The Language of Content

Articles from the Speak Agent team that provide classroom resources, implementation strategies, research-based perspectives, and updates regarding our Content+LanguageSM platform.

Product Update - August 2019

Speak Agent version 1.9 comes hot on the heels of our major July release. We've been kicking it into overdrive to make the 2019-2020 school year a great experience for your students! (Sleep is overrated...) Here are the details:

Product Update - July 2019

Speak Agent version 1.8 adds one new activity type and two major new features: multi-language support and learning badges. Here are the details:

Welcome to Our Summer STEM Fellow!

A warm welcome to Jaclynn Emig, our new summer STEM Fellow! Jaclynn is First Grade Teacher at Drew Model School in Arlington Public Schools, Virginia. She joins us thanks to the generous support of the 2019 Arlington Community Foundation (ACF) STEM...

Speak Agent Adds Support for 20 World Languages

So there we were, knee-deep in our first trilingual implementation, tailoring supplemental math, science, and dual-language immersion programs in English, French, and Spanish... And our poor heads were spinning. Then a couple of audacious Speak...

Academic Language Webinar #1 on EdWeb Last Week

Last week Digital Promise hosted our first-ever professional learning webinar Achieve Transformative Results by Teaching Academic Language on EdWeb.net. (Follow the link to watch it!) We were so pleased to hear that it was the #1 live webinar on...

Speak Agent to Exhibit at ISTE, EDxED NYC, and Sanibel Leadership Conference in June

Speak Agent will participate in three major events this month. Our technology platform has grown by leaps and bounds this year, and we can't wait to share the latest and greatest with you!

First, we will exhibit at EDxED NYC at Hudson High School in...

Montgomery County After-School Program Finds 31% Gains in Reading Vocabulary with Speak Agent

Excel Beyond the Bell Elementary (EBBE), an after-school program in Montgomery County, Maryland, released its report “Leveraging the Power of Play” earlier this month. EBBE saw some exciting results with Speak Agent in reading! Their testing found...

Product Update - April 2019

The new Speak Agent version 1.6.3 adds several new or enhanced games and activities! Not to mention some other goodies. Here are the details:

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!

Learn the Language of STEM at NSTA

Find Speak Agent's Language of STEM exhibit at booth 533 at the NSTA (National Science Teachers Association) Area Conference on Science Education. The event takes place at National Harbor, MD from Nov. 15 to Nov. 17, 2018. Come on down and visit...

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