Alchemyin theNews:November

Well, November flew by and jettisoned us into the Holiday Season! Alchemy's SmartBinder Flip, the free, cloud-based lesson binder that helps teachers build, deliver, and capture data on di ital lessons, continued to receive reco nition and user adoption, and, in addition, we pushed some e!citin new features to private beta! "ead more below#

More SmartBinder Reviews!

Alchemy's Smart$inder %lip &beta', released this fall, was ran(ed )*+ on the ,-op .++ /ducational Sites0Apps *+.1, by 2avid 3apular of Technology Tidbits and Tech & Learning! 3apular writes that Smart$inder is "an excellent site for creating a digital lesson w/ any kind of content. Once this lesson is created it can be shared w/ students via a URL and can be used to "flip a classroom." 4hec( out the full list of *+.1's -op .++ edtech tools and sites here5 "ichard $yrne of Free Technology for Teachers listed Smart$inder %lip as one of five online tools that help teachers ali n to 4ommon 4ore5 He hi hli hts Smart$inder's Standard 6ine that allows teachers to 7dra -and-drop8 ta their lessons to 4ommon 4ore or customi9able standards5 4hec( out $yrne's post here5 %inally, Future Teachers Learning Together, a product /lon :niversity's education pro ram reviewed Smart$inder %lip and reported that "thanks to the vast online resources that are out there for teachers there is a way for teachers to create interactive lesson plans online " and they "hope that you think !lchemy "mart#inder is as great a tool as $they% do&" "ead their full detailed review here5 We love feedbac( from emer in teachers so (eep it comin !

Alchemy in the News

As reported by citybizlist, Betamore and Alchemy ;earnin led a discussion on educational technolo y and web-based application development with a roup of educators from the :(raine5 -he educators consisted of Open World-sponsored professors from the :(rainian universities and were hosted in $altimore by the World Trade Center Institute "ead more about the e!chan e here5 Alchemy travelled to the $altimore 4onvention 4enter on November <th for the *+.< AIMS Conference, which consisted of teachers and educators from

was r! a"id #agleman, a >u enheim fellow, N? -imes $estseller, and director of ;aboratory for @erception and Action at the $aylor 4olle e of 6edicine5 /a leman8s research and (eynote centered on the impact of unconscious neural functionin on learnin 5 An November ..th, Alchemy sponsored the door pri9e, a new 4hromeboo(, at #dcamp Baltimore $%&, which too( place at Bohns Hop(ins :niversity5 -he conference was e!tremely well attended with hundreds of teachers and educators from the $altimore-area and beyond attendin 5 A number of reat dialo ues and sessions ensued on topics ran in from the $lended 4lassroom, to @roject $ased ;earnin , to %lippin @rofessional 2evelopment, and 6a(erspaces5

What's Ahead?

%ollowin on the heels of the release of SmartBinder Collaborate to private beta for the fall semester, which builds upon Smart$inder %lip with robust curricular structure and teacher collaboration, we're e!cited to announce the release of SmartBinder #ngage to our pilots5 Smart$inder /n a e is seamlessly inte rated with Smart$inder 4ollaborate, features student portals, and empower teachers with tools for assi nment and assessment creation, delivery, radin , and mana ement5 Ne!t-up for private beta is SmartBinder Teams, seamlessly inte rated portals for teams of faculty members to collaboratively mana e shared resources! 'lchemy Learning, founded in *+.* in $altimore, 62, creates cloud-based, datadriven learnin C curriculum mana ement tools for teachers and schools5 Alchemy recently released SmartBinder Flip &beta', the free, cloud-based lesson binder which allows teachers to build and deliver di ital lessons and capture valuable feedbac( on class en a ement and understandin 5 SmartBinder Collaborate, SmartBinder #ngage, and SmartBinder Teams are presently in private-beta5 4reate your free Smart$inder %lip account and launch the new tutorial at alchemylearnin 5com5