Classwell Learning Group Announces Professional Development Partnership With TeachStream; TeachStream Video Will Enhance Classwell's Teacher Forums.Business/Technology Editors BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 17, 2001 Classwell Learning Group announced today a partnership to integrate TeachStream professional development videos into the Classwell service. Classwell will integrate the video content within its Teacher Forums, on-demand, interactive professional development. TeachStream and The Video Journal of Education, have been developing a world-class online professional development system and its rich content for the last two years. Their core content is built around the Video Journal of Education, the world's leader in high quality, video-based professional development. "Classwell recognizes how challenging it is for teachers to find the time for professional development," said David Cappellucci, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and president of Classwell Learning Group. "As a result, we offer flexible, `just-in-time, just-enough' professional development solutions. TeachStream's content is a perfect fit to further enhance our Teacher Forums by providing high quality, engaging videos of experts defining best practices in the classroom." Classwell, a strategic partner of Houghton Mifflin Houghton Mifflin Company is a leading educational publisher in the United States. The company's headquarters is located in Boston's Back Bay. It publishes textbooks, instructional technology materials, assessments, reference works, and fiction and non-fiction for both young readers and Sylvan sylvan emanating from or pertaining to woods. See also sylvatic. Ventures, seamlessly integrates the three key elements of standards-based education - assessment, instruction and teacher training - providing tools, content and services all in one online resource. Classwell's professional development offerings include Teacher Forums, interactive training sessions that average thirty minutes in length and are broken down into concise segments. Teacher Forums will be available on a variety of topics of national importance, ranging from "Technology Integration in the Classroom" to "Assessments to Improve Student Learning." The Video Journal staff visits over 200 classrooms each year videotaping best practices. Since 1991 The Video Journal has been dedicated to providing the very best resources. Each segment features international experts presenting their research-based and classroom proven concepts. Exemplary classrooms from across North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. are featured. Every segment features outstanding classroom models and examples. Ideas are presented clearly, concisely con·cise adj. Expressing much in few words; clear and succinct. [Latin conc and in a bite-sized, brain-friendly format. "Teachers love our videos because they cover proven, research based strategies in an extraordinarily clear and engaging way," said Chet D. Linton, CEO of TeachStream. "By partnering with Classwell, we have the ability to empower empower verb To encourage or provide a person with the means or information to become involved in solving his/her own problems even more teachers with the strategies that increase student achievement." Classwell Learning Group Classwell Learning Group, based in Boston, Massachusetts “Boston” redirects here. For other uses, see Boston (disambiguation). Boston is the capital and most populous city of Massachusetts.[3] The largest city in New England, Boston is considered the unofficial economic and cultural center of the entire New , is a resource to improve student learning in grades pre-K-12. Classwell's online learning service (www.classwell.com) combines tools and curriculum content to help teachers help students. Classwell seamlessly integrates instruction, assessment and teacher training and localizes content to state and district standards. Classwell also allows for customization and personalization Custom tailoring information to the individual. On the Web, personalization means returning a page that has been customized for the user, taking into consideration that person's habits and preferences. of its content to individual student and teacher needs. Classwell draws from diverse and trusted brands for content and services including Kinko's, Houghton Mifflin, and Sylvan Ventures. TeachStream and The Video Journal of Education Since 1991, The LPD See LPR/LPD. Video Journal of Education and TeachStream (www.teachstream.com) continue to provide the education industry's finest professional development resources. Founded by former educators, The Video Journal has visited more than 2,100 different classrooms documenting best practices, and has worked with more than 90 of the best-known experts in the field of education. Video-based professional development materials documenting this beneficial and valuable information is then produced and distributed to school systems throughout the world. TeachStream makes the core concepts and theory more accessible to teachers by providing access to Video Journal content over the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the , along with additional interactive resources Interactive Resources is a Richmond, California, United States-based architectural firm headed by president and city councilmember Tom Butt. The company has performed large projects and studies mainly for the government, both local and statewide. . The LPD Video Journal of Education and TeachStream are located at 8686 S. 1300 East, Sandy, UT 84094. For more information, please call (800) 572-1153. |
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