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Tech & Learning Rounds Up a Summary of New Tools for Schools

Software & Online

LETTERS ALIVE PLUS
(AliveStudiosco.com)

Letters alive Plus is a supplemental reading kit that incorporates evidence-based best practices and science to teach early literacy skills to pre-K through 3rd-grade students. The kit includes a full-year supplemental curriculum with 26 alphabet cards, 97 sight-word cards, and 84 word-family cards that use 3D augmented reality to engage early learners. This approach appeals to a variety of learning styles and abilities, and increases long-term retention, especially among ELL, at-risk, and special needs students.

MYON UPGRADES
(www.myon.com)

myON announced enhanced reporting capabilities to include opportunities for goal-setting, reporting, and text coding, all aimed at inspiring growth and engagement in student reading. The real-time, actionable data allows teachers time to respond to the data and aid students in their progress with the proper guidance. Original reporting features (time spent reading, books read, etc.) are still available, along with additional reports to measure reading habits, word count, project involvement, news article consumption, and more.

Hardware

KinderLab KIBO (kinderlabrobotics.com/kibo/) is a robot kit designed for young children aged 4–7 years old. The KIBO robot kit comes with a buildable robot; 14 programing blocks; three sensor modules (light, sound, and distance); a lightbulb and an art stage. In addition, KIBO also has a Marker Extension Set, enabling the KIBO robot to draw while moving. Children using KIBO can use code to create art, geometric shapes, and more without requiring screen-time of any kind.

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