Back to School Edition, 2009-2010
Welcome back, educators! Everyone at Carnegie Learning hopes that you are off to a great start for the 2009-2010 school year. In our back-to-school we provide information about all of the exciting new instructional content that has been produced during the summer. We have new software features, new textbooks, and new services and support items, all of which should help to make your year teaching mathematics with Carnegie Learning® curricula even better!
New Administrative Reports Available
On August 31, 2009, newly redesigned Administrative Reports were released on the Carnegie Learning® Resource Center website. Our software development staff created a reporting tool with your needs in mind, from the types of reports needed to the interface and usability.
New and updated features include:
- A new, easier-to-use interface
- Access granted to all customers with an active license
- Customers can access the most up-to-date usage information from their schools
- Reports can now be saved, edited and cloned
- Reports can be scheduled and delivered via e-mail (to multiple recipients)
All customers using Cognitive Tutor® Software via the remote hosting or Carnegie Learning® Online options can access the new reports. You must also have access to the Carnegie Learning® Resource Center. A Getting Started video is available on the Resource Center to help you become familiar with the new interface. Additionally, An FAQ link is available within the reporting application that helps to address the most commonly asked questions regarding the reports.
To access Administrative Reports, log in to the Carnegie Learning Resource Center at http://resources.carnegielearning.com and choose the Administrative Reports link from the Launch Software area. If you have any questions regarding the new reports, please contact the Customer Support team at help@carnegielearning.com.
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New Homepage for the Carnegie Learning® Resource Center
You may also have noticed a new homepage for the Carnegie Learning® Resource Center.
The new homepage design allows for some information to be visible even before you log in, such as News & Updates, new TeacherShare documents, and Server Status.
We'll be adding more content to the homepage throughout the school year, so be sure to take the poll on the homepage to let us know what you'd like to see.
New Spanish-English Glossary Available
By popular demand, the curriculum development team at Carnegie Learning has created a new Spanish-English dictionary for use with all of our textbooks.
The glossary contains English and Spanish definitions, examples, and illustrations arranged in an easy-to-read format.
This new resource is available as a PDF file to all customers via the Carnegie Learning® Resource Center website (http://resources.carnegielearning.com).
Click the Master Series tab, then click Spanish Glossary.
New Skills Practice Content
New content in the form of skills practice activities is now available for all Carnegie Learning Textbook sets except for our Integrated Math series. Each textbook lesson now has a corresponding skills practice activity worksheet.
Each skills worksheet will contain two sections: Vocabulary and Problem Sets.
The vocabulary section is designed to provide additional practice with the key terminology introduced or developed within the corresponding lesson in the student textbook.
The problem sets section contains at least six problems, and is designed to address targeted skills.
This new content underlines our ongoing commitment to enhancing our curricula. Skills Practice worksheets are available for download immediately on the Carnegie Learning® Resource Center website (http://resources.carnegielearning.com).
Test Generator
We are also pleased to announce the availability of our new test generator tool, Carnegie Learning® Test Generator powered by ExamView® Assessment Suite. Using this tool, teachers will be able to quickly and easily create tests, quizzes, and homework assignments from our test item bank. Tests can be administered on paper, over a local area network or online. Teachers will also have capabilities for scoring tests, tracking student progress and generating reports. Assessments for each book chapter will still be made available in teacher materials and on Carnegie Learning Resource Center.
There will be several state-specific versions of this application to support state textbook adoptions. Please visit your state's "In Your State" page on our main website to check availability of a custom option for your state. A national edition for Bridge to Algebra, Algebra I, Geometry and Algebra II will also be available, and is currently scheduled for release on September 21, 2009.
Pricing starts at $99 per teacher. Please contact our sales department at 888.851.7094 for more information or to request a custom price quote.
National and Regional Events
Our 2009 Math Webinar Series continues this fall with several new and exciting topics - be sure to register for these events quickly, as space is limited. To register for a webinar, or for more information about our national events schedule, visit www.carnegielearning.com/events.
Upcoming Webinars:
The Use of Technology in the Math Classroom
Join us for a Webinar on “The Use of Technology in the Math Classroom: Can it Help U.S. Students Catch Up with Their Global Peers?"
Filmmaker Robert Compton has traveled around the globe – from Indiana to India - blogging and filming about the differences in secondary education systems. One of the key questions he explores is whether U.S. high schools can better prepare students for 21st century careers. He may have found an answer at New Technology High at Arsenal Tech in Indianapolis. This school system is nationally recognized as a “Distinguished Implementation School in the New Tech Network”. Hear how the Academic Dean Scott DeFreese utilizes online technology and collaborative learning projects to encourage students to discover, think, collaborate and become leaders.
Presenters:
Robert Compton
Mr. Compton has served as Executive Producer of the Two Million Minutes documentary. He has had a distinguished business career as a venture capitalist, as former President of a NYSE company, as the entrepreneur founder of four companies and as an angel investor in more than a dozen businesses. Mr. Compton has traveled the world extensively. His trips to India in 2005 and 2006 inspired him to author a blog, publish a book - Blogging Through India - and to create the documentary Two Million Minutes.
Scott DeFreese
Academic Dean for New Technology High
Arsenal Tech in Indianapolis, Indiana
Developmental Mathematics in Higher Education
Postsecondary colleges offer developmental math courses to help students fill in the gaps in their math knowledge so they can be prepared for college level math courses. This session will review some instructional strategies used in colleges across the nation and how technology has been used to support and strengthen the teaching of developmental math.
Presenter:
Myra Snell
Myra Snell has been a Professor of Mathematics at Los Medanos College for the last 17 years. She teaches courses ranging from arithmetic to calculus and statistics, with an emphasis on the developmental course sequence. For the last six years she has served as Co-Coordinator of the LMC Developmental Education Program and Co-Coordinator of the LMC Teaching and Learning Project. In both roles she primarily works with faculty to assess student learning outcomes and to design classroom-based projects responding to assessment results with the goal of improving teaching and learning. She is currently a consultant with the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching on a new initiative focused on accelerating the progress of underprepared students into transfer-level Statistics.
Algebra Readiness & Differentiated Instruction
Districts across the nation are raising their graduation requirements requiring students to pass Algebra I and in some cases even Algebra II. Helping students to become prepared for Algebra has become a high concern for many educators and a problematic topic for many on how this can be attained for all their unique students' needs. Join us for this session to hear more about how an algebra readiness implementation can help all students to be prepared to pass algebra and how differentiating instruction across students' unique learning abilities can help all students to learn the math they need to graduate from high school.
Presenters:
Dr. Steve Ritter
Ritter is a Chief Scientist at Carnegie Learning and has been developing and evaluating educational systems for over 10 years. He was the lead cognitive scientist on the Carnegie Learning Bridge to Algebra curriculum an algebra readiness solution. Ritter is also a co-author for the research paper "Carnegie Learning: Tracking Learning in Real Time" which he presented to the National Mathematics Advisory Panel.
Ms. Claudia Portscheller
School Improvement Coordinator for Taylor School District in Michigan