The Acclaim Blog
Acclaim Security and Encryption
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’...
Acclaim Now Integrates With All LMS Providers
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 your...
DITCH THAT TEXTBOOK: Matt Miller on creating a digital, student-friendly, infinitely adaptable curriculum
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...
Using Education to Serve the Individual: A Conversation with Steve Hargadon (Part 2 of 2)
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...
Using Education to Serve the Individual: A Conversation with Steve Hargadon (Part 1 of 2)
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...
Thug Notes: Classic Literature Explained by a Gangster Rapper
“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 gangster professor who delivers...
#ScholarSunday: @RaulPacheco on Promoting Connectedness and Empathy Amongst the Social Media Literate
"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 Teaching, CIDE...
Charlie Hebdo: The Events and Context in 12 Videos
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...
Music Education Students Get Instant Feedback In Conducting Classes
"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 in Cleveland,...
Using the education system to create the world we want: A conversation with Jordan Shapiro (Forbes)
"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, game-based learning,...
25 Interesting Observations About How Academics Use Twitter
“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,...
10 Tips for Helping Students to Curate Video Collections
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...