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Learning.com’s Digital Learning Environment Named as Finalist for SIIA CODiE Award

Intuitive Course Management System makes it easy for teachers to individualize instruction, and for districts to distribute content to educators

Portland, Ore. – March 3, 2009
Learning.com is pleased to announce that its Digital Learning Environment is a finalist for the Best Course Management System in the prestigious Software & Information Industry Association’s (SIIA) annual CODiE Awards.

This highly competitive award honors outstanding achievement and vision in the software, digital information and education technology industries.

Today teachers have a variety of media and sources that they can use in their lessons.  Learning.com’s Digital Learning Environment enables teachers to easily capture different types of content in one place to create their lesson plans. At the same time, teachers can customize and assign curriculum and track performance on a per-student basis to provide individualized instruction. Schools and districts that subscribe to Learning.com products can select, mix and match product content through this same environment, giving them even more choices for differentiated instruction.

“The Digital Learning Environment embodies the vision Learning.com has had since its inception: to provide teachers with solutions delivered in the easiest, most efficient and most intuitive manner to have the greatest impact on student learning," says William J. Kelly, Learning.com CEO. "Because our Digital Learning Environment is so easy to use, teachers can incorporate technology into their teaching, and engage students in ways that are relevant to them."

Awards will be announced on May 5 as part of the annual SIIA conference in San Francisco. “The competition is particularly steep this year, making selection as a CODiE finalist a real achievement,” says SIIA President Ken Wasch.

The Digital Learning Environment makes it easy for teachers to compile, provide and assign digital resources to students. Features include:

• Activity creation tools that enable teachers to create, save and assign their own curriculum in a simple and efficient way to manage their lessons and activities into one unit, and with one mouse click, assign it to students.
• Reports that give educators insight on student progress, through detailed item and gradebook reports. Teachers can also get reports on the standards covered in their curriculum.
• Anytime/anywhere access over the Internet.

Learning.com is the leading provider of supplemental digital curriculum and assessment in technology and 21st century skills. Its innovative and engaging application of technology in a research-based instructional model provides teachers with easy-to-use resources that support individualized, group and whole class instruction. These include:

• EasyTech – K-8 technology literacy curriculum that integrates technology into math, science, language arts and social studies.
• Aha!Math – K-5 supplemental math curriculum that improves students' fluency and contextual understanding of critical math concepts.
• TechLiteracy Assessment – Elementary and Middle School assessment that provides valid measurement and reports for critical technology skills and knowledge.
• 21st Century Skills Assessment – Fully aligned to the ISTE NETS 2007 standards, and to key Partnership for 21 Century Skills outcomes, this assessment for Elementary and Middle School students provides valid data on their 21st century skills.

About Learning.com
Founded in 1999, Learning.com helps educators improve student performance in core curriculum and 21st century skills through Web-delivered curriculum and assessment, in use by more than two million students. Our unique integration of technology literacy with core curriculum instruction enables states, districts and schools to simultaneously improve student proficiency in technology skills and core disciplines. Using our Digital Learning Environment, teachers can easily customize curriculum, individualize instruction, and obtain professional development. Learning.com’s solutions include EasyTech, a proven, K-8 technology literacy curriculum that helps students develop and apply technology skills in math, science, language arts, and social studies; TechLiteracy Assessment, providing valid measurement and reports for critical technology skills and knowledge in K-8; 21st Century Skills Assessment, providing valid data aligned to ISTE NETS 2007 standards; and Aha!Math, an interactive K-5 supplemental math curriculum.

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 more than 500 leading software and information companies.