The Acclaim Blog
With the ever growing importance of user privacy on the web, our team of engineers has to take security extremely seriously here at Acclaim. Our team has spent, and continues to dedicate, a considerable amount of time making sure access to Acclaim and our customers’... read more
It’s here! Acclaim is a fully LTI compliant tool that integrates across all LMS providers, including Blackboard, Canvas, Brightspace (Desire2Learn), Haiku Learning, Schoology, Moodle, and others. What are the benefits of integrating Acclaim into your LMS? 1) Use... read more
This is a guest post by Matt Miller, a Google-certified high school Spanish teacher in Indiana. His blog, Ditch That Textbook, encourages teaching with less reliance on the textbook and emphasizes using technology for creative teaching. Sign up for his e-mail... read more
We’re not recognizing that there’s something profoundly important in the dialogue around the philosophy of education, rather than the structured reform of it. — Steve Hargadon This is the second part of a two part interview with Steve Hargadon, founder of the... read more
Why school? Is its primary purpose to benefit the individual or the collective society? — Steve Hargadon Steve Hargadon is the founder of the Learning Revolution conference series and the Classroom 2.0 social network for educators. He also runs the Future of... read more
“The idea behind Thug Notes was always that ‘the joke is that there is no joke…’ because the analysis is just so accurate and so smart. – Jared Bauer” On the YouTube series, Thug Notes, Greg Edwards, plays Dr. Sparky Sweets, PhD, a... read more
“I *breathe* and *live* collaboration. It was natural for me to write about empathy within academia.” – Raul Pacheco-Vega Dr. Raul Pacheco-Vega is an Assistant Professor in the Public Administration Division of the Centre for Economic Research and... read more
The events surrounding Charlie Hebdo offer opportunities to discuss the implications of free speech and to understand religious prohibitions against images. The murder of 12 journalists at the offices of the French satirical newspaper, Charlie Hedbo, in Paris on... read more
“Acclaim helped students to better understand the physical aspect of conducting. They crave instant feedback.” – Ben Caston, Truett McConnell College Ben Caston is the Chair of the Music and Arts Division and Director of at Truett McConnell College... read more
“We first have to ask what kind of world we want, then ask what kind of education system will create that world.” – Jordan Shapiro Jordan Shapiro is a professor at Temple University’s Intellectual Heritage Department, who writes about edTech,... read more
“When I speak & others tweet, I learn a LOT about my own ideas.” – Alexis Lothian, University of Maryland Many academics view Twitter with serious skepticism. At best, it seems difficult to communicate anything of complexity within 140 characters. However,... read more
Students have become more active in their own learning, and experts at sourcing their own information. Students all over the country are looking for a classroom experience where their work is more meaningful and more connected to the world they live in. Information... read more