EasyTech helps students develop the technology skills needed for college and the workforce while they study core subjects. A complete digital literacy curriculum, EasyTech features self-paced lessons and games to practice skills, activities to reinforce concepts, and quizzes to check for understanding. Learn more: http://www.learning.com/easytech/
2. About Learning.com: What We Do
• We provide award-winning digital
literacy and 21st century skills solutions
for both students and educators
• We help districts and schools address
these crucial skills with digital content
and custom professional development
3. About Learning.com: Our Reach
More than
20 awards
since 2002
47 states
11 countries
2,700 districts
Founded in 1999
Headquartered in
Portland, Oregon
4. What is EasyTech?
• A digital literacy curriculum for grades
K-8 that makes it simple to integrate
technology into core subject instruction
• Helps districts prepare students for the
computer-related tasks of Next-
Generation Assessments
• Helps students develop the crucial
digital literacy skills needed for college
and their future career opportunities
• Curriculum that exceeds requirements
for E-Rate compliance with its included
Online Safety curriculum
5. EasyTech Instructional Approach
• Self-paced, engaging, interactive
lessons, games, and quizzes to teach
digital literacy skills
• Journal assignments for students to
apply and practice these skills
• Interactive tasks in all lessons that
check for student understanding and
provide assistive prompts
• Automatic scoring of lessons, games
and quizzes in the teacher grade book
saves valuable time for educators
6. EasyTech – Developed With Research
• Learning.com developed EasyTech in consultation with Dr.
Gregory Waddoups, Ph.D., Brigham Young University, utilizing
research from several established research studies including:
• Timely, rich, and immediate feedback improves student learning and
motivation (Wong, 2001)
• Open-ended software design allows for tighter integration with
curriculum and multiple opportunities for students to engage in
material, which increases student achievement
(Brush, Armstrong, Barbrow, & Ulintz, 1999; Matthew, 1995; Mitchell & Fox, 2001).
• Technology integration is most likely to impact student achievement
in the context of inquiry-based instruction (Hickey, Moore, &
Pellegrino, 2001; Follensbee, 1997; Wenglinsky, 1998; Brush, 1997; Butzin, 2001).
• Technology integration can have important collateral benefits
beyond it„s function of teaching a subject matter (Ross, Hogaboam-Gray, &
Honnay, 2001).
7. EasyTech is Engaging for Students
• Engage your students with colorful, grade-level aligned interactive
lessons, fun games, and opportunities to earn student achievement
certificates
• EasyTech Online Safety curriculum uses a positive, not fear-based
approach to addressing online safety and digital citizenship
instruction
• Spanish versions of the most popular EasyTech curriculum is
provided to support ELL students
• Closed captioning is available in EasyTech lessons to support
students with learning differences
8. EasyTech – Customized for Educators
• EasyTech is simple to use and to assign content to students – several
customized instructional sequences are available:
By Digital Literacy Skill: curriculum is grouped by skill topic
By Grade: targeting digital literacy skills students need to know
EasyTech for Next Generation Assessments: customized instruction to ready
students for computer-based assessments like PARCC and Smarter Balanced
EasyTech Keyboarding: differentiate keyboarding instruction for every student
EasyTech Online Safety: meet E-Rate needs with district instruction reporting
9. EasyTech by Digital Literacy Skill
Beginning with Mouse Basics, EasyTech
provides comprehensive instructional units
including the following crucial digital
literacy skills:
Computer Fundamentals
Keyboarding
Visual Mapping
Email and Proper Online Communication
Web Browsing
Word
Processing, Presentations, Spreadsheets
Databases
Multimedia and Graphics
HTML Web Page Design
10. EasyTech by Grade
• Takes the guesswork out of what instruction to assign
• Customized sequences of instruction for every grade addresses the
digital literacy skills students need to know based on their grade
• Pacing calendars for each grade help teachers easily plan their
instruction and offers enrichment and differentiation strategies
• Developed in consultation with educators with the busy classroom
teacher in mind
11. EasyTech for Next-Generation
Assessments
• Pinpoints the exact skills needed for students to be ready to take
assessments like PARCC and Smarter Balanced
• Pre-tests to check for existing digital literacy skills and assigns
targeted lessons based on individual student results
• Customized sequences of instruction targeted for
primary, intermediate, and middle grade learning objectives
• Pacing guides and teacher resources to help districts and schools
prepare students for these assessments with confidence
12. EasyTech Keyboarding
• Curriculum targeted for
primary, intermediate, and middle grades
• Interactive, self-paced lessons and
practices
• Extensive library of skill-building exercises
and longer story-form challenges
• Reports on progress, and areas
to practice
• Prescriptive Keyboarding lessons
automatically recommends practices
based on student speed and accuracy
13. EasyTech Online Safety
• Exceeds E-Rate requirements
for Grades K-12
• Provide teachers with effective curriculum
on challenging online safety
topics, including detailed lesson plans and
guides
• Understand how well students grasp
content through performance reports
and student tracking
• Approach critical topics with
positive, research-based
lessons, discussions, activities and
journaling
• Meet E-Rate compliance needs with
the automated E-Rate report
14. EasyTech is Tablet-Compatible with
the free L.com app
• The Learning.com app provides
students with access to EasyTech
on iPad®, Android® and Kindle Fire®
tablet devices
• The Learning.com App is available as
a FREE download from the
iTunes, Google Play, and Kindle App
stores
• Supports district One to One or Bring
Your Own Device (BYOD) initiatives
utilizing tablet devices
15. Power-up EasyTech with
Assessments
• 21st Century Skills Assessment and
Tech Literacy Assessment now
prescribes EasyTech lessons and
activities to help teachers quickly
individualize learning and accelerate
student progress
• Use 21st Century Skills Assessment or
Tech Literacy Assessment to identify
needs and prescribe targeted lessons
from EasyTech
• Pinpoint knowledge gaps, save time
meeting them and give students exactly
what they need to learn
16. EasyTech Implementation Resources
• Learning.com is dedicated to our educators success by offering the
following Implementation and Support resources:
Each customer has an assigned Learning.com Account Manger
dedicated to successful implementation
Phone, chat, and email Technical Support is included
Getting started “How do I?” videos
Scope and sequence pacing guides
Curriculum guides for Online Safety and Keyboarding
Parent outreach resources
Frequently asked questions (FAQs) guides
Student certificate of completion templates