Amazon’s TenMarks Helps Students Improve Writing Skills
Amazon, which has been making a push into the education market, is expanding its efforts on that front. On Wednesday, (Aug. 23) it launched a new curriculum from TenMarks, the education company it acquired a few years back.
According to a report in TechCrunch TenMarks had focused on math lessons but is now offering an online curriculum for teachers to help students improve their writing skills. According to the report, the new curriculum includes a writing coach, resources for teachers and so-called bursts, which are short writing prompts. The burst can be used by teachers as practice or supplemental activities, noted the report. One of the key features of the new class is the Writing Coach digital assistant, reported TechCrunch. The digital assistant helps students through the process of writing longer pieces like essays and will provide tips on organizing an essay and choosing the words for it, among other things. The software, noted the report, will be a subscription, with teachers also able to purchase it on their own to use with their students. The software costs $8 per student each month when purchased as a bundle with the math curriculum.
