Press Release: Flocabulary Debuts Student Assessments And Reporting Tools For Back To School

Press Release: Flocabulary Debuts Student Assessments and Reporting Tools for Back to School

Brooklyn, N.Y., July 21, 2015 – Today Flocabulary announced the launch of a new suite of features to help teachers, schools and districts assess student knowledge and diagnose needs for differentiation and intervention. In addition to the educational hip-hop videos and interactive activities Flocabulary is known for, each instructional unit now features an auto-graded formative assessment for students. Updated features include a new dashboard for teachers to assign units and analyze student results to inform their instruction. "Teachers have enjoyed using Flocabulary’s videos and activities to engage students and supplement instruction across the curriculum," says Flocabulary co-founder and CEO Alex…

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The Week In Rap Extra: Read All About It!

The Week in Rap Extra: Read All About It!

Here at Flocab HQ, we’ve been thinking a lot about the news topics that seem to come up week to week. For every Week in Rap video we release, we try to make sure to give you a quick summary of a bunch of major headlines - and sometimes, we don’t have time to dive deep into the larger, important issues (we’re working with a two-minute rap video, you know?!). That’s why we’ve decided to kick off a new type of video - the Week in Rap Extra. With this series, we’re providing a more in-depth resource to help explain…

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Press Release: Flocabulary Raps Top 10 Reasons To Code For Computer Science Education Week

Press Release: Flocabulary Raps Top 10 Reasons to Code for Computer Science Education Week

Brooklyn, N.Y., December 2, 2014 - “Coders change the world when they’re puttin' in the work.” It’s just one of many reasons to code, according to Flocabulary’s newest educational hip-hop video. In time for this year’s Computer Science Education Week, Flocabulary announces a free video highlighting the top ten reasons to code to engage students in computer science. Computer Science Education Week takes place this year December 8-14, and is an initiative led by Code.org to encourage students to become interested in computer science. With “Top Ten Reasons to Code,” Flocabulary hopes to contribute to the movement of making coding…

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Press Release: Wisconsin Media Lab Selects Flocabulary’s The Week In Rap As New Resource For Wisconsin Educators And Students

Press Release: Wisconsin Media Lab Selects Flocabulary’s The Week in Rap as New Resource for Wisconsin Educators and Students

Brooklyn, N.Y., August 4, 2014 - Flocabulary, an online library of educational hip-hop songs and videos, announces that its The Week in Rap series has been selected by Wisconsin Media Lab as a new resource to be made available for all educators and students in the state. Starting August 1, Flocabulary’s original weekly current events series for kids is available to Wisconsin residents at WIMediaLab.org, as a result of a unique licensing partnership. “We are absolutely thrilled to be partnering with Wisconsin Media Lab, an organization that shares our commitment to providing students and teachers with access to high-quality educational…

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What’s New On Flocabulary.com?

What’s new on Flocabulary.com?

We are SO excited to finally share our new website, which is lookin' fresh from its back-to-school makeover. You'll probably notice that everything is prettier, but there have been some major feature upgrades as well. Make sure you check out all of the handy new tools in our toolbox!: 1. CCSS Alignment Guide We know that Common Core alignment is a major concern for many of our teachers. That's why we made it easier than ever to browse Flocabulary units by Common Core standard. With our new Standards Alignment guide, you can browse by ELA or math as well as…

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