THE EMERGENCE OF OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

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An apparently extraordinary trend is emerging. Although learning resources are often considered as key intellectual property in a competitive higher education world, more and more institutions and individuals are sharing digital learning resources over the Internet openly and without cost, as open educational resources (OER).

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SoapBox Labs

SoapBox is on a mission to radically transform how kids interact with technology using their voices. Our low-code, independent, and proprietary technology delivers 95% accuracy for kids ages 2 - 12 of all dialects and accents. The SoapBox voice engine has been built using a privacy-by-design approach. Protecting kids’ fundamental right to voice data privacy is a cornerstone of our company mission and philosophy. SoapBox Labs leverages the same underlying voice engine to address our two core market offerings: SoapBox Educate voice enables products and platforms in the EdTech market for screening, practice, interventions, and assessments products for literacy and language learning SoapBox Play focuses on voice-enabling third-party games, toys, and entertainment applications for the home and consumer markets.

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whitePaper | August 20, 2020

Schools face an array of challenges and opportunities, especially considering the diverse needs of students and educators. To meet those opportunities, more administrators are looking for ways to personalize professional development (PD) and support teachers in a lasting, meaningful way. There are four distinct attributes that ensure PD efforts are as successful as possible: the professional learning is personalized, job embedded, both ongoing and sustainable, and tied to evaluations.

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Instructional Models Doing the Right Things Right

whitePaper | November 25, 2022

Adopting, adapting, or creating an instructional model could be the key to boosting instructional consistency while also encouraging teacher creativity. That may sound like an easy sell, but the process is rife with opportunities for crossed signals and misaligned ambitions. Whether you’re a superintendent or a teacher who wants to see some things change, learning the basics of group dynamics will keep your project moving forward.

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The Education Cloud: Delivering Education as a Service

whitePaper | August 1, 2021

Cloud computing can help communitiesand nations transform education. An entire world of knowledge can now be made available to teachers and students through cloud-based services that can be accessed anytime, anywhere, from any device.The education cloud can simplify, add value to and lower the cost of education transformations

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How Schools Use ZoomTM to Proctor Assessments

whitePaper | August 3, 2020

There’s no getting around the fact that administering assessments during distance learning is tough. However, if you have decided that your district will administer athome assessments in fall 2020, we urge district leaders, building administrators, teachers, and families to work in partnership to create a detailed assessment plan. Your approach to proctoring and administering an online assessment, such as the i-Ready Diagnostic, will be central to this plan.

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Successful Collaboration Rooms Pay for Themselves

whitePaper | January 20, 2020

This white paper is a road map for ensuring success in your UCC (unified communications and collaboration) spaces. We’ll discuss five key ways you can maximize operations and reduce tech trouble in these environments. By the end, you’ll feel confident that you can empower even the most introverted person to contribute. Otherwise, you’re missing out on the incredible minds who are too shy — or just don’t know how — to join in.

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SOCIAL IS SUPER

whitePaper | October 21, 2022

Believe it or not, today’s best learning experiences aren’t happening in the classroom. They’re happening out there in the world, as individuals take new information on board in a variety of different contexts.

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Spotlight

SoapBox Labs

SoapBox is on a mission to radically transform how kids interact with technology using their voices. Our low-code, independent, and proprietary technology delivers 95% accuracy for kids ages 2 - 12 of all dialects and accents. The SoapBox voice engine has been built using a privacy-by-design approach. Protecting kids’ fundamental right to voice data privacy is a cornerstone of our company mission and philosophy. SoapBox Labs leverages the same underlying voice engine to address our two core market offerings: SoapBox Educate voice enables products and platforms in the EdTech market for screening, practice, interventions, and assessments products for literacy and language learning SoapBox Play focuses on voice-enabling third-party games, toys, and entertainment applications for the home and consumer markets.

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