Learning Village 2.0

Tom Wilkinson, Business Development ManagerHoughton Mifflin Harcourt International Publishers

Welcome & Agenda

• Overview of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

• Learning Village 2.0– Enhances teaching and learning

– Builds community

– Supports accountability

• Learning Village 2.0 and Microsoft Sharepoint– Proven Success

• The Learning Village Difference

Overview of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

• Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) was formed in 2007 by the cumulative acquisition of Riverdeep Interactive Learning, Harcourt Education and Houghton Mifflin.

• HMH is now the 2nd largest education publisher in the world and #1 in the US K-12 education content market.

• HMH leverages our international partner channel for sales and has a reseller/distributor network in over 120 countries, with company headquarters split between Dublin and Boston.

• Total Revenue: $2.7 billion• Number of Customers: over 75,000 worldwide• Employees: over 8000• Industries: Education Publishing & Technology Solutions

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Learning Technology specializesin developing highly engaging, interactive school solutionsthat inspire excellence and innovation in education, and raisestudent achievement.

• HMH has combined the strongest assets in the industry under one umbrella:– Award-winning content and curriculum– Extensive technology-based solutions– 15 years of success in learning platforms

Married all of this with Microsoft SharePoint and .NET technology to create…

Empowering Teaching and Learning

Learning Village 2.0

Enhances Teaching & Learning

Enhances Teaching & Learning

Learning Village 2.0

• Delivers a consistent curriculum and scheme of work to ensure high levels of teacher and student performance.

• Manages online content, resources, instructional programs, video, and professional development content.

• Provides a single point of entry for all teaching and learning resources via single sign-on.

Home Page

Dynamic Planning Calendar

Building Learning Communities

• Facilitates professional learning communities for collaboration, communication, innovation, and instructional planning.

• Provides students (and parents) access to instructional materials and tools for collaboration or social networking.

• Retains teacher content.

• Reduces teachers’ planning time.

Professional Learning Communities

Description Content management

system for teachers and

students

Installed Base 1000+ schools 5 countries

5+ million users

.NET 3.5 Yes

Vista Yes

Windows Server 2008

Yes

SQL Server 2005 Yes

MOSS 2007 Yes

Learning Village 2.0 and Microsoft Sharepoint

Benefits of Microsoft SharePoint and .NET

• Personalizes information based on the role – Student views, Teacher views, SMT Views, Head Teacher

Views, Governor views, Parent views

• Provides a simple, familiar, and consistent user experience • Provides a single point of entry for ALL teaching and

learning resource via single sign-on– Curriculum management – Assessment management– Student information and grade books– MIS integration for business data and reporting– Email and communication

• Enhances collaboration and communication

Learning Village 2.0 and Microsoft Sharepoint

Learning Village School Website

My Site

• Unprecedented online access for:

53,000 teachers; 342,000 students and their parents.

• All content & resources previously shared separately by schools is now accessed through one portal focused on student achievement and learning communities.

Proven Success…

"As a result of Microsoft and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Learning Technology working together to meet our needs, more teachers have been able to effectively tap into the wealth of content and resources across our district to support student learning goals and enrich the learning process."

-- Debbie Karcher, Executive Officer, Information Technology Services, MDCPS

Miami-Dade County Public Schools

The Learning Village Difference• Customised configured solution for school / LA requirements.

• Integrated curriculum, instruction, assessment, and professional development solutions.

• Applications, web parts, and business logic for:– Curriculum Mapping and Alignment– Tracking and analyzing curriculum alignment and usage– Standards management and alignment– Dynamic planning calendars

• Single Sign On for deep linking within the content and API for importing 3rd party content.

• Customised ongoing maintenance, support, updates and upgrades.

• Custom tools to support PCs and Macs

The Learning Village Difference

• Empowers managers, teachers, students, and parents to collaborate and innovate.

• Drives student achievement with data-driven instruction.

• Delivers best-of-breed content to the point of need.

• Improves the experience and results of learning .

• Utilizes a common technology platform .

• Builds the Learning Community.

UK Distribution Partner

• Educational Transformation• Systems Integration• Data Protection & Security• Business Continuity• Accelerated Roll-Out• Implementation Certification• Training

Email: learningvillage@ixassociates.comPhone: +44(0)208 6106031