SAN DIEGO, CA--Today EDmin, Inc. announced Journeys, a breakthrough approach to motivating and engaging students in learning. As students explore destinations from working on a school project to choosing a career interest, Journeys will give them a central place to set goals and manage the lifelong journey of learning.

Journeys further expands the powerful capabilities of INSPIRE, an enterprise-level educational management solution with role-based insight into student performance. INSPIRE Assessment, Reporting and Resources have long helped teachers advance student learning, while giving administrators clear insight into student performance. Journeys will engage students in setting goals and navigating their own path to success.

Journeys is based on research that tells us goal-setting increases student motivation, which is a central part of a student’s learning experience. With an interface that encourages daily check-in, students can set academic goals, manage milestones and connect with teachers. Students can also manage personal goals and share resources with peers.

“Learning becomes more relevant when students experience the connection between what they are studying today and the mastery of skills they will need for their life and career journey,” said EDmin CEO Peter Sibley. “Students can take responsibility for setting goals and tracking their progress, yet they can access support from teachers, peers and family. Their motivation is greater when they have a 360-degree view of their progress and can see the value of reaching a goal.”

Because the product release can be integrated with INSPIRE, administrators and teachers will be able to truly personalize each student’s learning experience, while meeting a district’s learning targets and objectives. Gaps in learning can be assessed with an online test builder and student data can be analyzed to inform instruction.

Recommendations are available for standards-aligned resources and assignment directly to a class, a group or an individual student.

Journeys connects concepts students are learning with the skills needed in school or in a career journey, using a patented process for alignment of concepts to standards. The concept mapping, developed by EdGate Correlation Services, a division of EDmin, also makes it easy for educators and students to access digital content that is meaningful to a student’s journey.

See the series of research papers on innovations that inspire motivation reposted from the Center for Educational

As part of INSPIRE, Journeys is built on an open platform so it can easily integrate with partner solutions. Sharing the solution through partnerships supports EDmin’s mission of advancing student motivation and achievement for all students.

About EDmin
EDmin, Inc. is dedicated to helping educators and working with our partners to advance student achievement. EDmin’s flagship product, INSPIRE, is an enterprise-level educational management solution. INSPIRE provides transparency for student outcomes and tools and resources to support student learning, so educational leaders can align an entire organization to their unique plan for student success. EDmin also offers state-specific solutions, such as LCAP for clients in California.

EDmin has provided instructional and data management systems to the national and international markets for more than 23 years. EdGate Correlation Services, a division of EDmin, delivers service and data products to more than 200 educational publishers.