LOS ANGELES (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — GoGuardian, the leading company providing proven solutions to create effective, engaging and safer learning environments, today introduced a unified ecosystem for its curriculum and instructional products under a new name: Pear platform learning.
Available now to school districts nationwide, Pear Deck Learning offers a comprehensive ecosystem of tools for instruction, engagement, assessment, and intervention that are rooted in science learning and designed to help classrooms K-12, both teachers and students, to reach their full potential.
Pear Deck Learning comes as educators look for ways to close pandemic-related learning gaps while leveraging educational technologies to save time, support planning, and better enable the most important part of their work: drive positive learning outcomes. In a recent nationally representative survey1, one in four educators expressed difficulty connecting data points from different educational technology tools to generate actionable insights. Pear Deck Learning solves this by offering an ecosystem of integrated tools for a dynamic and enriching classroom experience.
The Pear Deck Learning ecosystem includes Pear evaluationformerly known as Edulastic; pear cover, the iconic and widely used educational product; Pear Deck Tutor, formerly TutorMe; and pear practice, formerly Giant's Steps. Collectively, these tools are already used by more than 21 million students and 1.1 million educators across the United States.
“Pear Deck Learning is the culmination of nearly a decade of work to understand the needs and challenges of students and educators at every stage of the learning journey,” said Advait Shinde, CEO and co-founder of GoGuardian. “Millions of students already use our tools as part of their education, but we knew we could create an experience that was even more supportive, easy to use, and flexible for each student's unique needs. Pear Deck Learning delivers on this promise and aims to support millions more students through its integrated ecosystem of engaging and effective learning experiences.”
Jamie Ehrhart, head of marketing at GoGuardian, added: “The introduction of Pear Deck Learning expands the beloved Pear Deck platform, weaving a synchronized collection of products that integrate with every facet of the learning environment. “Educators have long embraced Pear Deck as a source of fun, excitement and wonder in the classroom, and we are thrilled to infuse the entire Pear Deck Learning ecosystem with the same joy of learning.”
Pear Deck Learning enables educators to assess progress, provide real-time feedback, offer personalized instruction and practice, and foster inclusive and engaging learning experiences for every student through:
- Pear evaluation – A versatile assessment tool, already supporting more than 6.5 million students, that provides educators with insights into student learning and mastery of standards from a set of clear visualizations and reports.
- pear cover – An interactive presentation platform designed to improve interaction and engagement between teachers and students, offering real-time feedback and personalized instruction. Pear Deck is used by more than 760,000 educators and supports more than 14.2 million students.
- Pear Deck Tutor – An on-demand tutoring platform that connects students of all levels with high-quality one-on-one tutoring tailored to their unique learning style. Pear Deck Tutor has delivered over 1.1 million live tutoring sessions and 778,000 hours of live 1:1 tutoring.
- pear practice – A gamified learning experience that facilitates differentiated practice, reinforcing a growth mindset and fostering collaboration through standards-aligned curricula and reporting, enhancing differentiated instruction and helping accelerate student mastery. More than 114,000 students and 57,500 educators have already created an account on Pear Practice.
When combined, Pear Deck Learning's easy-to-use tools create a powerful support solution for teachers and students that extends beyond the capabilities of the individual applications. The solutions will also integrate with other industry-leading tools and provide connected data sets that provide actionable insights to influence teacher planning.
Google, which offers leading technologies upon which many of GoGuardian's classroom innovations are based, welcomed Pear Deck Learning with praise for its integrated approach:
“GoGuardian consistently delivers innovative and effective solutions that meet educators' most pressing needs. “Its integrations into a number of Google for Education tools, including Chromebooks, Google Workspace for Education, and Google Cloud, have enabled exciting new advancements with generative ai,” said Alisa Sommer O’Hara, global head of technology partnerships and programs. Google educational. “The Pear Deck Learning ecosystem now makes it easier than ever for educators to leverage GoGuardian learning products to drive positive student outcomes, and Google is proud to continue partnering with GoGuardian to bring these solutions to classrooms. everyone”.
Teacher Laurie Joseph, an English language arts instructor for students in grades six through eight in the Tempe Elementary School District in Arizona, added her perspective on the classroom: “Having an ecosystem of educational technology tools makes everything more cohesive.” . And it helps me know that everything from practice sets to assessments will be aligned with our lessons. “This will truly be a one-stop shop for teachers.”
For more information and to inquire about purchasing Pear Deck Learning for your school district, visit peardeck.com.
About GoGuardian
GoGuardian aims to help all students feel prepared and inspired to solve the world's biggest challenges by combining the best in science and technology learning into every part of the K-12 learning journey. School leaders rely on our award-winning system of educational tools, including GoGuardian Admin, Beacon, and Teacher to support student safety and productivity, and Pear Deck Learning for curriculum and instruction, to promote effective teaching and equitable participation, while empowering educators to help keep students safe. Get more information at goguardian.com.
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