Naiku Blog: News, White Papers, and Case Studies
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SmartBlog on Education features post by Dr. Adisack Nhouyvanisvong
Read MoreDr. Adisack Nhouyvanisvong’s article, “Student Assessments: Junk in, junk out” was featured today in SmartBlog on Education. See the complete article here: http://bit.ly/1ygDG96
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Naiku announces Innovative Educator Grants
Read MoreNaiku announced today the formation of an educational grant program for innovative teachers and teacher teams. The grant program is valued at $250,000 and is available to innovative educators seeking to employ differentiated instruction and personalized learning practices and tools in their classroom. The complete press release can be read here: Naiku Innovative Educator Grants […]
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Naiku announces support for Student Privacy Pledge
Read MoreNaiku announced today support for the Student Privacy Pledge, a pledge by education technology providers to protect the privacy of students that is spearheaded by the Future of Privacy Forum and the Software and Information Industry Association. Naiku is one of 75 companies to sign the pledge, effective January 1st, and President Obama has challenged […]
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Tech & Learning review of Naiku for Teachers
Read MoreTech & Learning magazine reviews Naiku for Teachers in their January edition. Read the full review here: http://bit.ly/1DmfSSB.
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Finding the Right Next-Gen Assessment
Read MoreDr. Todd Beach, a district curriculum lead at ISD 196 in Rosemount, MN., discusses what to look for in a next-gen assessment solution in this article from Scholastic Administr@tor.
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Meaningful Reflection
Read MoreMany Naikus (teachers) are familiar with the MindShift blog. If you’re not, get familiar with it. There are always great articles there to help teachers be better teachers.
A recent article that caught my eye was “What Meaningful Reflection Student Work Can Do for Learning“, an excerpt from a book by Larissa Pahomov, an English and Journalism teacher in Philadelphia. In this article, Larissa describes three characteristics of meaningful reflection (Metacognitive, Applicable, and Shared) and how they improve student learning. -
Scholastic Instructor recommends BenchmarkNow!
Read MoreScholastic Instructor selects BenchmarkNow! in a short list of recommended freebies for teachers. Entitled “High Marks” they highlight BenchmarkNow!’s ability to track student progress with ready-to-use assessments in math and reading. View the complete list here.
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District Administration selects Naiku as a DA Top 100 product
Read MoreNaiku was selected by District Administration magazine as a recipient of their Reader’s Choice Top 100 products of 2014. With over 2,400 products nominated this year, Naiku is pleased to be recognized by administrators nationwide for this award.
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edtech digest features Naiku as Cool Tool
Read Moreedtech digest featured Naiku in their Cool Tool column today. Read the complete article here.
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Menco partners with Naiku for next-gen assessment
Read MoreMenco, a Chinese education company, has partnered with Naiku to incorporate Naiku’s cloud based, next-gen assessment in Menco’s cloud based social learning platform for Chinese schools.
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Data Driven Instruction with Naiku
Premier educators such as Dr. Paul Bambrick-Santoyo (Driven By Data 2.0: A Practical Guide to Improve Instruction) and Dr. John Hattie (Visible Learning) promote the use of data in enhancing instruction and student learning. In this linked white paper, Dr. Adisack Nhouyvanisvong discusses these techniques and showcases how to implement them using Naiku.
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Use ACT Quick Checks for Progress Monitoring
Naiku provides over 50 ACT Quick Checks for teachers to use for student progress monitoring in all ACT test subjects. ACT Quick Checks are short, topic-focused, formative assessments; typically 6-12 questions in length. Each Quick Check contains questions from a single topic, such as Math-Functions, so teachers can use to easily monitor progress between benchmark […]