Wayland Public Schools Continues Its Push for 21st Century Technology Integration With the Adoption of 'it's learning'

Individualized learning platform provides online resources to help manage the learning experience for both students and teachers

BURLINGTON, Mass., Sept. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As part of the district's ongoing commitment to leverage instructional technology to improve students' academic performance, Wayland Public Schools has adopted it's learning (www.itslearning.net), an individualized learning platform for K-12 and higher education. The it's learning integration marks the second phase of the district's technology plan which comes on the heels of the district's 1-to-1 teacher laptop initiative.

Wayland Public Schools' technology department is using it's learning to provide teachers and students with tools that encourage and enhance communication, collaboration, creativity, and critical thinking. According to Leisha Simon, Director of Technology and Accountability at Wayland Public Schools, teachers throughout the district felt that the it's learning platform would allow students to meet these skill sets while connecting them with the curriculum in innovative ways.

"it's learning provides a one-stop online portal with seamless capabilities and an all-inclusive interface that makes it easy to deliver engaging learning experiences. As well as the intrinsic value for students, it's learning will also be used to aid in the education of teachers as they partake in district-wide professional development courses on 21st century technology," said Simon.

This year, both middle and high school teachers in Wayland will take part in professional development courses on technology integration. The district's blended professional development consists of both face-to-face instruction and online learning delivered through the it's learning platform. Using the platform, teachers will access the course content and study it remotely as a supplement to the in-person instruction.

"We are excited about our district's professional development model and its delivery via the it's learning platform. Wayland's partnership with it's learning, inc. shows the commitment of our teachers and administration to high-quality professional development that meets the needs of 21st century teaching and learning," said Brad Crozier, Assistant Superintendent of Wayland Public Schools.

The it's learning platform is designed to manage and enhance the educational process for students, teachers, and administrators.  The platform supports different learning styles by allowing students and teachers to easily create and deliver text, images, sound and video for lessons, collaborative projects, assignments, online discussions, tests or presentations.  Also included in the portfolio of offerings from it's learning is ePortfolios, a feature that was of particular interest to Wayland teachers that allows students to save digital files of their work to show to parents and other interested parties.  

To learn more about Wayland Public Schools, visit http://www.wayland.k12.ma.us/. For more information about it's learning, visit www.itslearning.net.

About it's learning, Inc.

Since 1999, the company has provided it's learning – The Individual Learning Platform™ to European clients in K-12 and higher education. In order to provide more effective service to North American schools and universities, in the spring of 2009 it added a North American headquarters in Burlington, Massachusetts.  In additional to its global headquarters in Bergen, Norway, the company has offices in the United Kingdom, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany, France and Spain. Investing in the future of education, in 2009, it's learning dedicated more than 40 percent of its revenue to the design and development of its products. The company's goals are to offer the best learning platform and related services worldwide and to be the most innovative organization within the education market. For more information visit, www.itslearning.net.

SOURCE it's learning, inc.