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Three PR with Panache! clients were recently featured in Language Magazine in a story about the latest edtech products for language educators. Read what they had to say about Odysseyware, Learning Upgrade, and myON below, and then check out the full selection of products here!

Last month’s International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference was the biggest yet, with nearly 20,000 people converging on Atlanta to learn about the latest trends and developments in educational technology.

“From the playgrounds, where attendees engaged in hands-on activities and explored interactive technologies, to our three stellar keynotes, ISTE 2014 was buzzing with high energy and enthusiasm,” said Brian Lewis, ISTE CEO. “Coming together as a community dedicated to empowering connected learners in a connected world, we broke all kinds of records, from conference registration numbers to international participation to an astonishing 496,000 Tweets to our hashtag.”

Among the many new offerings were the following:

Odysseyware 
Odysseyware launched its largest combination of new courses and learning resources ever, including:

• Common Core — A full math and ELA Common Core curriculum for high school and middle school students, designed from the ground up to not only cover the Common Core essential and supporting standards but also to align with and support the Common Core pedagogy.

• Career and Technical Education — Six new high school CTE courses provide students with opportunities to prepare for post-graduation career success. Two new middle school career-exploration courses introduce younger students to nine popular career fields. With this addition, Odysseyware now offers 62 CTE courses.

• Twenty Interactive Virtual Labs — Designed to give students an authentic laboratory experience, virtual labs help students complete classic lab experiments in an exciting new way.

• High School Test Prep — Test prep courses that prepare students for the ACT, GED, HiSET, and TASC (Test Assessing Secondary Completion) by providing prescribed pathways to graduation or college readiness — including embedded assessment and multiple practice tests that are representative of the formats used in the various tests.

• Blended Learning Video Library — More than 250 engaging new direct-Instruction videos provide step-by-step guidance to help each student learn at his or her own pace and address diverse learning styles.

Learning Upgrade announced that it is offering every school in the nation 20 free online licenses of its Common-Core-aligned lessons that help struggling students in grades K–8 succeed in reading and math using music, videos, and online gaming.

The company’s CEO, Vinod Lobo, claims that after just one year of using its courseware, average scores on California’s state test rose from 853 to 905 at Perry Elementary School in San Diego.

myON has expanded its personalized digital literacy platform to include tools that support close reading. The myON platform now includes more than 7,000 digital books with embedded assessments, and features capabilities such as highlighting and note-taking as well.