How to engage students who think learning is boring
Learning is meant to be an incredible journey and an endless source of “aha!” moments. But let’s face it, sometimes, it doesn’t feel like it and it’s hard to engage Read more…
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What You Need to Know About LiteracyPlanet’s Learning Principles
At LiteracyPlanet, our mission is to create an exceptional learning experience that’s treasured by educators and students alike. To achieve this, we lean on fundamental learning principles that maintain the Read more…
Meet the word building superstars of 2023
And that’s a wrap for another huge Word Mania competition! Word Mania 2023 saw students from all over the world (78 countries in fact) compete in the largest online word-building Read more…
Increase your Word Mania 2023 chances
Word Mania. It’s more than just one game. It’s Word Mania time again and students and schools from all over the world are going crazy for the fun and popular Read more…
All the reasons why we loved 2022
2022 was the year school went back to some kind of normalcy after two years of being upended, some of us became crazed over Wordle, the UK and the Commonwealth Read more…
Meet the 2022 Educator Wall of Fame winners
As 2022 presented the opportunity for schooling to go back to a semi-normal situation, one thing that’s very clear is that educators the world over stepped up. You created new Read more…
How LiteracyPlanet is making education more accessible
Two big things have happened in LiteracyPlanet this week. The introduction of a free membership level and a new tool that will change how you determine students’ literacy proficiency. Let’s explain Read more…
LiteracyPlanet named winner in Service Provider Awards
It’s not nice to brag, but please grant us a wee moment to announce our delight in being named winners in The Educator Service Providers Awards 2022. In the category Read more…
Latest Product Updates – August 2022
As LiteracyPlanet continues to evolve, you may see some slight changes when you next log in. Read on for the latest updates we’ve made. Student Logout Button Moved In Read more…
A healthier way to learn: Teaching literacy in Health and Physical Education
Ever considered how learning to kick a ball or run a track, or how lessons in healthy lifestyles relate to literacy? Teaching literacy in Health and Physical Education has gained Read more…
Three very special articles published in Intrepizine
One thing is for certain, there are some imaginative and well-researched students out there! Thank you to the hundreds of students who participated in our Intrepizine writing competition—you gave our Read more…
Phonemes to Photosynthesis: Teaching Literacy in Science
Literacy and Science. They really are best buds in the classroom as they enrich a student’s education by enabling them to learn, dive deeper, comprehend and participate more productively in Read more…
New Teacher and Administrator Dashboards
LiteracyPlanet is now easier to use for both teachers and administrators, with a new-look dashboard that will help with navigation and save time. In school accounts, the dashboards for teachers Read more…
How to teach literacy in primary schools
How to teach literacy in primary schools is a question that has been asked for decades. Pedagogical ideas may change, or morph, and schools will develop their own approaches to Read more…
Calling all budding young writers!
Hello young writers! LiteracyPlanet is excited to announce the inaugural Intrepizine Writing Competition. Open to students from years 3 to 10, the competition has been created to encourage students Read more…
Igniting students’ interest in storytelling
Introducing Storyverse The LiteracyPlanet Storyverse is the next evolution in our platform’s history. Teachers needed to expand their students’ learning experience. Students needed to be engaged in their learning in Read more…
2022 Word Mania Champs Crowned
Word Mania 2022 was our biggest one yet. For participation, activity and scores! What other competition has students building over 103 MILLION words!? We have been blown away, dazzled and Read more…
How important is engagement when it comes to Edtech?
The power of engagement in Edtech A teacher will be the first to say that engagement is the key to getting their students focusing, enjoying and learning course content. This Read more…
The Wordle on the street about literacy
There’s a new game in town. And at LiteracyPlanet we love it! Wordle has taken the world by storm with it’s oh-so-simple interface, one primary driving concept, and a tasty Read more…
Competition’s the word. Word Mania 2022 begins.
It’s time to sharpen those word-building skills! The planet’s biggest, funnest* online literacy competition for schools, WORD MANIA, has begun. Compete against other schools to share in $150,000 worth of Read more…
