K12 Portal Fortifies 21st Century Teaching & Learning

PRLog (Press Release) - Jun 22, 2009 -
Education Reporting, Inc. (ERI) has rendered a blue ribbon portal of experiential education resources. It’s a free digital teacher assistant working 24/7 and K12 teachers around the globe are satisfied users: producing or enhancing class activities, developing integrated curriculum, including it as part of their independent study program, or as a library of alternative assessments. It’s easy to use and designed by a former K12 educator. There are numerous users like T. Gwain, “I collected substantial new lesson resources for the learning strategy I was putting together, and saved a few hours from what I usually do. I’ll use this again.”

Encinitas, CA (ERI) June 19, 2009 – K12 educators need all the help they can get to transform brick and mortar classrooms into engaging learning environments: learning by doing. Current research demonstrates, and many educators already agree with John Dewey's convincing argument that children must be engaged in an active quest for learning.  Students don’t arrive in the classroom as a blank slate. They are steeped in their world outside school that’s tainted with plenty of peer pressure. ERI aims to fortify every K12 teachers’ lesson arsenal with material to produce meaningful activities based on student collaboration. The portal is designed as foundation to support every curriculum and instruction strategy. Teachers use it to integrate expert wisdom and incorporate relevant information to gain student interest.

ER is a blooming digital resource for educators.  Just point and click to review comprehensive material which is clearly displayed and available as ingredients to manufacture lesson components and schemes for active learning. There are classroom tools for every content area.  ERI constantly scours the web to procure additional “best in class” portal teaching resources. The blend of links includes peer insights and secrets; professional tools: software, specific content area sites; loads of education report links; and material to improve teaching skills.  Users browse content using educator categories: class tools, critical thinking, pedagogy, education research, project based learning, classroom management, green ed material, service learning, teacher blogs, teaching with technology, and others.

The only experiential education portal for teachers on the web is ERI. The creator, Steu Mann, who earned his Master’s in Education – Curriculum and Instruction, believes that in order for K12 students to imbibe a 21st century skill matrix their K12 educators must provide classroom activities affording active learning or learning by experience. ERI was created during his years as a secondary science teacher. “I spent far too much time ascertaining decent and worthwhile teaching resources for my class activities,” he said. Now, K12 teachers everywhere can benefit from his efforts and practices using the ERI portal.

“Effecting teaching is an art,” says Mann. His goal is to provide K12 teachers with a diverse collection of tools, experts, and cutting edge education research; in the same way a painter has an assortment of brushes to complete a canvas.  He understands the necessity of educating the whole child, which happens organically with lessons that enforce a 21st century student skill matrix. He also knows that transforming a lethargic student into a participating and productive contributor takes the right tools, methods, and teacher attitude. He thinks his portal, based on his know-how with differentiated instruction and his countless hours of research hours reviewing thousands of web sites, delivers an unequaled instrument to help K12 educators reach all students across the socioeconomic spectrum.

Contact:
Jack Harington, President
Education Reporting™ Inc
web site: http://www.educationreporting.com