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| Professional Development reviews |
| Research |
| Video testimonials |
| Awards |
Reviews: User feedback
Don't just take our word for it - hear what our subscribers have to say about Espresso! Find out how teachers, schools and districts have been using the service to support learning in the classroom and the positive impact it has had on their students.
Are you using Espresso? We are always interested in hearing from schools.
Tell us how you are using Espresso in your classroom!
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"Espresso offers a great opportunity for students to see how real life relates to what they are learning. The ability to help differentiate a lesson is a great way to meet all of my students' needs. I feel that my students greatly benefit from what Espresso's team has to offer. The ability to tie in the Common Core with technology is a real advantage in today's education world."
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"The more I use this site the more I find so many ways to use it in my classroom. Current events linked with USA Today articles really assists my students with informational text. My plan is to use News Roundup every Friday for the rest of this school year! The visuals, and various activities my students use, individually or with whole groups using our SMARTBoard, allow students active, not passive learning."
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"We have found Espresso to be an excellent tool for K-5. Classroom teachers and special education team members have made use of the resources to meet the varying needs of our students. The weekly News Roundup has become a tool to address current events and connect learning activities to meaningful content for the students. We are most thankful for this resource and the support which has been provided by the team at Espresso."
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At some recent training sessions we asked users to describe Espresso and how they use it in their classroom.
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"I fell in love with Espresso as an instructional software package. Espresso was appealing to me as a K-5 EC (Exceptional Children) teacher this would help my students a lot. The acivities and videos are extremely user friendly for young children. I love the way the teacher can pull together any resource from Espresso and put in step by step order with objective, notes and instruction all in one place. With Espresso you will never have to create your own lesson plan again. There are lesson ideas already created to address a specific learning outcome - I don't know a teacher that wouldn't love that!"
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"Espresso affords all our teachers the opportunity to expand their lessons into the real world. Personalizing lessons gives our special education teachers a unique handle on servicing the specific needs of their IEP students. I feel our students’ curriculum has been enriched thanks to Espresso and their amazing team!"
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"There have been many benefits to implementing Espresso Elementary within our curriculum! Its cross-curricular approach to reinforcing specific skills makes it easy to correlate interactive lessons with the academic standards. We have used Espresso as a supplement to several of our existing core programs. The activities are structured in such a way that previously learned material is broken into component parts- making Espresso an excellent center for Guided Reading, Kidwriting, or any other blocks of time. I would recommended Espresso without reservation!"
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We asked people who visited our booth at TCEA to describe Espresso in one adjective. View our word cloud to see what they came up with!
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"The content and interface of Espresso support our instructional needs at the elementary level. The modules provide an opportunity for students to guide their own learning while the 'Route creator' provides a chance for teachers to create customized learning paths for both the needs of individual students and entire classrooms. The graphics, accessibility features, and activities engage the students and the continuous development from the supportive company staff is encouraging to our instructional staff."
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"Thank you Espresso!!! We are having a wonderful time learning while using Espresso. We especially enjoy the fact that there is kid friendly current news (News Roundup) to keep us up to date with the world."
Reviews: Professional Development reviews
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The value [in the Online Professional Development course] is that teachers will become more familiar with Espresso making it easy to add to lessons and the curriculum. The transition from the modules to the classroom was quick and efficient. Ideas were easy to implement and I feel like I can get started immediately. The example lessons are simple and engaging - students will not lose interest!
Reviews: Research
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The results are in - and they show that Espresso has a significant positive impact on student performance in math. MIDA Learning Technologies, an educational consultancy organization, has published the results of an 18-month, mixed methods study regarding the efficacy of Espresso in 10 classrooms. Findings showed:
- The students in the experimental group significantly outperformed the control group on the standards-based post-test.
- The students in the experimental group also significantly performed better on the standards-based post-test than the standards-based pre-test.
The statistical data suggests that the use of Espresso as part of the everyday curriculum, even when used for little more than one hour per week, helped students to achieve at higher levels than their counterparts who were taught without Espresso.
All participants in the research study observed that Espresso increased student engagement and focus on the mathematical topics being taught in the classroom. Students were very excited when their time came to work on Espresso and it provided a meaningful learning context resulting in a classroom climate promoting higher student achievement.
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Lancaster University in the UK conducted an independent academic evaluation of Espresso using evidence from over 330 user schools. Findings highlighted three key positive effects:
- Espresso resources encourage deeper and wider learning
- Earlier use of Espresso is associated with higher achievement at the intermediate levels
- Espresso takes 50% less time than Internet resources when selecting, vetting, and assessing a resource on the Internet
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Reviews: Video testimonials
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Rt Hon Michael Gove, UK Secretary of State for Education
Opening the BETT 2012 show, Michael Gove highlighted Espresso as an example of a company that is using technology effectively to bring the curriculum alive.
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Scott Klene, Principal, Lake Villa, IL
Espresso opens up a lot of avenues that we are able to supplement the curriculum with.
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Andrea Vinson, Teacher, Lake Villa, IL
The Lesson Planner is helpful as you are able to differentiate lessons based on what the students have shown you they are capable of.
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Andrea Vinson, Teacher, Lake Villa, IL
We use Espresso on the whiteboard a lot. The modules are helpful because the activities are shorter so the kids are each able to take a turn.
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Lourdes Michael, Teacher, Tampa, FL
What I would say to other teachers who are not using Espresso, is that they definitely need to try it!
Reviews: Awards
We are proud to have been recognized by the following organizations.
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This respected award is given annually to K12 education products nominated by readers of eSchool Media's publications, websites and email newsletters.
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This prestigious acknowledgement is given annually to K12 education products that have supported education innovation and are nominated by school superintendents and district-level directors.
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The EdTech Digest Awards Program recognizes people and companies in and around education for outstanding contributions in transforming education through technology to enrich the lives of learners everywhere.