Hurry: “Teacher Innovator of the Year” Deadline is This Week

Attention teachers: Do you have a story to share with other teachers around the country about how you’re incorporating our online supplemental learning program into your classroom?

We’ve been on the prowl to find the “Apangea Learning Teacher Innovator of the Year” and right now we’re busy reviewing submissions from your peers in school districts nationwide. They’re telling us all the imaginative ways they’re putting our online supplemental learning program to work in their classrooms and how they’re getting their students pumped to work hard.

Got a story to tell? We want to hear it. But you’ll have to hurry – the deadline is Saturday, May 9^th.  Please submit ideas to lwise@apangea.com.

We’ll be issuing a news release after we’ve picked the winner and runner-ups.

Stay tuned … big news ahead.

Vista Del Lago High School Students Win ALapalooza ALthusiasm Award

Congratulations to the students at Vista Del Lago High School (Moreno Valley, CA) who won the ALapalooza ALthusiasm award, a national math contest sponsored by Apangea Learning. A special event will recognize these students for their accomplishments at Vista Del Lago High School on Thursday, August 28 beginning at 1 p.m. PST. 

 

Vista Del Lago High School competed with other summer school programs nationwide in Apangea Learning’s ALapalooza: Summer of Math Tour contest.  Vista Del Lago’s summer school students beat out more than 100 schools across the nation to win the ALapalooza ALthusiasm award, a prize given based on the number of after-school hours spent learning math — hours worked during their personal time that went above and beyond what was required for their summer school requirements!

 

“Our goal at Apangea Learning is to motivate students to want to learn math.  The students at Vista Del Lago showed amazing determination to succeed academically by working on Apangea Learning Math during their own time – even on nights and weekends.  It’s great when educators can get students fired up about learning!” said Apangea Learning CEO, Louis Piconi.

Apangea Learning and the National Mathematics Advisory Panel

To compete in the 21st century global economy, knowledge of and proficiency in mathematics is critical. Today’s high school graduates need to have solid mathematics skills—whether they are headed for college or directly into the workforce. The National Mathematics Advisory Panel (National Math Panel) was created in April 2006 to help ensure our nation’s future competitiveness and economic viability.

Recently, the National Mathematics Advisory Panel released its final report on best practices for the teaching and learning of mathematics (please see the above article: Focus on algebra, U.S. panel tells schools). The final report contains 45 findings and recommendations on numerous topics including instructional practices, materials, professional development and assessments.

Apangea Learning is well-positioned vis-à-vis the recommendations of the National Mathematics Advisory Panel.  SmartHelp is an excellent fit with the panel’s key recommendations. Additionally, it fully covers each of the benchmarks for the Critical Foundations of Algebra. Please click below for a detailed report on how Apangea Learning SmartHelp aligns with the National Mathematics Advisory Panel’s final report.

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Apangea Learning Welcomes Laurel School District and Salado Independent School District

We are pleased to announce that the Laurel School District (Lawrence County, Pennsylvania) and Salado Independent School District (Salado, Texas) will be using Apangea Learning SmartHelp this fall.

 

We look forward to working with your teachers and students during the 2007-2008 school year.

 

~ MATT HAUSMANN, Vice President ~

Go back to school with the latest tools

Great news!

Apangea Learning SmartHelp 4.0 was selected as one of Technology and Learning’s “Top 100 New Products for the New School Year.”

New Product Trends

In demos, at meetings, on the Web, and at the National Educational Computing Conference this past June, T&L editors scoured the new-product market to bring you the latest …

… on the rise are online tutoring sites—for both kids and educators—from publishers like Atomic Learning and Apangea …

Apangea Learning
The SmartHelp 4.0 online learning environment offers math-based problems and provides one teacher for every student. Features include a reward-point motivation program, the ability to select problems based on student interest, and expanded algebra content. www.apangealearning.com

For the entire article and list of top 100 products, please go to: URL: http://www.techlearning.com/showArticle.php?articleID=196604604

~ MATT HAUSMANN, Vice President ~