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Best Instructional Solution in Other Curriculum Areas

Recognizes the best application focusing on non-core curriculum areas for students in the PK-12 or postsecondary market. These areas include art, foreign language, music, technology, engineering, computer science, vocational/career planning, or multi-disciplinary topics.

Arcademics Plus - Arcademics

Teachers are struggling to engage young learners in drill-and-practice math facts. 97% of elementary students have played video games outside of class. Our goal is to integrate aspects of multi-player gaming with educational content to transform the learning experience.

Arcademics Plus is an online multiplayer educational game system which provides a platform for the practice of basic math facts, in an emotionally engaging gaming environment. Arcademics also incorporates progress monitoring reports, which collects gameplay data in real time, compiles it and displays it to teachers - enabling teachers to evaluate student performance early and tailor game content to student needs.

Arcedmics offers teachers a number of benefits and flexible methods of incorporating math fact instruction: fun and engaging drill-and-practice work, differentiated instruction for students of varying needs or who have preexisting gaps in mathematical proficiency, the possibility of a collaborative or social learning environment, and a gaming-based challenge to students.

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    iCAN - Avant Assessment

    iCAN is a cloud-based tool that brings standards into the classroom to facilitate formative assessment and learning. iCAN supports teachers and students to seamlessly integrate student-created evidence with instruction and curriculum in a single, online portfolio. Architected for any set of standards or sets of performance criteria, iCAN is currently used by World Language and English Language Learners (ELL). Integration of Language and Common Core State Standards is a current initiative.

    Students demonstrate learning and competence by providing digital evidence of their skill in the target subject. Personalized learning pathways are developed through teacher-student collaboration. Continuous teacher feedback, along with parent review through a parent portal, creates a partnership that reinforces student responsibility for learning.

    --Students self-assess, set goals and respond to instruction through understandable, actionable learning objectives while building comprehensive digital portfolios (including text, audio and video) of evidence of competency.

    --Teachers communicate expectations, guide students with ongoing feedback, and continuously monitor and evaluate progress towards proficiency.

    --Parents participate in their student’s learning path with access to their student’s tasks and portfolios.

    iCAN currently includes ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines, Texas ELP Standards, Florida World Languages Standards and WIDA CAN DO Descriptors, with more to come.

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    Mawi Leadership Course - Florida Virtual School- Global Services Division

    Leadership Skills Development is a two-semester online course that equips teenagers with leadership skills they can use to build confidence and college readiness. Created by Florida Virtual School and Mawi Learning, students learn basic skills such as goal setting and advanced skills such as negotiations. In the final module, students apply what they have learned in a structured service project that impacts their community. Course differentiators include required certification for teachers that ensures student impact from day one, and deep, highly engaging content with dozens of rich interactives.

    Since its launch in June 2012, enrollment has surged by more than 500 percent; 75-90 percent of students report the course has helped them improve their grades, skills and confidence level; and partnering schools report strong gains in student achievement and character development.

    The course principles were developed by Mawi Asgedom, an Ethiopian refugee who became a Harvard University graduate. He is the founder of Mawi Learning, which has trained more than 1 million students worldwide at over 1,000 schools.

    Florida Virtual School is a global leader in online education, serving more than 150,000 students in 2012, and over 1 million students since its founding.

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    McGraw-Hill Studio Space: ArtTalk and Exploring Art - McGraw-Hill Education

    The innovative McGraw-Hill Studio Space programs teach students the elements and principles of art in a studio-oriented, all-digital environment. Engaging narrative content teaches students the elements and principles of art, art media, art history, and art criticism. Multimedia resources including interactive media, timelines, and videos are integrated throughout. Steps and resources are provided to guide students through a variety of hands-on and digital studios. Teachers can modify studios or create and implement their own art studio projects. An extensive eGallery provides access to artworks from a rich variety of cultures and historical time periods, while virtual tours allow students to explore museums around the world. Students explore their own creativity by discussing and developing personal portfolios of their artwork. The program provides students with the tools they need to evaluate and discuss works of art. An Art Critique forum offers a safe virtual environment for students to view and critique classmates’ work.

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    Mindset Works® SchoolKit - Mindset Works

    Mindset Works® SchoolKit transforms student motivation and achievement by instilling in students and educators a growth mindset, the understanding that ability develops with effort and learning. Created under an IES/SBIR contract, it includes Brainology®, an engaging blended-learning program for students in grades 5-9 that teaches the fundamentals of the malleable brain and effective study skills through kid-friendly animations and interactive simulations, resources, and reflections. Brainology also includes a wide range of classroom activities to help teachers and students of different ages and skill levels reinforce and apply the lessons to their studies, and real-time metacognitive assessment tools with feedback for students to build self-efficacy, resilience, and achievement across subject areas. The SchoolKit also contains interactive professional development for educators to support student learning and foster a positive, growth mindset school culture, including video modules that teach key findings in neuroscience and psychology; real-time data reporting and assessment tools to track ongoing personal and student growth; practical resources, tools and activities to apply and extend learning to classroom practice; and an online social learning community of educators and experts from around the world. Recent pilot data for the SchoolKit show significant positive impact on teacher self-efficacy, student motivation, and achievement.

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    Ripple Effects Whole Spectrum Learning System - Ripple Effects

    Ripple Effects Whole Spectrum Learning System 4.0 is a deeply personalized way to address non-academic factors in school success. Imagine four students referred for defiance. All start with a remediating tutorial on defiance. An expert system couples with their own intuition to lead each the underlying reasons (risk factors in multiple domains) for their behavior. It then presents for each the most relevant set of best practices to address that situation. Students (and teachers) use whatever instructional modes are the best match for their learning style: case study, cognitive framing, behavioral training, true video story, peer modeling, transfer training opportunities, media analysis, role playing, journal writing, games to assess content mastery, and interactive personal profiles are options. Feedback mechanisms, a video game style point structure and confidentiality protections are built in. More than 98% of students assigned to Ripple Effects for any reason (most often behavioral offenses), privately go beyond the assignment to explore additional issues that deeply affect their school experience, but are rarely mentioned in it. Assessment tools and 500 engaging, culturally responsive tutorials, help build “Strengths” address “Problems” and explore underlying “Reasons.” RCTs show grades go up and behavior problems go down after exposure to Ripple Effects.

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    Waterford Early Learning - Waterford Institute

    Based on nearly two decades of research, Waterford Early Learning individualizes three years of complete Reading, Math, and Science to meet each child's unique learning needs. Waterford Early Learning provides an individualized experience from introduction to mastery of critical foundational skills. Even the youngest students discover the fun of learning with full-motion video, brilliant animation, entertaining songs and interactive activities wrapped up into three years of complete, core-quality reading, math, and science lessons. These programs provide a complete continuum of instruction tailored to each student's individual learning needs.

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