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  • 10/18/06

Products & Services

eChalk Introduces First Lesson-Planning Service Integrated Into an Online Classroom

eChalk Inc., a provider of online learning environments for K-12 schools, recently released Lesson Planner, a comprehensive framework that helps K-12 schools align curriculum with state and local standards. The release of Lesson Planner marks the culmination of two years of research, design, and development. eChalk’s Lesson Planner makes lesson planning quicker, easier, and more useful as a teaching tool. It also makes relevant plan information, such as activities and assignments, available to parents and students through eChalk’s online classroom, leveraging the value of the teacher’s work.  Most important, it enables principals to react proactively when a teacher is behind schedule or off course. Districts and schools who implement Lesson Planner receive comprehensive on-site support from eChalk’s Client Services team to help promote buy-in and success...

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Atomic Learning Adds Flash Capability

Atomic Learning, provider of affordable Web-based software training and tutorials, has added more features and enhancements, including Flash capability for all Windows tutorials. By allowing customers to view Windows tutorial movies in both QuickTime and Flash, Atomic Learning is offering greater flexibility to schools and districts, as many schools have a preference of one or the other. Later this fall, all Atomic Learning tutorials will be viewable in Flash as well as QuickTime. Other site enhancements include a new tutorial index, which allows users to quickly and easily find what they’re looking for, minor reorganization for better ease in site navigation, and a fresh new look. The company has also recently added new tutorials on Bridge, iMovie, Inspiration 8, and many other programs...

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    During the pandemic, the education community scrambled to provide students with laptops to promote online learning equity and mitigate learning loss. Today, those devices are approaching the end of their useful lives — and a "great Chromebook refresh" has been predicted as schools seek to replace them with newer models.  

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    New Turnitin Product Offers AI-Powered Writing Tools with Instructor Guardrails

    Academic integrity solution provider Turnitin has launched Turnitin Clarity, a paid add-on for Turnitin Feedback Studio that provides a composition workspace for students with educator-guided AI assistance, AI-generated writing feedback, visibility into integrity insights, and more.

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    New Resource Offers Guide to AI Instruction Across Grades PreK-12

    The School Library Systems Association of New York has created a free resource for PreK-12 educators on building student understanding of artificial intelligence.

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    Google Announces Classroom Updates, New Tools for Chromebooks

    Google has introduced a variety of features across its products for education, announced recently at the 2025 BETT ed tech event in London. Among the additions are enhancements to Google Classroom and new tools for Chromebooks, "designed to help address the diverse needs of students around the world," Google said in a blog post.