ED Games Expo 2019
Speak Agent will participate in the 2019 ED Games Expo at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC on Jan. 7-8, 2019. Find us at table #43!
New Partners Implement Speak Agent Across Maryland
Speak Agent is being implemented in three Maryland counties this school year, each of which hosts one of the nation's top-50 largest public school districts. Our team is proud to work with our partners to accelerate academic language learning for ...
Five Principles of Personalized Teaching
Todd Rose's book "The End of Average" has underscored the connection between learner variability and the opportunities for personalized learning afforded by education technology. To date, however, the conversation has largely omitted the perspective...
Digital Promise Partners With Speak Agent to Bridge the Academic Language Gap
Digital Promise Global's Learner Variability Project has partnered with Speak Agent to further the mission that all students, regardless of their learner variability, master the academic language and vocabulary they need to succeed. Digital Promise...
The Story Behind Vocab Lab
"Vocab Lab" is a word analysis game on Speak Agent that began with the problem of learning "tier two" words. Many experts classify vocabulary into three tiers. While these vocabulary tiers may not apply to English language learners (ELLs) in quite...
Reading texts are best aligned with content, not skill levels
An excellent article published by The Atlantic (view it here) captured key findings from NAEP reading panelists, wholast weekexamined why reading scores have remained flat for two decades.
The Story Behind the NSF Study
My last blog post described the NSF-funded study that Rockman et al conducted at Manor (pronounced MAY-ner) Independent School District. It was all about facts and data. In this post, I talk about my experiences, the place, and the people.
NSF Study: Speak Agent Accelerates Learning Science Vocabulary and Concepts
Research Design
A National Science Foundation-funded study found significant gains in science concept knowledge usingSpeak Agent'sgame-based learning program after just a few hours of classroom use. Four second-grade classes and two third-grade...
Visit us at the TU EdTech Innovation Showcase
Join Speak Agent, one of twenty edtech startups transforming education, at the TU EdTech Innovation Showcase from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. on October 19th. The event will feature some great companies, including our friends at Admit.me (College...
The Story Behind Tall Tales
I walked into the MediaBarn User Experience Lab thinking that I knew exactly how the first, second, and third-grade students would use our new learning game prototype. "Tall Tales" is a Mad Libs™-style cloze activity where kids fill in the blanks by...
