Interactive Lesson Platform Aims to Support Digital Classrooms -- THE Journal

Breaking News

Interactive Lesson Platform Aims to Support Digital Classrooms

By Sri Ravipati
08/31/16

Source: NextLesson.

A provider of K–12 applied learning resources is out with an improved interactive lesson platform that seeks to support digital classrooms. The updated NextLesson platform enables lessons to be assigned, completed and graded online.

After receiving feedback during its beta version, the platform now features a more intuitive interface with features to support teachers and students. A user-friendly toolbar provides easier access to lessons, which users can browse through by type, and allows users to share lessons. Additionally, the new “Submissions View” feature teachers to view timestamped responses by question or student, see suggested answers and score students work. On the student side, lessons now have text-to-speech audio and glossary terms, and they can submit responses and receive feedback from teachers.

"To prepare students for the real world, NextLesson creates applied learning opportunities which develop critical thinking and technology skills," said Dion Lim, founder and CEO of NextLesson, in a prepared statement. "Now our platform offers a foundation for better delivery and grading of lessons for teachers and additional support for students, particularly struggling readers and English language learners."

Launched in 2013, NextLesson has engaged about 60,000 teachers and more than 2 million students across the country. To learn more about the interactive lesson platform, visit the NextLesson site.

About the Author

Sri Ravipati is Web producer for THE Journal and Campus Technology. She can be reached at [email protected].

E-Mail this page

Printable Format

Featured

California District to Build New Robotics Facility for Student Creativity and Collaboration

California's Fremont Union High School District recently announced that construction has begun on a new Robotics Facility on the campus of Cupertino High School. The 14,500-square-foot facility will serve students at high schools across the entire district, providing purpose-built spaces for student creativity and collaboration.
Google Rolls Out AI Mode in Search

About a year after introducing AI Overviews for its flagship search offering, Google has announced broad availability of AI Mode in Search.
The Power of Instructional Audio: Boosting Engagement, Communication, and Access in the Classroom

In the face of achievement declines, instructional audio is helping classrooms feel more interactive, making it easier for students to follow along, and even saving teachers’ voices from exhaustion.
PBLWorks Launches Web-based App to Help Scale Project-Based Learning

PBLWorks, the provider of professional development for project-based learning (PBL), has introduced PBLWorks TEACH, a web-based application that provides ready-to-use, standards-aligned PBL projects for middle school math, science, English language arts, and social studies.