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CICERO Systems announces the following new partnerships!
Airwatch — Airwatch is the leader in enterprise-grade Mobile Device Management, Mobile Application Management and Mobile Content Management solutions designed to simplify mobility. More than 5,300 customers across the world trust AirWatch to manage their most valuable assets: their mobile devices, including the apps and content on those devices. AirWatch will be our primary management system supplier for our KENNA™ tablet.
Rand McNally Online Classroom — Rand McNally Education, for more than 130 years has been opening classrooms to the world. They are committed to creating products that give students a lifelong foundation of geographic literacy and a love of discovery, and providing teachers with resources, materials, and guidance to help them engage children and enrich the learning experience. CICERO Systems partnered with Rand McNally to carry their Rand McNally Classroom which is an award-winning teacher- and student-friendly, easy-to-use website that’s loaded with curriculum-relevant maps, games, activities, and teaching materials that bring geography and social studies alive!
CK12.org — CK-12 provides open-source content and technology tools to help teachers provide learning opportunities for students globally. CICERO Systems will be utilizing CK12 content for our learning management system and KENNA™ tablets.
New features launched on www.cicerosystems.com/history:
- HTML5 Video Player - now supports iOS and Android based tablets and smartphones for video playback!
- Interactive Transcripts - Clickable transcripts shown below videos that highlight as the video plays - VERY COOL!
- New Toolbox items - now available as PDF downloads for easy printing and distribution to students!
Ditch the textbook — digitize your district and save millions of dollars in curriculum and textbook costs, while engaging your 21st century learners with CICERO: History Beyond the Textbook®!
CICERO is the featured classroom resource from CICERO Systems’ line of Common Core professional development products and services. CICERO is an award-winning digital resource consisting of lesson plans, primary sources, standards, rubrics, assessments, classroom activities, videos, games, interactive maps, and more.
CLick here to tearn more about CICERO and why it is the Best Social Studies Resource on the web!
The SIIA CODiE Awards for 2012 have been announced and AIHE has two products named as finalists!
AIHE has been named a finalist for the following two products:
Best Social Sciences Instructional Solution |
Best Social Sciences Instructional Solution |
The SIIA CODiE Awards recognize excellence in the business software, digital content, and education technology industries. All nominated products and services receive a thorough review from seasoned industry experts who can identify strengths and give significant insights for improvements. In 27 years, SIIA has recognized more than 1,000 companies for achieving greatness in industries that expect innovative thinking and demand market validation.
About SIIA
The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) is the principal trade association for the software and digital content industries. SIIA provides global services in government relations, business development, corporate education and intellectual property protection to the leading companies setting the pace for the digital age.
PRINCIPAL MISSION:
- Promote the Industry: SIIA promotes the common interests of the software and digital content industry as a whole, as well as its component parts.
Protect the Industry: SIIA protects the intellectual property of member companies, and advocates a legal and regulatory environment that benefits the entire industry.
Inform the Industry: SIIA informs the industry and the broader public by serving as a resource on trends, technologies, policies and related issues that affect member firms and demonstrate the contribution of the industry to the broader economy.
New Jersey created an Amistad Commission in August 2002 to ensure that the complex role of slavery and the contributions of African-Americans were embedded in history lessons taught to the state's schoolchildren.
Anthony Fitzpatrick recently presented to teachers from the American History Rocks! Liberty Fellowship across western Oklahoma on the progressive era, industrialization and America's role in the world
Dr. Kevin T. Brady, Ph.D., CEO of the American Institute for History Education, LLC, was interviewed by SmartCEO for their special technology section.
Kevin T. Brady is the president and founder of the Swedesboro-based American Institute for History Education. The group develops teacher-friendly curricula and training designed to raise the standards of history education in elementary, middle and high schools
He has a doctorate in history from Temple University and is on the board of directors for the New Jersey Council for the Social Studies
CICERO: History Beyond the Textbook™ has been awarded the AEP 2011 Distinguished Achievement Award, the highest standard for quality, professional educational resources, for Social Studies Curriculum in the 6-8 grade category.
The Association of Educational Publishers' annual awards program and its seal of excellence are widely recognized by educators, administrators, and parents as a mark of outstanding educational value. For more than four decades, the AEP Awards have honored outstanding resources for teaching and learning in all media and for any educational setting. Award winners meet the highest standards for quality, professional content for education and represent the most innovative learning solutions currently on the market.
One of the largest and longest-running programs of its kind, the AEP Awards and its seal of excellence are widely recognized by educators, administrators, and parents as a mark of outstanding educational value. Find out more at www.AEPweb.org/awards.