The patented technology that makes DreamBox adaptive learning so powerful The DreamBox Learning adaptive learning platform enables the best methods and lessons of effective classroom teachers to help every student excel. DreamBox technology answers the question, “what’s the right next lesson for this student”, to provide a learning experience based on: Integrated assessment and effective, data-informed instruction Continuous, dynamic adaptations Sophisticated sequencing technology that provides millions of paths through the curriculum A robust math curriculum An engaging learning environment with game-like elements and motivational features.

This experience is based on the following patented technologies. Platform infrastructure. We’ve built our platform to be a large scale, extensible web service that can support a wide variety of curricula (e.g., K-12 math, literacy, science, chemistry, etc.), high traffic, world-wide usage, and multivariate data analysis. DreamBox will continue to drive platform innovation by building more applications and extending its reach. GuideRight™. An heuristics engine for continuous assessments and adaptations, this technology provides for individualized placement so that every student is continually in their optimal learning zone. More importantly, integrated assessment and instruction, with a powerful, proprietary sequencing engine, means that there are millions of possible paths through our robust curriculum. LessonScript™. LessonScript™ is an authoring environment for scalable lesson development. Instead of having to rely on the traditional sequential software development model, our engineers have created a lesson authoring environment full of interactive and teacher-designed virtual tools so that our academic team (most of whom are National Board Certified Teachers) can build and refine lessons in real time. This also means that LessonScript can support 3rd party content development. Dynamic and “skinnable” lesson architecture. DreamBox developed a flexible overlay for substituting creative assets (graphics and audio) and language so DreamBox-enabled content can be presented with different themes (e.g. pirates or neighborhood pets) to appeal to different students. It also allows easy localization to new languages. Teacher and Parent Dashboards. Our online dashboards provide detailed academic progress reports, giving teachers, administrators, and parents insight into concept-level comprehension, progress through the curriculum, and DreamBox effectiveness.

Seven Ways to Build Your Own Educational Games There are hundreds of places to find educational games and quizzes on the Internet. That said, sometimes you still cannot find quite what you're looking for. In those cases you're better off creating your own games. Here are seven good tools you and your students can use for creating games.

The best way to be a catalyst for change is simply to be yourself. Tapping your skills, your knowledge, your experience, and your social circles will amplify everything you do to as a change-maker. So the first quest is to uncover your hidden catalyst identity. There are four Catalyst for Change personalities. Which type are you?     Evidence Collector You like facts and figures. You think information can change the world. Graphs, charts, and maps can turn the world upside down and set individuals, organizations, cities, even entire countries on a new path. Photographs document problems and solutions. Text messages tell the world the truth. You measure your heart rate, the flow of traffic, the bacterial count in your water source. These are the feedback systems that can spark real change that you can measure and track. #catalyze4 #evidence

  Capacity Builder You are a person-of action. You like to get to work and get your hands dirty. You build things, invent new tools, plant gardens, raise llamas. You know how to take something small and make it bigger–or something big and make it smaller. You know how to string things together, like containers on a train or vending carts on a street to make them more efficient, more attractive, or more affordable. When you look around, you see resources everywhere, and you can’t wait to put them to good use. You build capacity. #catalyze4 #capacity

   Rules Architect You’re a people-and-power person. You like to reach out, meet people, understand what gives them strength and what gets in their way. You like to think about systems, networks, and nodes. You lay out paths that speed up some kinds of changes and slow down others. You understand the roles of gatekeepers and know how to redesign those roles to improve access to what matters. You care about laws and forms of government. You believe rules matter in the lives of poor or vulnerable people. #catalyze4 #rules