Sharing the love: Teacher appreciation from parents, students & colleagues
15th May 2020 -As part of our Teacher Appreciation Week celebrations, we asked you to nominate a special teacher in your life by telling us how they go above and beyond for their colleagues & students. We were overwhelmed with the outpouring of appreciation and have shared our winning nominations again below in case you missed them.
Continue Reading11 ways to help you get used to working from home
13th May 2020 -We know how unsettling change can be, especially when it swoops in swiftly and is accompanied by the unknown and uncertain. If you’ve recently moved to remote working, you might be struggling to get used to a new daily routine, or are finding it challenging to communicate with your colleagues online. We want to help support you in getting used to your new way of working, so we’ve put together some tips and tricks for you to try.
Continue ReadingA new way to experience WriQ
7th May 2020 -Since we released WriQ as a Chrome extension two years ago, we've seen WriQ mature into a fully fledged writing assessment and student achievement tool. And now we're excited to offer the same solution from Microsoft Word users. Read on to find out more…
Continue ReadingVideo: How to maintain a positive company culture while working remote
7th May 2020 -In this guest blog, our friend Miles Skelton, Co-founder and Director at MVMNT, shares some advice on how to retain a positive company culture while working remote...
Continue ReadingEquatIO mathspace: it’s elementary my dear
17th April 2020 -The overall goal of EquatIO is to make it delightful, intuitive, and fun for students to communicate their thought processes. While a lot of our initial EquatIO releases and updates focused on supports for Middle and High School students, we wanted to spend some time creating features that would support Elementary School students as well. Great news: Introducing EquatIO Mathspace for iPad!
Continue ReadingSupporting you to deliver a personalized remote learning experience
16th April 2020 -With the sudden reliance on Learning Management Systems (LMS) to provide instruction, many educators across the globe are now entering a new era for teaching - in some cases overnight. Take one look on social media and you’ll see an influx of questions and comments on how to best operate in this new online world we’re now all living in. The great news is, here at Texthelp, we have lots of special LMS integrations to allow for a more personalized experience that helps make remote learning a little closer to traditional instruction.
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