Internet-based educational framework for the correlation of lessons, resources and assessments to state standards

• US 10,102,765 B2
• Filed: 08/22/2017
• Issued: 10/16/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/08/2002
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: EdGate Correlation Services, LLC
• Original Assignee: EdGate Correlation Services, LLC
• Inventors: Schugren, Sandra, Mitrovich, Mark, Beasley, Benjamin, Nangle, Richard E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Deodhar, Omkar
• Application Number:
  US15/682,925
• Publication Number:
  US 20180025660A1
• Time in Patent Office: 420 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/00 Electrically-operated educational appliances working with questions and answers G09B7/00; simulators G09B9/00; advertising or displaying in general G09F
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/00 Electrically-operated teaching apparatus or devices working with questions and answers mechanically operated G09B3/00; computing arrangements G06F
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/02 of the type wherein the student is expected to construct an answer to the question which is presented or wherein the machine gives an answer to the question presented by a student

Abstract

An apparatus assists educators in selecting achievement tools to meet an applicable one of a plurality of sets of educational standards. A first table holds a plurality of educational standards and a plurality of linked keywords. A second table holds a plurality of achievement tools, such as lesson plans, assessments and resources, and a plurality of linked keywords. A table manipulator program permits an educator to select an educational standard and shows achievement tools applicable to the selected educational standard by having a matching of keywords linked to the achievement tools to keywords linked to the educational standards.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a server computer comprising memory, wherein the memory centrally stores;

a plurality of keywords;

a plurality of standards;

a plurality of user tools;

keyword-to-standard assignments, wherein each of the standards has assigned thereto at least selected ones of the keywords; and

keyword-to-user-tool assignments, wherein each of the user tools has assigned thereto at least selected ones of the keywords;

wherein the server computer is operable to;

publish, over a computer network, a user interface that enables standard selection, wherein the user interface is configured to enable user log-in via a unique identifier;

receive, over the computer network and via the user interface, a selection of a standard from the plurality of standards;

identify each user tool of the plurality of user tools that has at least one keyword in the at least selected ones of the keywords assigned to the user tool that is also within the at least selected ones of the keywords assigned to the selected standard; and

provide, over the computer network and via the user interface, a set of one or more user tools applicable to the selected standard based, at least in part, on the identification.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the server computer is operable to:

receive, over a computer network and via the user interface, a selection of a particular standard of the plurality of standards in relation to a submitted user tool; and

in the memory, automatically assign to the submitted user tool the at least selected ones of the keywords assigned to the particular standard.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the server computer is operable to:

receive, over the computer network and via the user interface, a keyword-assignment revision with respect to a particular user tool of the plurality of user tools; and

in the memory, revise the at least selected ones of the keywords assigned to the particular user tool based, at least in part, on the received keyword-assignment revision.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the standards are defined by discrete jurisdictions to apply to processes within those jurisdictions.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the standards defined by one discrete jurisdiction have similarities to the standards of a different discrete jurisdiction and the keywords assigned to such similar standards are the same.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein at least some of the user tools are generated by users in diverse jurisdictions having differing standards.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the server computer is operable to revise the at least selected ones of the keywords assigned to at least one user tool of the plurality of user tools subsequent to submission of the at least one user tool.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein, as a user tool is user-submitted for a standard of the plurality of standards, keywords assigned to that standard are automatically assigned to the user-submitted user tool.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the server computer is operable to:

permit a user of the apparatus to input a rating for at least one user tool of the plurality of user tools; and

store the input rating for display in association with the at least one user tool.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the server computer is operable to provide a website user interface for enabling a user to access the apparatus over a network.

11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the server computer is operable to provide a user interface that enables an administrator to select only standards pertinent to a user for use by the user.

12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the server computer is operable to filter the standards such that a user is provided only standards deemed pertinent to that user.

13. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the standards comprise educational standards.

14. A method comprising, by a server computer:

centrally storing a plurality of keywords, a plurality of standards and a plurality of user tools;

centrally storing keyword-to-standard assignments, wherein each of the standards has assigned thereto at least selected ones of the keywords;

centrally storing keyword-to-user-tool assignments, wherein each of the user tools has assigned thereto at least selected ones of the keywords;

publishing, over a computer network, a user interface that enables standard selection, wherein the user interface is configured to enable user log-in via a unique identifier;

receiving, over the computer network and via the user interface, a selection of a standard from the plurality of standards;

identifying each user tool having at least one keyword in the at least selected ones of the keywords assigned to the user tool that is also within the at least selected ones of the keywords assigned to the selected standard; and

providing, over the computer network and via the user interface, a set of one or more user tools applicable to the selected standard based, at least in part, on the identification.

15. The method of claim 14, comprising:

receiving, over the computer network and via the user interface, a selection of a particular standard of the plurality of standards in relation to a submitted user tool; and

automatically assigning to the submitted user tool the at least selected ones of the keywords assigned to the particular standard.

16. The method of claim 14, comprising:

receiving, over the computer network and via the user interface, a keyword-assignment revision with respect to a particular user tool of the plurality of user tools; and

revising the at least selected ones of the keywords assigned to the particular user tool based, at least in part, on the received keyword-assignment revision.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the standards are defined by discrete jurisdictions to apply to processes within those jurisdictions.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the standards defined by one discrete jurisdiction have similarities to the standards of a different discrete jurisdiction and the keywords assigned to such similar standards are the same.

19. The method of claim 14, comprising revising the at least selected ones of the keywords assigned to at least one user tool of the plurality of user tools subsequent to submission of the at least one user tool.

20. A computer-program product comprising a non-transitory computer-usable medium having computer-readable program code embodied therein, the computer-readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method comprising:

centrally storing a plurality of keywords, a plurality of standards and a plurality of user tools;

centrally storing keyword-to-standard assignments, wherein each of the standards has assigned thereto at least selected ones of the keywords;

centrally storing keyword-to-user-tool assignments, wherein each of the user tools has assigned thereto at least selected ones of the keywords;

publishing, over a computer network, a user interface that enables standard selection, wherein the user interface is configured to enable user log-in via a unique identifier;

receiving, over the computer network and via the user interface, a selection of a standard from the plurality of standards;

identifying each user tool having at least one keyword in the at least selected ones of the keywords assigned to the user tool that is also within the at least selected ones of the keywords assigned to the selected standard; and

providing, over the computer network and via the user interface, a set of one or more user tools applicable to the selected standard based, at least in part, on the identification.