Democrasoft and TregoED Announce K12 Partnership
SANTA ROSA, Calif., Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Democrasoft, Inc., (OTC: Pinksheets: DEMO) creator of the award-winning online discussion platform, Collaborize Classroom (http://collaborizeclassroom.com), and TregoED, creator of the award-winning SCAN critical thinking tools (http://tregoed.org), today announced that they are joining forces to advance K12 education through the development of critical thinking and online discussion technology.
New national learning standards, known as the Common Core State Standards (http://corestandards.org), require that students develop critical thinking and communication skills in order to be ready for both college and future careers. Through the partnership announced today, Democrasoft and TregoED will provide free resources, free professional development, and free online topic-based lessons to teach higher-level thinking skills, respect for different points-of-view, and effective in-person and online conversation skills.
"We are thrilled to form a strategic alliance with TregoED," says Richard Lang, CEO of Democrasoft and co-creator of Collaborize Classroom. "Their SCAN critical thinking tools fit hand-in-glove with our online collaborative education platform. Teachers will now be able to launch topic-based discussions that prepare students for SCAN lessons, as well as follow-on topics that solidify and expand upon what they learn during the SCAN activity."
"We, at TregoED are excited about the synergy our partnership will create for students," said Kathryn Blackburn, Executive Director of TregoED, a leader in helping educational organizations make and implement great decisions. "Using Collaborize Classroom to front load information and reinforce SCAN activities with writing activities will increase the rigor and relevance of the lessons, as well as help students learn better decision-making skills."
To access the latest free online SCAN topics, visit http://tinyurl.com/7fte4x7.
Collaborize Classroom and TregoED will be at the Texas Computer Education Association 2012 Conference in Austin, Texas from February 6th through February 10th. TCEA has over 9,000 educators, technology coordinators and education industry insiders attending each year.
Collaborize Classroom will be in the TCEA exhibit hall at booth #2568 and will host free blended learning professional development sessions in room M8 (second floor). Featured presenters include: Catlin Tucker (High School English Teacher and Author), Colt Briner (Co-Creator of Collaborize Classroom), and Sandra Wozniak (Retired Teacher, Curriculum Specialist with TregoED), among others.
Visit the Collaborize Classroom blog (http://collaborizeclassroom.com/blog) for a full list of presenters, session titles, and descriptions.
For more information about Collaborize Classroom, or to schedule an interview with Democrasoft senior management, please contact Shana Ray, Digital Media & PR Manager at: [email protected] or call 888-993-8683 x 706.
About Democrasoft:
Democrasoft, Inc., headquartered in Santa Rosa, CA, is a 20-year-old public company (OTC: PINKSHEETS: DEMO) with a history of pioneering technology. The Company's flagship product, Collaborize®, is a web-based solution for organizing groups with a common purpose into powerful, decision-making communities. It is designed to empower groups of all sizes - educators, businesses, non-profits, organizations, governments, their members and citizens - to resolve real problems and drive toward actual implementation of collective solutions. Democrasoft is dedicated to facilitating a vision of online "social networking with purpose." For more information, please visit http://democrasoft.com.
This Press Release contains forward-looking statements similar to those covered by the safe harbor provisions under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward- looking statements are clearly subject to numerous uncertainties and risks, and actual results and developments could differ materially from our expectations. We do not undertake any responsibility for providing any updates with respect to the information contained in this Press Release.
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