Carnegie Learning Introduces New Math Instruction App for iPads
Carnegie
Learning has introduced a new iPad-based
application for math designed for students in grades 6-12.
The digitalACE app can make middle and
high
school math content available to teachers that can be customized for
individual
students, regardless of their grade level.
The
company said the new app is built on its
knowledge basis regarding learning science and its technical expertise,
keeping
in mind the limitations many teachers have to work with: limited
instructional
time and the multiple student needs in a single-teacher classroom.
The new app is designed to allow educators to
develop course curricula that both meets their teaching objectives and
recognizes various students' learning goals. The creators of
digitalACE,
according to Carnegie Learning, balance the ability of technology to
enhance
student learning with the needs of teachers who want to implement math
instruction that optimizes learning.
"It
empowers students to own how they interact
with the math content, choose how they express their reasoning with
interactive
features and engage with real-world math in a digital device," said
Carnegie
Learning COO Erin Simmons. "In addition, educators are able to
customize and
create their own curricula; access student work in real-time; provide
feedback;
and select, organize and present student responses, all within the app."
The
new app was introduced at the company's 2015
Digital Learning Summit.
About the Author
Michael Hart is a Los Angeles-based freelance writer and the former executive editor of THE Journal.