utah-news

• November 27, 2009 My Access Helps Students Write

  -StandardNET OGDEN — Don’t look now, but students are actually starting to like writing assignments. For more than a year the Weber School District has been using a Web-based instructional writing program that helps students learn and apply the fundamentals of writing. The computer program “My Access” instantly scores students’ essays through advanced artificial intelligence […]

• September 25, 2008 Teachers, Students Benefiting From Web-based Writing Program

  -Patrick Timothy Mullikin, vernal.com English class ain’t what it used to be. In years past, Rachelle Durrant, who heads the English department at Vernal Junior High, would have taken pencil to paper and circled that offending “ain’t.” Not this year. The junior high is one of several schools in the state that has begun using […]

• August 21, 2008 Utah Expands Online Writing Program

  -Dave Nagel, T.H.E Journal Utah districts are expanding their use of MY Access!, an online writing program from Vantage Learning. According to Vantage, more than 400,000 essays were submitted to MY Access! by Utah students within one school year. MY Access! uses Web-based forms that allow students to input assignments. It then checks those assignments […]

• August 19, 2008 Vantage Learning Spells Success in More than Half of Utah’s School Districts

  -Wasatch Digital iQ, PR and Business Wire News Utah’s students are boosting critical writing, reasoning and computer skills in the classroom, thanks to a licensing agreement for MY Access! the award-winning online writing tool developed by Vantage Learning. Twenty four districts have decided to use MY Access! this school year after teachers, directors and administrators […]

• April 27, 2008 Writing Skills Get A Boost

  -Ben Fulton, The Salt Lake Tribune Educators want Legislature to fund software in all districts PLEASANT GROVE – After just two years using new writing software in her classes at Pleasant Grove Junior High School, Jenny Reuel noticed a remarkable improvement in her students’ writing skills. One student narrative in particular stood out. Asked to […]

• April 4, 2008 Students’ Writing Improves

  -Lisa Schencker, The Salt Lake Tribune Teachers give credit to texting and e-mail for helping pupils express themselves They quickly thumb misspelled words into their cell phones. They chat online with no regard for grammar or sentence structure. Still, Utah eighth-graders are writing better than they did 10 years ago, according to National Assessment of […]

• November 26, 2007 Does Text Messaging Hurt Student Writing Skills?
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