By Ethan Wiseman
Education
25 March 2017
Many teachers will agree that differentiation is a key element in the implementation of a successful education strategy for English language learners. But does this mean already busy teachers should Read more…
By Ethan Wiseman
Company and Product Updates
23 February 2017
Ormiston Academies Trust has announced a 12-month pilot of LiteracyPlanet in a number of academies across its family network. Ormiston Academies Trust is a not-for-profit academy trust that sponsors primary and secondary academies. Read more…
By Ethan Wiseman
Company and Product Updates
21 February 2017
Rast Education in Iraq has chosen LiteracyPlanet to support English literacy teaching at its British International Schools in Zakho and Duhok. The Zakho British International School and Duhok British International School partner with the British Council Read more…
By Ethan Wiseman
Company and Product Updates
12 January 2017
LiteracyPlanet has been shortlisted as Primary Resource/Equipment Supplier of the Year in the international GESS Education Awards 2017. The awards, based in the Middle East and now in their fourth Read more…
By Ethan Wiseman
Company and Product Updates
28 November 2016
LiteracyPlanet CEO Adam McArthur has been named in The Educator magazine’s 2016 Hot List as one of the most influential people in education in Australia. McArthur was one of 40 people named in the annual Read more…
By Ethan Wiseman
Education
9 October 2016
We know it can be challenging for teachers to find time to prepare lesson plans and the associated assessment tasks, especially during the build up to NAPLAN. To support teachers, LiteracyPlanet has created new NAPLAN Read more…
By Ethan Wiseman
Product Updates
8 October 2016
LiteracyPlanet has added more than 300 new grammar and punctuation exercises to its content for tablet devices. The exercises add to the program’s curriculum-aligned exercises for Years 2 to 9. LiteracyPlanet is constantly expanding its content for Read more…
By Ethan Wiseman
Company and Product Updates, Product Updates
17 June 2016
LiteracyPlanet has released a new product update to make searching, locating and assigning exercises to students faster and easier. Quick Assign allows teachers to perform quick program wide searches to find Read more…
By Ethan Wiseman
Education
2 May 2016
The inclusion of an early phonics check as part of school funding conditions announced in the Federal Government’s 2016-17 Budget this week is an encouraging development for child literacy standards in Australia. Read more…
By Ethan Wiseman
Company and Product Updates
17 March 2016
LiteracyPlanet has published a new user guide called LiteracyPlanet & the Australian Curriculum. LiteracyPlanet’s content is developed by educators and designed to complement and support the teaching of the Australian Read more…
By Ethan Wiseman
Product Updates
27 February 2016
LiteracyPlanet has added its comprehension content for Years 1 to 3 to the tablet app, so students in younger year levels can now practise comprehension exercises on their iOS and Android tablets. Read more…
By Ethan Wiseman
Industry
29 January 2016
LiteracyPlanet and newspaper publisher News Corp Australia have launched ‘Raise A Reader’ – a national editorial-driven campaign that aims to inspire families to respond to Australia’s waning literacy levels by raising a Read more…
By Ethan Wiseman
Word Mania
9 December 2015
Word Monster packed his overnight bag and travelled to Alice Springs to congratulate the teachers and students of Living Waters Lutheran School, for their spectacular effort for Word Mania 2015. Read more…
By Ethan Wiseman
Company and Product Updates, Industry
15 November 2015
LiteracyPlanet has been named a finalist in the category for best ‘International Education Resource’ of the prestigious Bett awards. The Bett awards, which celebrate innovation in digital education and the best Read more…
By Ethan Wiseman
Company and Product Updates
22 October 2015
Teachers have welcomed the opportunity to incorporate a new automated digital resource into their literacy teaching, with online literacy program LiteracyPlanet adding a new student-guided mode. The new mode features Read more…
By Ethan Wiseman
Word Mania
13 August 2015
Children around Australia have spent 10 million minutes improving their literacy skills as part of a national competition, an achievement equivalent to more than 19 years of literacy skill development! They are using Read more…
By Ethan Wiseman
Education
27 July 2015
We often come across the terms ‘differentiated learning’ and ‘personalised learning’, especially when it comes to education technology. Both frameworks focus on meeting the diverse educational needs of children, but they Read more…
By Ethan Wiseman
Industry
30 November 2014
Australian parents are concerned about literacy development, and welcome online resources to boost literacy learning at home. New research shows that 86% of parents of primary school aged children are Read more…