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DreamBox Learning® Teams with District, School Math Leaders at iNACOL to Share Best Practices in Personalized LearningDreamBox Learning® will join leaders in personalized learning from around the world at iNACOL 2017 in Orlando, Florida to discuss best practices developed through real-world experiences using education technology to support learning in mathematics. On Tuesday, Oct. 24, Dr. Tim Hudson, senior vice president of Learning at DreamBox, will moderate a panel discussion to explore how districts are building teacher capacity, fostering a collaborative culture, and creating a data-driven mindset to raise student math achievement and support educator success. On Wednesday, Oct. 25, Jen Agustin, vice president of Marketing at DreamBox, will bring together math and technology experts in communicating the value of personalized learning with key stakeholders to increase awareness, engagement, and adoption of the learning model. The details of each panel are included below. District Strategies for Next-Generation Personalized Learning: Cultivating Teacher Readiness
"We're excited to bring together thoughtful education leaders to share ideas and innovations with thousands of other educators. In the US, we're still far from the high levels of math achievement our students deserve, and we therefore need to learn from each other at conferences like iNACOL," Hudson said. "By sharing new strategies and technologies for classrooms and districts, we hope to inspire leaders to explore next-generation personalized learning approaches that support teachers while ultimately improving student outcomes." DreamBox is committed to supporting educators by empowering them with proven resources that meet the needs of each learner, including the educators themselves. This year DreamBox announced MyFlexPD™, which goes beyond product training to blend the best of face-to-face instruction with the power of DreamBox's math curriculum. The self-paced, professional learning solution uses real-time student learning data to deliver content-specific professional development to teachers that is relevant to the math concepts their students are learning in DreamBox. "Empowering educators with job-embedded tools and support is key to propelling learning for all students," Hudson said. Initial research of an early prototype of DreamBox's just-in-time professional learning, done with a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, included over 600 teachers and found that students demonstrated over 30 percent more growth when they had a teacher who engaged in DreamBox's professional development sessions. Last year, DreamBox gained national attention when a study from the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University found that by using DreamBox for 14 hours each week, students can increase math achievement scores by 4 percentile points. For additional information, or to meet the DreamBox team and explore their latest learning solutions, stop by booth 344 at iNACOL. About DreamBox Learning DreamBox Learning® was founded in 2006 in Bellevue, Washington. The company's pioneering Intelligent Adaptive Learning™ platform has won more than 40 top education and technology industry awards and is in use in all 50 states and throughout Canada. The DreamBox Learning® Math difference is the combination of a rigorous K-8 math curriculum and a motivating learning environment that work seamlessly with the Intelligent Adaptive technology, which adapts to provide feedback and scaffolding in the moment of learning and over time. DreamBox is available for PC and iPad. For more information, visit http://www.dreambox.com/.
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