Learn360: Caps Off to Grads!
Graduation season is upon us, and Learn360 can help educators prepare their new grads for the future! Learn360‘s videos offer valuable information and advice to help users figure out the best options open to them—from education to careers—and how to get there. Read More ›
Learn360: Caps Off to Grads!
Graduation season is upon us, and Learn360 can help educators prepare their new grads for the future! Learn360‘s videos offer valuable information and advice to help users figure out the best options open to them—from education to careers—and how to get there.
Here are a few videos subscribers can find in Learn360 to start:
- You’re Graduating, Now What?
- What’s Next? University/College
- What’s Next? Trade School
- What’s Next? Military and Travel
- Career Plan: Talkin’ Money
- Career Q&A: Professional Advice and Insight series
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Learn360: Celebrate Dr. Seuss
There’s nothing like the pleasure of curling up with a good book, and Dr. Seuss’s zany rhymes have inspired generations of young children to discover just how much fun reading can be. Read More ›
Learn360: Celebrate Dr. Seuss
There’s nothing like the pleasure of curling up with a good book, and Dr. Seuss’s zany rhymes have inspired generations of young children to discover just how much fun reading can be.
In honor of Dr. Seuss’s birthday on March 2, celebrate the wonders of books with your students by showing them…Learn360‘s videos! Bring the beloved children’s author’s stories to life with their animated film adaptations:
- The Lorax
- Cat in the Hat
- Green Eggs & Ham
- Sneetches
- The Zax
And enjoy these live-action/puppet series based on Dr. Seuss’s characters:
- Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss: Season 1 series
- Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss: Season 2 series
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Learn360: Spotlight on How to Recognize Fake News
Think of fake news as a disease. Without knowing how to identify and stop its spread, information literacy is at risk, especially among audiences whose critical-thinking skills are vulnerable. Read More ›
Learn360: Spotlight on How to Recognize Fake News
Think of fake news as a disease. Without knowing how to identify and stop its spread, information literacy is at risk, especially among audiences whose critical-thinking skills are vulnerable. The new How to Recognize Fake News video series from Motion Masters—available through Learn360—equips viewers with tools to spot the stories and images that are false, biased, altered, or slanted, even those shared by trusted friends or family members. Easy tips to detect and check fake news will encourage scrutinizing material for opinion, inaccuracy, or misrepresentation. Target audiences learn how to avoid being duped by fake news and may be less quick to click until they know what’s real and what’s not.
The videos in the How to Recognize Fake News series are among the thousands of high-quality works Learn360 offers that will entertain, educate, and enlighten students. Infobase is proud to carry this important content and to give Learn360 subscribers convenient, streaming access to these films.
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Learn360: MARC Records Now Available
Infobase is pleased to announce that MARC records are now available for Learn360. Learn360‘s MARC records, which are currently available for the video, audio, and interactive content types, are quick and easy to access and integrate into any library’s catalog system. Read More ›
Learn360: MARC Records Now Available
Infobase is pleased to announce that MARC records are now available for Learn360. Learn360‘s MARC records, which are currently available for the video, audio, and interactive content types, are quick and easy to access and integrate into any library’s catalog system. They provide a free, convenient, and effective way to increase usage by linking users directly into the Learn360 platform.
Subscribers can find the MARC records in their Admin Portal. The records can easily be integrated into a library’s catalog system by downloading them and adding them to the library’s records. Account admins will receive email notifications when new MARC record files become available.
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Learn360: Real-Life “Wonder” Kids Come to Life in New Facial Anomalies: Just Like You
Infobase is pleased to announce that Facial Anomalies, a new title from Just Like You Films, was just added to Learn360—a perfect complement to one of 2017’s most anticipated movies, Wonder. In addition, groups that book a private screening of Wonder at select AMC Theatres have the option to add a showing of Facial Anomalies to the event at no extra charge! Check out the trailer of Facial Anomalies: Just Like You! Link to the AMC site to book your group! In the Facial Anomalies: Just Like You film, three boys and a girl are joined by their best friends. Read More ›
Learn360: Real-Life “Wonder” Kids Come to Life in New Facial Anomalies: Just Like You
Infobase is pleased to announce that Facial Anomalies, a new title from Just Like You Films, was just added to Learn360—a perfect complement to one of 2017’s most anticipated movies, Wonder. In addition, groups that book a private screening of Wonder at select AMC Theatres have the option to add a showing of Facial Anomalies to the event at no extra charge!
Check out the trailer of Facial Anomalies: Just Like You!
Link to the AMC site to book your group!
In the Facial Anomalies: Just Like You film, three boys and a girl are joined by their best friends. They tell their real-life stories, explaining what it’s like to live with facial paralysis, lymphangioma, and other conditions. Like the book and movie Wonder, the stars of the film show courage as they earn empathy and understanding.
Facial Anomalies: Just Like You calls upon our communities, our kids, and the world to learn, understand, and accept those living with facial anomalies. The kids, award-winning journalist Hannah Storm, and internationally renowned surgeons—Operation Smile founder Dr. Bill Magee, Dr. Teresa O, and Dr. Milton Waner—explain the conditions, treatments, and model of how to be a good friend to someone living with a facial anomaly. Facial Anomalies: Just Like You shares the perspective of courageous children living with facial anomalies who are not defined or limited by their conditions. Instead, they are “just like you.”
Other titles in the Just Like You Films series on the Learn360 platform include Down Syndrome: Just Like You, Cancer as Told by Three Children: Just Like You, Burns as Told by Three Children: Just Like You, and I Care for a Child Burn Survivor: Just Like You. Infobase is proud to carry this important content and to give Learn360 subscribers convenient, streaming access to these films.
Just Like You Films is a nonprofit organization that creates films and materials that educate audiences about subjects including childhood cancer, burns, and Down syndrome, capturing real-life stories that reveal how we are more alike than we are different. This helps facilitate the physical and emotional healing of exceptional children by creating an environment of acceptance.
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Infobase Announces Partnership Integration with Clever
New York, NY, November 6, 2017—Infobase, the award-winning provider of digital reference content to the school and library community, has announced a partnership with Clever, a leading educational technology platform. Read More ›
Infobase Announces Partnership Integration with Clever
New York, NY, November 6, 2017—Infobase, the award-winning provider of digital reference content to the school and library community, has announced a partnership with Clever, a leading educational technology platform.
This partnership integration offers a powerful new single sign-on option for subscribers to Infobase’s Learn360 and Classroom Video On Demand in schools and districts using Clever—providing a seamless online experience where users log in only once with their Clever credentials to access all parts of Learn360 and Classroom Video On Demand. Users can choose to sign in with the “Log in with Clever” button on the Learn360 or Classroom Video platform or use the Learn360 or Classroom Video app inside the Clever Portal.
Clever is a no-charge solution that provides a convenient way for districts and schools to organize, access, and manage their online resources. District account administrators can control whether this option is “on” or “off” for all users in their district.
Learn360 is Infobase’s premier multimedia resource for K–12 districts, containing thousands of videos, interactives, images, student activities, timelines, and other assets. Classroom Video On Demand is the company’s dedicated high school streaming video subscription, with thousands of full-length videos and video clips across a range of curricular subjects. New content is added daily to both resources. Infobase’s other partner integrations include Schoology, Google Classroom, Moodle, Blackboard, Clever, ClassLink, Canvas, D2L (Desire2Learn), and others.
About Infobase:
Infobase, a Veronis Suhler Stevenson portfolio company, is an educational solutions company providing award-winning digital reference content to the school and library community. Under such well-known brands as Facts On File, The World Almanac®, Learn360, and Films Media Group, Infobase provides students, educators, and librarians with a broad range of products that both enhance and enrich the learning experience. For more than 75 years, Infobase has been a reliable, authoritative resource for supporting the needs of schools, colleges and universities, and public libraries, providing flexible options for accessing educational content whether in school, at the library, or at home.
About Clever:
Clever was founded in 2012 by educators and technologists who knew that widely available educational apps could improve both teaching and learning, but that tools to deploy and secure the applications were simply unavailable. Today, half of K–12 schools in the U.S. and more than 300 application partners trust Clever to secure their student data as they adopt learning apps in the classroom. In 2014, Clever won the Crystal Clear award by the Digital Innovation Learning Awards. It is also the trusted provider of the American Federation of Teachers, who uses Clever to secure its own “Share my Lesson” platform with its teacher members. Backed by Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed Partners, Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, and GSV Capital, Clever currently has 100 employees and is based in San Francisco.
About Veronis Suhler Stevenson:
Veronis Suhler Stevenson is a private equity and debt capital fund management company dedicated to investing in the information, education, media, marketing and business services industries in North America and Europe. VSS provides capital for buyouts, recapitalizations, growth financings and strategic acquisitions to companies and management teams with a goal to build companies both organically and through a focused add-on acquisition program. The company’s website is www.vss.com.
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Learn360: New Enhancement to Google Sign-In
Infobase announced that it has made a major enhancement to the Google Sign-In option for Learn360. A convenient new “Allow Direct Google Sign In” option was added next to the current Google toggle in the Admin Portal. Read More ›
Learn360: New Enhancement to Google Sign-In
Infobase announced that it has made a major enhancement to the Google Sign-In option for Learn360. A convenient new “Allow Direct Google Sign In” option was added next to the current Google toggle in the Admin Portal.
Once this feature has been enabled, anyone using authenticated links will go directly to the Google sign-in page and then directly to the On Demand platform—there is no longer a need to link existing user accounts. Once users sign in with Google the first time, they will automatically go into the platform themselves going forward.
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Learn360: Sesame Street™ and Helpful New Features
Just in time for back to school, Infobase is delighted to announce the addition of 125 Sesame Street™ videos to Learn360! Grounded in research and best practices in early childhood education, these short videos cover critical skills in social emotional development (including self-regulation and executive function), math, science, and language and literacy. Read More ›
Learn360: Sesame Street™ and Helpful New Features
Just in time for back to school, Infobase is delighted to announce the addition of 125 Sesame Street™ videos to Learn360! Grounded in research and best practices in early childhood education, these short videos cover critical skills in social emotional development (including self-regulation and executive function), math, science, and language and literacy. Students can join Big Bird, Rosita, Cookie Monster, and all their Sesame friends for joyful shared learning on the Street. From live action field trips to songs and animations…it’s Sesame time!
In addition, several helpful new features have been added to Learn360, including:
- New Preview Button: Users can now preview video content directly from search and browse results! Simply click on the Preview button that displays alongside the page tools, and a player will open up and play the particular title or segment.
- New “Resources” Page Tool: Users can now download Instructor’s Guides and other associated resources directly from the search results! Just use the new Resources page tool, which will display only when there is a printable resource available for a particular title.
- Improved Responsiveness: The responsiveness of the video platform on mobile devices has never been better.
- New “Add To” Page Tool: The Playlists and Favorites options have been combined into a single, convenient “Add To” page tool.
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Learn360: New Edmodo/Microsoft Options
A new option allows Learn360 users to link their Edmodo or Microsoft account with their Learn360 user account, enabling one-click login access to the platform using the “Log in with Edmodo” or “Sign in with Microsoft” button on all subsequent requests. Read More ›
Learn360: New Edmodo/Microsoft Options
A new option allows Learn360 users to link their Edmodo or Microsoft account with their Learn360 user account, enabling one-click login access to the platform using the “Log in with Edmodo” or “Sign in with Microsoft” button on all subsequent requests. This new feature, which is available to customers at no additional cost, is disabled by default but can be activated by account administrators in the Admin Portal.
In addition, anyone who uses the “Log in with Edmodo” option to access Learn360 may now share content to their Edmodo account using the “Share” tool on the video page.
Learn360 also offers single sign-on access for Google, ClassLink, and Clever users that allows them to access Learn360 with their credentials for those products. Additionally, Learn360 allows Google Classroom users to incorporate Learn360 content into Classroom courses with the click of a button. These valuable tools encourage greater student involvement by enabling students and educators to easily access and use Learn360 content in reports, projects, and classes.
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Learn360: New Producer—The Electric Company™
Learn360 now includes videos from the Electric Company™! Perfect for teachers looking to amp up literacy learning in their classrooms, the Electric Company media motivates students to unlock the power of language and literacy through humor, song, and popular kid culture. Read More ›
Learn360: New Producer—The Electric Company™
Learn360 now includes videos from the Electric Company™! Perfect for teachers looking to amp up literacy learning in their classrooms, the Electric Company media motivates students to unlock the power of language and literacy through humor, song, and popular kid culture.
The Electric Company educators have carefully curated content for teachers with a focus on phonemic awareness, letter/sound correspondence, content-area vocabulary, and word-learning strategies. These engaging short videos will spark students’ imaginations and engage them in active learning. Help make learning electric!
To find the Electric Company’s videos in Learn360, go to the menu in the upper left-hand corner, select “Browse Producers,” and then look for “The Electric Company” in the alphabetical list. Infobase is proud to carry this engaging content and to give Learn360 subscribers convenient, streaming access to these educational titles.
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Learn360: New Social Sharing Tools and More
Infobase is pleased to announce that several notable enhancements have just been made to Learn360, including: New Social Sharing Tools: With the enhanced “Share To” tab, users can now easily share the authenticated URLs for any video or playlist to popular sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Google+, and Tumblr. Read More ›
Learn360: New Social Sharing Tools and More
Infobase is pleased to announce that several notable enhancements have just been made to Learn360, including:
- New Social Sharing Tools: With the enhanced “Share To” tab, users can now easily share the authenticated URLs for any video or playlist to popular sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Google+, and Tumblr. This new option is turned off by default and must be enabled by an account administrator. Links to the sharing tools will still require authentication in order to be able to view the content.
- New Search and Browse Filters: Enhancements include the ability to filter by more than one grade range when searching or browsing.
- Updated Browse Producers Index Page: This page now allows users to filter producers by Source (Learn360, Custom Content, or Web Channels, as applicable) or Type for more targeted browsing.
- Save All Types of Media to Google Drive: Users can now use the Save to Google Drive option to save nonvideo content from Learn360 directly to their Google Drive, just as they can for videos. Users can find this new option in the “Download” section.
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Learn360: New Searchable Playlists
Playlists are a valuable curriculum tool that allows users to compile specific video segments into a custom viewing experience. Over the years, more than 200,000 Learn360 playlists have been created by educators and librarians to share with their students. Read More ›
Learn360: New Searchable Playlists
Playlists are a valuable curriculum tool that allows users to compile specific video segments into a custom viewing experience. Over the years, more than 200,000 Learn360 playlists have been created by educators and librarians to share with their students. Infobase is pleased to announce that these playlists can now easily be made searchable and shared with a subscriber’s entire institution or consortium.
What does it mean to make a playlist searchable?
Making a playlist searchable means that anyone from a subscriber’s institution will be able to find it, use it, or copy and edit it for their own purposes. All searchable playlists will show up in the new “Playlists” tab in the search results.
By making playlists searchable, users can:
- Share their favorite playlists, letting others in their institution benefit from their great work
- Collaborate with other librarians and educators, who will be able to make their own edits to their version of the playlist
- Make it easy for others at their institution to access quality content.
How to make your playlist searchable:
For playlists created before this new feature was available, users can easily make them searchable by changing a setting. For new playlists, users will be able to make them searchable from the start. This is an optional feature—searchability can be turned on/off for a particular playlist, and account administrators can also turn this feature on/off for the entire account.
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Learn360: New Interactives from Learnetic
Looking for fresh new ways to engage your students in their science and math studies and increase their understanding of key concepts? Infobase is delighted to announce that 1,087 new interactive learning modules from Learnetic have just been added to Learn360, perfect for enhancing studies in Math, Biology, Earth Science, Environmental Science, Chemistry, and Physical Science. Read More ›
Learn360: New Interactives from Learnetic
Looking for fresh new ways to engage your students in their science and math studies and increase their understanding of key concepts? Infobase is delighted to announce that 1,087 new interactive learning modules from Learnetic have just been added to Learn360, perfect for enhancing studies in Math, Biology, Earth Science, Environmental Science, Chemistry, and Physical Science.
What are Learnetic interactives?
Learnetic interactives are interactive lessons (1,087 in all!) on key topics in science and math—such as cell division, geological changes, wind energy, algebraic expressions, solving multi-step equations, and many more. Each self-paced lesson is organized into sections consisting of animations, video clips, slideshows, images, and diagrams, along with activities that challenge and test students’ learning of the subject matter. Simulations, games, and embedded assessments like these have been shown to help motivate students to learn and to improve their critical thinking.
The activities and quizzes in each section reinforce learning and allow students to test themselves by filling in tables and sentences using the drop-down menu, completing equations, labeling images, setting events in order, and more. Students can click the green circle with the checkmark to check their answers; a Lesson Report at the end of the interactive assesses the student’s work. Ideal for flipped classrooms and differentiated instruction!
How to find the new Learnetic interactives
Simply hover over the top-left menu on any Learn360 page, select “Browse Other Media,” and then click on “Interactives.” Then select the “Learning Modules” filter under “All Interactive Types” to view the 1,087 new Learnetic activities.
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Learn360: New Producer—Dino Lingo
Learn360’s new producer Dino Lingo is an interactive language learning program for children, with both instructional videos and audio clips of children’s songs. Read More ›
Learn360: New Producer—Dino Lingo
Learn360’s new producer Dino Lingo is an interactive language learning program for children, with both instructional videos and audio clips of children’s songs. In the videos, cartoon dinosaurs introduce the most common 200 words and phrases of a particular language—Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish.
To find Dino Lingo’s videos in Learn360, go to the menu in the upper left-hand corner, select “Browse Videos” followed by “By Producer,” then look for Dino Lingo in the alphabetical list. Infobase is proud to carry this engaging content and to give Learn360 subscribers convenient, streaming access to these educational titles.
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Learn360: New LTI—Itslearning
Infobase has added itslearning to its selection of supported LTI apps for Learn360. Subscribers can embed Learn360 video, audio, and their own Custom Content resources directly into their itslearning courses without leaving the LMS. Read More ›
Learn360: New LTI—Itslearning
Infobase has added itslearning to its selection of supported LTI apps for Learn360. Subscribers can embed Learn360 video, audio, and their own Custom Content resources directly into their itslearning courses without leaving the LMS.
Learn360 administrators will need to install the Learn360 LTI application before content can be embedded. If the Learn360 app has been added, it will appear under the Resources section of the course educators are in after pressing the green “+” button on their course dashboards.
Other LTI apps supported by Learn360 include Schoology, Canvas, BrightSpace / Desire2Learn (D2L), Blackboard, and Moodle.
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Learn360: Producer Spotlight—Common Sense Media
When it comes to the Internet, we could all use a little common sense. Common Sense Media, a Learn360 producer that is dedicated to helping kids thrive in a world of media and technology, specializes in helping students discern the difference between noise and quality information. Read More ›
Learn360: Producer Spotlight—Common Sense Media
When it comes to the Internet, we could all use a little common sense. Common Sense Media, a Learn360 producer that is dedicated to helping kids thrive in a world of media and technology, specializes in helping students discern the difference between noise and quality information. Its aim is to empower teachers and other educators by providing unbiased information, trusted advice, and innovative tools to help them harness the power of media and technology as a positive force in all kids’ lives.
Here are just some of the many high-quality titles from Common Sense Media you can find in Learn360:
- Oversharing: Think Before You Post
- Copyright and Fair Use Animation
- Pause and Think Online
- Talking Safely Online: Lesson in Action
- Understanding Fair Use in a Digital World
- Cyberbullying: What’s Crossing the Line?
- Digital Life 101 Animation
- Introduction to SAMR Model
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Learn360: New Partner Integrations with ClassLink and Clever
Infobase is pleased to announce new partner integrations with ClassLink and Clever, providing new options for single sign-on access to Learn360. Read More ›
Learn360: New Partner Integrations with ClassLink and Clever
Infobase is pleased to announce new partner integrations with ClassLink and Clever, providing new options for single sign-on access to Learn360. These new integrated apps, available to customers at no additional cost, allow schools using the ClassLink or Clever software to connect directly with Learn360. Account administrators can enable this feature from the Learn360 Admin Portal.
Learn360 is also fully integrated with Google Apps for Education (GAFE), a core suite of productivity applications for schools and educational institutions. The Google Sign-In option allows users to access Learn360 with their Google credentials.
These valuable tools encourage greater student involvement by enabling students and educators to easily access and use Learn360 content in reports, projects, and classes.
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Learn360: Go Google with Learn360!
Learn360 is now fully integrated with Google Apps for Education (GAFE), a core suite of productivity applications for schools and educational institutions. Read More ›
Learn360: Go Google with Learn360!
Learn360 is now fully integrated with Google Apps for Education (GAFE), a core suite of productivity applications for schools and educational institutions. These new tools—which are offered at no additional cost to customers—will encourage even greater student engagement by enabling students and educators to easily access and use Learn360 content in reports, projects, and classes.
The Share to Google Classroom option lets users incorporate content from Learn360 into Google Classroom with the click of a button. Content can be shared to Google Classroom by clicking on the “Share” link, and then on “Share to Google Classroom,” either on the search results page or from the video player page.
Google Sign-In allows users to access Learn360 with their Google credentials. Benefits of linking a user’s Google account with their Learn360 user account include one-click login access to the platform using the “Sign in with Google” button. This feature must be turned on by the subscriber’s account administrator in order to make it available for users.
Also as part of the full integration with GAFE, Learn360 offers Chrome web store apps that can be added to a user’s Chrome browser apps dashboard page. This option must be set up by the subscriber’s account administrator. Benefits include quick, direct access to the platform, bypassing the login page, via the user’s Chrome browser apps dashboard page.
In addition, Learn360 users can also save content to their Google Drive account. This option can easily be accessed by clicking on the “Download” link, and then on “Save,” for any video and segment with download rights.
The Share to Google Classroom and Google Sign-In options are also offered for Classroom Video On Demand and for selected Infobase databases: Health Reference Center, American History Online, Modern World History Online, African-American History Online, American Indian History Online, Ancient and Medieval History Online, and Science Online.
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Learn360: Find Relevant Content Quickly with New Keyword Tags
Learn360 users now have another way to find content that meets their curriculum needs—by seeing all the videos that share specific keyword “tags.” These tags, available below the video window for all video titles, identify key concepts in the content; users can click on any of the tags shown to see other videos that include the same tag. Read More ›
Learn360: Find Relevant Content Quickly with New Keyword Tags
Learn360 users now have another way to find content that meets their curriculum needs—by seeing all the videos that share specific keyword “tags.” These tags, available below the video window for all video titles, identify key concepts in the content; users can click on any of the tags shown to see other videos that include the same tag. A great way to find related content!
The tags complement the many other ways users can find the content they need, including searching (including Advanced Search and Search by Standards) and browsing by subject or producer. Users can also save their searches with the My Saved Searches section.
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Learn360: We the Voters Series Added
The 2016 U.S. presidential election is only weeks away, and it is shaping up to be the most ideologically extreme election ever. Selected titles from the We the Voters: A User’s Guide to Democracy series, from Cinetic Rights Management LLC, have been added to Learn360. Read More ›
Learn360: We the Voters Series Added
The 2016 U.S. presidential election is only weeks away, and it is shaping up to be the most ideologically extreme election ever.
Selected titles from the We the Voters: A User’s Guide to Democracy series, from Cinetic Rights Management LLC, have been added to Learn360. In styles ranging from animation to documentary to fiction and graphic, these short-form videos will inspire and inform students—especially those who think voting is a confusing waste of time.
The videos demystify the workings of government with fun analysis of hot topics like immigration, inequality, regulations, polling, cronyism, local politics, and more. Every film pushes a call-to-action: We, the voters, can and must take part. This one-stop non-partisan resource will provide voters with the tools to make informed political decisions about the issues that matter most and best serve their self-interest.
The We the Voters series will provide audiences with something they can’t get anywhere else: a shareable, digestible, balanced, objective, accurate, useful, witty, and engaging user’s guide to democracy.
Titles in the series include Hot Tips to Rock the Ballot Booth, Citizen Next, I’m Just a $100 Bill, Why We March, Mediaocracy, How to Master Debate, The Poll Dance, and more.
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On Demand/Learn360 Platform: New Authentication Options
Infobase is pleased to announce that it has added Google Sign-In, a new and improved SSO, and LDAP as its newest authentication options that allow Learn360, Classroom Video On Demand, Access Video On Demand, and Films On Demand subscribers to seamlessly access those products’ digital content. Read More ›
On Demand/Learn360 Platform: New Authentication Options
Infobase is pleased to announce that it has added Google Sign-In, a new and improved SSO, and LDAP as its newest authentication options that allow Learn360, Classroom Video On Demand, Access Video On Demand, and Films On Demand subscribers to seamlessly access those products’ digital content.
GOOGLE INTEGRATION
As part of its larger integration with Google Apps for Education (GAFE) that also includes Share to Google Classroom and Save to Google Drive, Learn360 and Classroom Video On Demand Account Admins now have two convenient new ways to access their products:
- Google Sign-In allows users to access Learn360 and Classroom Video On Demand content using their Google log-in credentials. This feature provides an easy way for students and faculty to link their Google accounts with their Learn360 and Classroom Video On Demand user accounts, allowing for one-click log-in access to the platform using the “Sign in with Google” button. Perfect for GAFE schools—but available to any school that uses Google email accounts! This option is turned OFF by default and can be activated by Account Administrators in the Admin Portal.
- Learn360 and Classroom Video On Demand now each offer a Chrome Web Store App that users can easily add to their Chrome browser apps dashboard page. They will then be able to use Learn360 and Classroom Video On Demand without having to log in each time, creating a single sign-on experience.
SINGLE SIGN-ON (SSO)
Single sign-on creates a seamless online experience where users log in only once with their known school credentials to access all parts of the On Demand/Learn360 platform. The new and improved SSO option adds benefits including the ability for user accounts to be created through the SSO integration, up-to-date video access for catalogs, new metadata in the Admin Portal, and more.
LDAP AUTHENTICATION
New to On Demand and Learn360, the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is an open, vendor-neutral, industry standard application protocol for accessing and maintaining distributed directory information services over an IP network. Benefits include a central place to store and update usernames and passwords.
OTHER INTEGRATION OPTIONS
- Widgets: Search widgets, content widgets, embed codes, preview widgets, and Featured Titles widgets provide users with targeted entry points into the platform and make great usage boosters!
- LTI offers a secure way to set up a direct link between subscribers’ Learning Management Systems and their On Demand/Learn360 content that will no longer require an additional layer of authentication.
- API/XML gateway allows our discovery tool partners to easily integrate On Demand/Learn360 data into their federated search solutions for our shared customers—an easy way for institutions to access all of their educational assets in one place.
- IP authentication gives users direct, secure access to the On Demand/Learn360 platform, bypassing username and password log-in.
About the On Demand Platform:
Infobase’s award-winning On Demand streaming video platform—which includes Films On Demand for colleges and universities, Classroom Video On Demand for high schools, and Access Video On Demand for public libraries—gives students and patrons instant access to outstanding documentaries, award-winning educational films, independent films, and helpful instructional videos from any location with Internet access, anytime they choose.
About Learn360:
Learn360 is the premier streaming digital delivery service for the K–12 educational market, offering 24/7 access to more than 130,000 multimedia resources, including high-quality full-length videos, video clips, images, audio files, articles, activities, worksheets, and more. Recently relaunched with a brand-new platform and exciting new content and tools, Learn360 is now an even more powerful tool for flipped classrooms, blended instruction, project-based learning, and 1:1 environments.
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New Preview Widget Added to On Demand/Learn360 Admin Portal
Infobase is pleased to announce that a new Preview Widget has been added to the Admin Portals for Films On Demand, Classroom Video On Demand, Access Video On Demand, and Learn360. Read More ›
New Preview Widget Added to On Demand/Learn360 Admin Portal
Infobase is pleased to announce that a new Preview Widget has been added to the Admin Portals for Films On Demand, Classroom Video On Demand, Access Video On Demand, and Learn360.
The Preview Widget offers an engaging new way to boost usage of Infobase’s streaming video products. It’s simple to create, and Account Administrators can select preview clips of any videos they wish from their collection—even Custom Content. Add the Preview Widget to any HTML website and provide students and patrons with a targeted entry point into the video platform. It’s a perfect tool for showcasing key content related to specific topics, events, or themes!
The Preview Widget can be found in the Admin Portal by clicking on the Usage Boosters tab and then on the Preview Widget sub tab.
About the On Demand Platform:
Infobase’s award-winning On Demand streaming video platform—which includes Films On Demand for colleges and universities, Classroom Video On Demand for high schools, and Access Video On Demand for public libraries—gives students and patrons instant access to outstanding documentaries, award-winning educational films, independent films, and helpful instructional videos from any location with Internet access, anytime they choose.
About Learn360:
Learn360 is the premier streaming digital delivery service for the K–12 educational market, offering 24/7 access to more than 130,000 multimedia resources, including high-quality full-length videos, video clips, images, audio files, articles, activities, worksheets, and more. Recently relaunched with a brand-new platform and exciting new content and tools, Learn360 is now an even more powerful tool for flipped classrooms, blended instruction, project-based learning, and 1:1 environments.
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New Citation Options Added to On Demand/Learn360 Platform
Infobase is pleased to announce that new citation options have been added to Films On Demand, Classroom Video On Demand, Access Video On Demand, and Learn360. Read More ›
New Citation Options Added to On Demand/Learn360 Platform
Infobase is pleased to announce that new citation options have been added to Films On Demand, Classroom Video On Demand, Access Video On Demand, and Learn360.
The MLA citation option has been updated to the new MLA8 format, and a new Harvard citation option joins the Chicago Manual of Style and APA. Users can set their default citation in their account preferences or choose to view any of the available formats using the Citation tool below the video window for every title.
Another recent citation enhancement gave users additional options for exporting data into their bibliographies. On Demand and Learn360 citations now feature full integration with not only EasyBib, but NoodleTools, too. Users can create their bibliographies under their EasyBib or NoodleTools accounts and include On Demand and Learn360 videos along with other references being used for their papers.
About the On Demand Platform:
Infobase’s award-winning On Demand streaming video platform—which includes Films On Demand for colleges and universities, Classroom Video On Demand for high schools, and Access Video On Demand for public libraries—gives students and patrons instant access to outstanding documentaries, award-winning educational films, independent films, and helpful instructional videos from any location with Internet access, anytime they choose.
About Learn360:
Learn360 is the premier streaming digital delivery service for the K–12 educational market, offering 24/7 access to more than 130,000 multimedia resources, including high-quality full-length videos, video clips, images, audio files, articles, activities, worksheets, and more. Recently relaunched with a brand-new platform and exciting new content and tools, Learn360 is now an even more powerful tool for flipped classrooms, blended instruction, project-based learning, and 1:1 environments.
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Google Sign-In and Share to Google Classroom Options Now Available for Selected Infobase Products
Infobase is pleased to announce that two new features have been added to its streaming video services and to selected databases: Google Sign-In and the option to share Infobase content to Google Classroom. Read More ›
Google Sign-In and Share to Google Classroom Options Now Available for Selected Infobase Products
Infobase is pleased to announce that two new features have been added to its streaming video services and to selected databases: Google Sign-In and the option to share Infobase content to Google Classroom. These new tools–which are offered at no additional cost to customers–will encourage even greater student engagement by enabling students and faculty to easily access and use Infobase content in reports, projects, and classes.
Google Sign-In can now be turned on to allow users to access these Infobase products with their Google credentials. Google Sign-In provides an easy way for students and faculty at Google Apps for Education (GAFE) schools to link their Google accounts with the accounts for the products. This feature must be turned on by the subscriber’s Infobase product account administrator in order to make it available for users.
These same Infobase products also now include a feature that allows Google Classroom users to incorporate database and video content into Classroom courses with the click of a button. Subscribers to these products can share content through Google Classroom by using the Share link on a record detail page in one of the databases, and on the search results page or on the Video Player page in the On Demand products and Learn360.
The Infobase products that currently have these new features are:
- Health Reference Center
- American History Online
- Modern World History Online
- African-American History Online
- American Indian History Online
- Ancient and Medieval History Online
- Science Online
- Films On Demand
- Classroom Video On Demand
- Access Video On Demand
- Learn360.
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New to On Demand/Learn360: HBO Documentary Films®
Infobase is pleased to announce that HBO Documentary Films® is the newest producer added to Films On Demand, Classroom Video On Demand, Access Video On Demand, and Learn360. Read More ›
New to On Demand/Learn360: HBO Documentary Films®
Infobase is pleased to announce that HBO Documentary Films® is the newest producer added to Films On Demand, Classroom Video On Demand, Access Video On Demand, and Learn360. HBO® has always been at the forefront of documentary programming, producing and developing some of the most provocative, groundbreaking, and award-winning films.
HBO Documentary Films, which focuses on contemporary issues with strong social relevance, allows viewers to explore worlds rarely seen. These films have won virtually every major programming award, including the Academy Award®, the Emmy® Award, the George Foster Peabody Award, and the Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University Award.
Infobase is proud to carry this esteemed content and to give On Demand and Learn360 subscribers convenient, streaming access to these timely and thought-provoking titles. (Note: This material is available only in certain On Demand collections.)
New and timely titles include:
- I Can’t Do This But I Can Do That: A Film For Families About Learning Differences: This 30-minute documentary takes an enlightening look at young people with a wide spectrum of learning differences, offering a compelling portrait of the ways in which these children are able to compensate by using their strengths to overcome their challenges.
- Miss You Can Do It: This uplifting HBO Documentary Film chronicles the efforts of Abbey Curran, a former Miss Iowa USA and the first woman with a disability to compete in the Miss USA Pageant®, and eight girls with various disabilities as they participate in the Miss You Can Do It pageant.
- Section 60: Arlington National Cemetery: Situated in a quiet pocket of Arlington National Cemetery, Section 60 is a final resting place for young men and women who died fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. For families and friends, it is a place to grieve, to honor, to remember—and to find comfort and community with others who have shared the same profound loss.
- The Fence: In 2006, the United States government decided to build a fence along its Mexican border. In The Fence, award-winning filmmaker Rory Kennedy investigates the impact of the $3 billion project, revealing how the fence’s stated goals—containing illegal immigration, cracking down on drug trafficking, and protecting America from terrorists—have given way to unforeseen, even absurd, consequences.
- A Family Is a Family Is a Family: A Rosie O’Donnell Celebration: This 40-minute documentary from show-biz superstar Rosie O’Donnell is a celebration of what constitutes a family, featuring original songs and thoughtful kids musing on love and family.
- Homegrown: The Counter-Terror Dilemma: A timely exploration of one of today’s most divisive and pressing issues—the threat posed by homegrown Islamic extremism and the challenges of detecting and countering it.
- Requiem for the Dead: American Spring 2014: This moving film shows that gun violence in America has become tragically commonplace, sparing no one in its pervasiveness.
- An Apology to Elephants: An HBO family documentary that illustrates how elephants live in the wild—from their matriarchal structure to their truly impressive memories—and examines the problems and issues that arise when they are brought to live in captivity in zoos and circuses.
- State of Play: Broken: This film follows two men who were paralyzed playing the sports that they love.
- Six by Sondheim: Six by Sondheim is an intimate and candid look at the life and art of the legendary composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim.
- Grandpa, Do You Know Who I Am? with Maria Shriver: This program tells the stories of five children, ages 6 through 15, who are confronted by the effects of Alzheimer’s disease on their grandparents.
- Triangle: Remembering the Fire: This documentary recounts the horror of March 25, 1911, when young garment workers perished in the worst industrial accident in New York City history (up until 9/11), triggering widespread reforms and ushering in the birth of the modern labor movement.
- A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness: Nominated for a 2016 Academy Award® for Best Documentary Short, this film is a scathing examination of the contradictions between modernism and tradition within Pakistani society.
- Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words: Using excerpts from tapes of private conversations Richard Nixon secretly recorded while in the White House, original press reports, and Nixon’s reflections a decade after the tapes were exposed, Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words chronicles Nixon’s conversations about historic events, including the war in Vietnam, the Pentagon Papers leak, his Supreme Court appointments, and more.
- Citizen U.S.A.: A 50-State Road Trip: This documentary intersperses stories of newly naturalized citizens with interviews from notable first-generation Americans, including Madeleine Albright, Arianna Huffington, Henry Kissinger, and Gene Simmons.
- Habla Women: In this film, members of the Latina culture and community describe different characteristics of their personal life experiences and larger human issues.
- San Francisco 2.0: Filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi returns to her hometown to document what the tech boom has in store for this historically progressive city.
- Saving My Tomorrow: In this family special produced and directed by Amy Schatz, kids from around the country share their thoughts on a range of issues that threaten our environment, from endangered animals to climate change, while exploring stories with curators from the American Museum of Natural History about the plants, animals and ecosystems being affected by the changing earth.
- The Weight of the Nation for Kids: HBO addresses the issue of childhood obesity in this three-part series. Incorporating interviews with young students as they make simple changes to their diets, school menus, or activities, the films reveal just how effective these kids are at bringing about bigger changes in their world.
About the On Demand Platform:
Infobase’s award-winning On Demand streaming video platform—which includes Films On Demand for colleges and universities, Classroom Video On Demand for high schools, and Access Video On Demand for public libraries—gives students and patrons instant access to outstanding documentaries, award-winning educational films, independent films, and helpful instructional videos from any location with Internet access, anytime they choose.
About Learn360:
Learn360 is the premier streaming digital delivery service for the K–12 educational market, offering 24/7 access to more than 130,000 multimedia resources, including high-quality full-length videos, video clips, images, audio files, articles, activities, worksheets, and more. Recently relaunched with a brand-new platform and exciting new content and tools, Learn360 is now an even more powerful tool for flipped classrooms, blended instruction, project-based learning, and 1:1 environments.
HBO® and related service marks are the property of Home Box Office, Inc.
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Learn360 Is “Best of Show”
Infobase is pleased to announce that its Learn360 streaming digital delivery service has received Tech & Learning‘s ISTE 2016 Best of Show Award. Read More ›
Learn360 Is “Best of Show”
Infobase is pleased to announce that its Learn360 streaming digital delivery service has received Tech & Learning‘s ISTE 2016 Best of Show Award.
According to Tech & Learning, this annual award “celebrates those products and services that show the greatest promise according to the country’s most tech-savvy educators.” Winners were selected by an anonymous panel of educator judges who searched the exhibit hall floor during the 2016 conference in Denver and evaluated areas such as quality and effectiveness, ease of use, and creative use of technology.
The newly relaunched Learn360 is the premier streaming digital delivery service for the K–12 educational market, offering 24/7 access to more than 130,000 multimedia resources, including high-quality full-length videos, video clips, images, audio files, articles, activities, worksheets, and more. Earlier this year, Learn360 was, along with Infobase’s Science Online database, a winner of The ComputED Gazette’s 22nd Annual Best Educational Software Awards (BESSIES).
The ISTE 2016 Best of Show Award winners will be featured in the August 2016 issue of Tech & Learning.
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On Demand/Learn360 Update—New & Notable Enhancements
Infobase is pleased to announce that Films On Demand, Classroom Video On Demand, Access Video On Demand, and Learn360 have received several new enhancements of note. Read More ›
On Demand/Learn360 Update—New & Notable Enhancements
Infobase is pleased to announce that Films On Demand, Classroom Video On Demand, Access Video On Demand, and Learn360 have received several new enhancements of note.
FEATURED ENHANCEMENTS:
New “Continuous Play” Option for Playlists
This useful new feature offers the option of continuous playback, in which each segment in a playlist automatically plays one after the other, without the user needing to do anything. After they create a playlist, users can simply select their preferred setting (to “enable continuous play” or not) from just above the new Intro Video upload area.
New! My Custom Segments
Now On Demand and Learn360 users have another way to customize their experience! The new My Custom Segments section allows users to select the portions of any title that best meet their needs and create their own custom segments. The custom segments can then be viewed on that title’s View Video page, added to a playlist, or embedded into a third-party website.
New! Share to Google Classroom
Google Classroom users can now incorporate On Demand and Learn360 content into Classroom courses with the click of a button! Simply use the Share link on the search results page or on the Video Player page.
New Citation Export Options
Students and researchers have additional options for exporting data into their bibliographies. On Demand and Learn360 citations now feature full integration with not only EasyBib, but NoodleTools, too. Users can create their bibliographies under their EasyBib or NoodleTools accounts and include On Demand and Learn360 videos along with other references being used for their papers.
New LTI
A new LTI application for the Moodle LMS has been added, joining existing ones for Canvas and D2L, and expanding educators’ options for integrating On Demand and Learn360 content into their courses! Instructors can easily embed content without having to leave the LMS.
ADMIN PORTAL ENHANCEMENTS:
Show Off Your Custom Content
Account Administrators can now include custom content in the Featured Titles slider on the home page—a great way to show off content that is important to your particular institution!
Usage Stats Enhancements
- The new Custom Report Tool allows Account Administrators to fully customize their reports with desired dates, specific data points, and optional filters to create various title usage reports that fit their needs.
- For Films On Demand and Access Video On Demand users, Counter 4.0 is now available along with Counter 2.0 as an option for reports.
- Save and Export Reports! Account Admins can now save any reports they create and access them from the “My Saved Reports” tab in the Admin Portal to rerun at any time. Reports are also available to be exported in CSV format as well as Excel (XLSX) format. Admins can easily choose their preferred format.
About the On Demand Platform:
Infobase’s award-winning On Demand streaming video platform—which includes Films On Demand for colleges and universities, Classroom Video On Demand for high schools, and Access Video On Demand for public libraries—gives students and patrons instant access to outstanding documentaries, award-winning educational films, independent films, and helpful instructional videos from any location with Internet access, anytime they choose.
About Learn360:
Learn360 is the premier streaming digital delivery service for the K–12 educational market, offering 24/7 access to more than 130,000 multimedia resources, including high-quality full-length videos, video clips, images, audio files, articles, activities, worksheets, and more. Recently relaunched with a brand-new platform and exciting new content and tools, Learn360 is now an even more powerful tool for flipped classrooms, blended instruction, project-based learning, and 1:1 environments.
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Science Online and Learn360 Are BESSIE Award Winners
Infobase is pleased to announce that two of its products are winners of The ComputED Gazette’s 22nd Annual Best Educational Software Awards (BESSIES): Science Online in the “High School Science Website” category, and Learn360 in the “Multi-Level Online Multimedia Courseware” category. Read More ›
Science Online and Learn360 Are BESSIE Award Winners
Infobase is pleased to announce that two of its products are winners of The ComputED Gazette’s 22nd Annual Best Educational Software Awards (BESSIES): Science Online in the “High School Science Website” category, and Learn360 in the “Multi-Level Online Multimedia Courseware” category.
The ComputED Gazette describes the BESSIES as awards that “target innovative and content-rich programs…and websites that provide parents and teachers with the technology to foster educational excellence.” Award winners are chosen annually and selected from titles submitted by publishers worldwide. The ComputED Gazette has previously awarded BESSIES to other Infobase databases, including Bloom’s Literature, Issues & Controversies, Today’s Science, World News Digest, The World Almanac® Online, The World Almanac® for Kids Online, and World Religions Online.
The award-winning Science Online database contains a wealth of proprietary book and journal articles, images and videos, topic-specific timelines, tables and charts, and diagrams that provide a thorough grounding in all areas of the science curriculum. It was recently redesigned and enhanced with a wealth of new content and a dynamic design that facilitates STEM research and learning. Learn360 is the premier streaming digital delivery service for the K–12 educational market, offering 24/7 access to more than 130,000 multimedia resources, including high-quality full-length videos, video clips, images, audio files, articles, activities, worksheets, and more. Having been recently relaunched with a brand-new platform and exciting new content and tools, Learn360 is now an even more powerful tool for flipped classrooms, blended instruction, project-based learning, and 1:1 environments.
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Learn360: Learn360 Receives Readers’ Choice Award from eSchool News
Infobase Learning is pleased to announce that Learn360, its acclaimed streaming digital delivery service for the K-12 education market, was chosen as a winner of the 2014-15 eSchool News Readers’ Choice Awards. Read More ›
Learn360: Learn360 Receives Readers’ Choice Award from eSchool News
Infobase Learning is pleased to announce that Learn360, its acclaimed streaming digital delivery service for the K-12 education market, was chosen as a winner of the 2014-15 eSchool News Readers’ Choice Awards.
This recognition honors the 50 best products and services in educational technology as chosen by readers. More than 1,300 educators and administrators from K-12 schools and districts across North America nominated their favorite ed-tech products or services this past spring. The winners and honorable mentions are recognized in a special feature published in the August 2014 edition of eSchool News, as well as on eSchoolNews.com.
Featuring powerful functionality and an array of user-friendly features, Learn360 provides a vast library of teacher and classroom resources across all subjects, from more than 130 top educational producers. Media formats include high-resolution full-length videos, video clips, teacher guides, student activities and worksheets, images, articles, audio and video speeches, and many more. Content is correlated to Common Core, state, national, and provincial standards, as well as 21st Century Skills.
Learn360 serves in excess of 25,000 students in more than 33,500 schools across the United States and Canada, and has been recognized twice by Tech & Learning’s Annual Awards of Excellence.
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Learn360: Google Translate Added
Infobase Learning is excited to announce that Learn360 now features Google Translate on every page. This is just the latest enhancement to Learn360, the premier streaming digital delivery service for the K-12 educational market, which now boasts more than 102,000 high-quality multimedia resources. Read More ›
Learn360: Google Translate Added
Infobase Learning is excited to announce that Learn360 now features Google Translate on every page. This is just the latest enhancement to Learn360, the premier streaming digital delivery service for the K-12 educational market, which now boasts more than 102,000 high-quality multimedia resources.
Learn360‘s incorporation of Google Translate allows users to select the language of the text displayed on each page on the site, simply by choosing the desired language from the Google Translate icon at the bottom of every page. Content such as search results, video summaries, and articles can now instantly be translated for viewing in any of 80 languages, from Arabic and Bengali to Yiddish and Zulu.
Learn360 offers 24/7 access from any Internet-enabled device, providing teachers, students, and parents with easy access to a wealth of full-length videos, video clips, images, audiobooks, articles, activities and worksheets, teacher guides, and much more. Content is provided by more than 100 top educational producers, and all video content is correlated to state, provincial, and Common Core standards as well as 21st Century Skills.
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Learn360 Named Winner in Tech & Learning’s Annual Awards of Excellence for Second Year in a Row
Learn360, an interactive media-on-demand service for the K-12 education market, was selected as a winner in Tech & Learning magazine’s 30th Annual Awards of Excellence, in the “Best Upgraded Product Winners” category. Read More ›
Learn360 Named Winner in Tech & Learning’s Annual Awards of Excellence for Second Year in a Row
Learn360, an interactive media-on-demand service for the K-12 education market, was selected as a winner in Tech & Learning magazine’s 30th Annual Awards of Excellence, in the “Best Upgraded Product Winners” category. This marks the second year in a row that Learn360 has been recognized by this prestigious publication, which this year named 83 outstanding education technology products as winners.
“As schools continue to have to do more with less, buying the right solution for your district needs is more important than ever,” says Kevin Hogan, Editorial Director for NewBay Media’s Tech & Learning Group. “Tech & Learning is proud to present these recommended products that have been put to the test by our experienced educational team of judges.”
Entries were divided into two categories: New Products and Best Upgraded Products. A panel of more than 30 educators, who tested more than 160 entries, chose the winners. The “Best Upgraded Product Winners” category honors recently revised and updated products that have made significant enhancements since the previous version and evolved with the changing technology to offer the highest quality experiences for educators and students.
Learn360, recently acquired by Infobase Learning, offers 24/7 access from any Internet-enabled device, allowing teachers, students and parents to stream and download high quality full-length videos, video clips, images, audio files, research articles, teacher resources and more. Content is provided by top educational publishers, including A&E, History, Biography, National Geographic, Reading Rainbow, Weston Woods and Britannica Concise Encyclopedia…more than 60 in all. Additionally, all of Learn360’s video content is correlated to state, provincial, and Common Core standards, supporting 21st Century Learning Initiatives.
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