, Oklahoma, Wireless, Wireless Generation, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility

Case studies 2009-01-14

Guiding a Successful Reading Plan With mCLASS Solutions

Prior to 2004, Seminole County teachers conducted formative assessments using paper and pencil. The method was time-consuming for teachers, left room for error in assessment administration, and limited results and reporting capabilities. While teachers were able to identify their struggling readers, there was little specificity to the data and no...

Tags: Teacher, Wireless Generation, Wi-Fi, Handhelds, Wireless And Mobility, Hardware

Case studies 2008-10-01

Strengthening a Balanced Approach to Literacy With mCLASS Solutions

Bellevue's elementary schools were using a paper-based formative assessment to evaluate students' needs, but it was given just one or two times a year, depending on the grade level. District staff report that the assessment data had limitations and did not offer the level of sophistication teachers and principals needed...

Tags: Bellevue, Wireless Generation, Wi-Fi, Team Management, Wireless And Mobility, Management

Case studies 2008-09-01

Failure Is No Longer an Option: Using Response to Intervention to Foster Achievement for All Students

In recent years, faced with escalating rolls of special education students and armed with new research on how children learn, strong support and momentum have gathered around a new instructional model. The new approach, called Response to Intervention RTI, enhances the already common practice of using formative assessment data to...

Tags: Student, Wireless Generation, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility

White papers 2008-07-01

Research on the mCLASS Handheld Platform and Prior Research on Handheld Assessment Devices

Handheld assessments tools have been in use for approximately 5 years. Their use has been heavily stimulated by the federal requirement that all Reading First teachers administer diagnostic assessments several times a year to their K-3 students. Studies examining the affordances of PDA assessment devices have looked primarily at reading...

Tags: Teacher, Wireless Generation, Handhelds, Hardware

White papers 2008-05-22

An Analysis of Technology-Assisted Progress Monitoring to Drive Improved Student Outcomes

This paper examines the effects that progress monitoring has on student achievement and teacher practice by reporting on the findings of two studies. The first study presents a quantitative analysis of a large data set to determine whether progress monitoring affects student outcomes, as measured by the Dynamic Indicators of...

Tags: Monitoring, Analysis, Wireless, Wireless Generation

White papers 2007-10-01

mCLASS: Math Using Technology to Learn What Children Know and Help Them Learn

This paper describes the research and theoretical underpinnings supporting the development of mCLASS:Math. Effective assessment of early mathematics is a vital step toward reversing the dramatic failures of mathematics education in the United States. National tests of public school student mathematics performance show that 19% of fourth graders cannot demonstrate...

Tags: Failure, Wireless Generation, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility

White papers 2007-10-01

A Leader in Response to Intervention (RTI) Using the mCLASS System

Thomas Jefferson Elementary School is a public school serving approximately 400 K-5 students in the Roseville City Elementary School District, Roseville, CA. Thomas Jefferson Elementary School knew that an effective, at-scale RTI implementation would require teachers throughout the school to use a single, universal assessment so they could share and...

Tags: Monitor, Leader, Teacher, Wireless, Wireless Generation, Thomas Jefferson Elementary School, Monitors & Displays, Wi-Fi, Handhelds, Wireless And Mobility, Hardware, Components

Case studies 2007-10-01

The Role of Formative Assessment in Pre-K Through Second Grade Classrooms

Formative assessments use observational protocols or diagnostic measures to provide educators with detailed information about a student's progress assimilating and representing knowledge and skills. Unlike summative tests, in which children are required to sit and answer questions for an extended period of time, well-designed formative assessments are powerful tools with...

Tags: Assessment, Wireless Generation, Strategy, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Management

White papers 2007-09-01

Using Technology-Assisted Progress Monitoring to Drive Improved Student Outcomes

The analysis in this paper represents a broad, high-level view of the impact of progress monitoring. Studies which include more contextual information about the specific uses of progress monitoring data (e.g., decision-making protocols and instructional choices) may yield more pertinent information about how to effectively implement progress monitoring to best...

Tags: Benefit, Monitoring, Wireless Generation

White papers 2007-07-20

mCLASS: Math Identifying Technically Adequate Early Mathematics Measures

Research shows that early intervention in academic areas is critical for identifying students who may be at risk and in preventing them from future academic failure. The challenge to date has been the development of an assessment system that provides teachers with easy, efficient, and reliable methods to identify students...

Tags: Student, Wireless Generation, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility

White papers 2007-05-04

Buffalo Public Schools and the mCLASS:DIBELS Software: Expanding From Reading First to a District-Wide Solution

Buffalo Public Schools is a large urban school district located in the greater Buffalo, NY, area. BPS serves over 37,000 students in nearly 70 campuses. Buffalo Public Schools had to overcome several challenges to improve district-wide student achievement. There was the initial question of where and how to focus reform...

Tags: Buffalo, Monitoring, Wireless Generation, Buffalo Public Schools, BPS

Case studies 2006-12-11

Additional Resources

MobileTechRoundup show #190; Should we call them Pocket PCs again?

I spent a couple of days at the Microsoft Mobius event here in Seattle, but couldn't share much of what was discussed on MobileTechRoundup show #190 due to NDA agreements. However, each attendee did receive an HTC HD2 from HTC so I shared a few thoughts about that device. As...

Tags: MobileTechRoundup, High Tech Computer Corp., PC, Pocket PC, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Hardware, Software, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-11-20

Google makes Chrome OS open source today

Contrary to rumors, Google did not release a beta version of its much anticipated Chrome operating system today. And nothing is coming anytime soon: the final version is at least a year away, the mega giant web company said. But there was some significant news for the...

Tags: Google Inc., Web, Operating System, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Open Source, Operating Systems, Hardware, Software, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2009-11-19

Apple iMac (21.5-inch, 3.06Hz Intel Core 2 Duo, Nvidia GeForce 9400M, Fall 2009)

We awarded Apple an Editors' Choice for its new $1,699 iMac, largely because its 27-inch screen dwarfs its competition in that price range. So what to make of Apple's new lower-end iMac? At $1,199, its 21.5-inch screen is hardly the size leader for its price, and without a touch screen...

Tags: Desktops, Intel Core 2 Duo, Nvidia GeForce, Acer Aspire Z5610, Intel Corp., NVidia Corp., Apple iMac, Apple Inc.

Product reviews 2009-11-17

Amazon Kindle Wireless Reading Device (U.S. & International Wireless, Latest Generation)

On October 22, 2009, Amazon discontinued the U.S.-only version of the Kindle and replaced it with the international Kindle model and set the price at $259. This new model--now called the "U.S. and International Kindle"--runs on AT&T's network and can access content on cellular networks inside and outside of the...

Tags: wireless, Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, Sprint Communications

Product reviews 2009-11-07

Five interesting new details about Verizon's Moto Droid

HTML5 a "nonstandard"?Isn't HTML5 a "nonstandard", in that it hasn't been approved yet?I can't wait for my new ....... after 2 deal to arrive! Sounds like this phone rocks. That combined with Verizon Wireless coverage this should be a big winner!So the big "savings" from using a "free"...

Tags: Handhelds, GPS, HTML5, Verizon Communications Inc., Moto Droid, phone, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-28

Smart grid grants

Over $3 billion dollars worth of federal money will be awarded to smart grid projects in the U.S. today. President Obama has chosen a Florida solar power plant as the location for making his announcement. He'll be in Arcadia, Florida, at Florida Power and Light Co.’s...

Tags: Grant, Monitors & Displays, Wi-Fi, Hardware, Components, Wireless And Mobility, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-10-27

Amazon delivers strong Q3; shares skyrocket after hours

Amazon easily beat Wall Street's estimates for its third quarter, reporting a net income of $199 million, or 45 cents per share, on sales of $5.45 billion, a 28 percent jump from the year-ago quarter. Analysts had been expecting earnings of 33 cents on sales of $5.03 billion. Statement ...

Tags: E-reader, Amazon.com Inc., Kindle, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-22

Apple Magic Mouse

Apple's latest pointer, the Magic Mouse, is included with its new iMac desktops, but you can purchase it separately for $69. Just don't confuse it with the Mighty Mouse, because although they're the same price, the differences end there. The Magic Mouse gets an aerodynamic face-lift and also supports...

Tags: Mice, mouse, Magic Mouse, Apple Inc.

Product reviews 2009-10-21