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EasyTech P–8 Curriculum   By Learning.com Certification: May 2005–2007 Category of Alignment / Partnership:    ISTE NETS Aligned for Development

Description
EasyTech—Discover how students can use technology to learn! Today's students must be able to analyze, interpret, and apply a wide variety of information in increasingly challenging learning settings. More and more, technology plays a critical role in the application of that information. EasyTech is an award-winning technology integration system proven to help K-8 students and teachers to integrate technology across the curriculum. With its engaging technology curriculum and powerful management system, EasyTech makes it possible for schools to integrate technology across the curriculum, boost student achievement, and transform learning environments to better meet the needs of 21st century learners. EasyTech is standards based and is correlated to ISTE's National Educational Technology Standards and national and state language arts, mathematics, science and social studies standards. Technology curriculum reinforces core subject concepts. Dynamic and interactive, EasyTech's technology curriculum helps K–8 students acquire foundational technology skills and then apply those skills for enhanced learning across core subject areas. EasyTech includes the following types of curriculum resources: Lessons teach students fundamental technology skills with engaging, interactive tutorials. Activities deepen the integration of technology into the classroom with core content lesson plans for teachers, activity guides for students, and rubrics for assessing student performance. Practices challenge students to refine important technology skills through quick, repeated exercises. Discussions spark teacher-led and student-inspiring conversations about important technology concepts. Quizzes provide educators with sound assessment tools for evaluating students' mastery of technology skills. The EasyTech K–5 curriculum is also available in Spanish to support the needs of Spanish-speaking English language learners.

EasyTech's powerful management system provides teachers and administrators with tools for individualizing instruction, assessing student performance, and reporting student achievement. EasyTech saves educators' time and maximizes students' learning with tools to: Plan and deliver daily instruction for classroom or lab Integrate technology with core subjects Assess student proficiency with technology skills Report student achievement to administrators and parents.

The Coordinator interface provides school and district administrators with powerful, intuitive tools for managing their EasyTech implementations. For almost four years, 30,000 teachers and nearly 1 million students worldwide have used EasyTech to achieve true technology integration.

Review Summary and Statement of Alignment
The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) completed its initial review of Learning.com's EasyTech P–8 Curriculum on May 9, 2005, and has determined that it clearly supports implementation of the ISTE National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) for Students in specific, carefully reviewed and documented ways and substantially prepares participants in the following manner:

NETS•S ALIGNMENT
	Meets: 1.A., 1.B., 2.A., 2.B., 2.C., 3.A., 3.B., 4.B., 5.A., 5.B., 5.C.
	Supports: 6.A., 6.B.