Earlier today, Sibling
Group Holdings reported that its subsidiary Urban Planet Mobile™ (“UPM”) will
be implementing its web-based writing practice tool, Writing Planet™, through a
partnership with Integrative Counseling Services Limited to work with Lok Sin
Tong Schools in Hong Kong, China.
Lok Sin Tong, a non-profit
organization running 14 schools with total enrollments of more than 9,000, will
use the technology of Writing Planet for several schools. This initiative’s
purpose is to help students better prepare for the Hong Kong Diploma of
Secondary Education (HKDSE) final exam, which is an exam taken by all
college-bound high school seniors. According today’s release, emphasis on the
English portion of the HKDSE exam has led to increased performance requirements
among students indicating growing importance of English skills in that part of
the world.
“There is a growing
emphasis in the HKDSE on English language proficiency, and in particular
competencies-based skills such as reading and writing,” stated Peppina Tse,
Vice President of Integrative Counselling Services Limited. “Improving writing
skills can be the most difficult task. It has been proven that more writing
practice with immediate feedback using programs such as Writing Planet can lead
to improved scores.”
The need for Writing
Planet comes down to the issue of capacity and student management. Lok Sin Tong
secondary schools programs require students to write numerous compositions per
semester, each of which require careful grading and feedback from the teacher.
This amount of grading is a full load for teachers, who are looking for
innovative ways to help students get more opportunities to practice and
improve.
“Last year we implemented
online reading assessment technology at Lok Sin Tong Yu Kan Hing Secondary
School and Lok Sin Tong Young Ko Hsiao Lin Secondary School, Lok Sin Tong Ku
Chiu Man Secondary School and Lok Sin Tong Leung Chik Wai Memorial School. The
results were so promising that we have now implemented the technology
system-wide,” commented Jackson Mak, an Education Consultant for Lok Sin Tong Young
Ko Hsiao Lin Secondary School. “We see Writing Planet as addressing a similar
need to support our teachers in writing instruction. Teachers need powerful
tools to enhance their own instruction and teaching, and Writing Planet
addresses these needs.”
“We are thrilled to be
working with Lok Sin Tong Schools to help students improve their writing skills
and prepare for the HKDSE,” added Brian Oliver Smith, Co-founder of Urban
Planet Mobile and CEO of Sibling Group. “Working with institutional partners who
are willing to take a creative approach to improving the level of teaching and
learning through innovative online tools is what makes the work we do
exciting.”
Writing Planet is
currently used by English language learners in the United States and throughout
the world in over a dozen countries. In 2013, Writing Planet scored over
700,000 written works through the Writing Planet platform. Writing Planet is
powered by the essay-scoring technology, Project Essay Grade™ (PEG), and is the
only online writing assessment tool to be nominated for the prestigious CODiE
award for best ELL solution.
For more information on
Sibling Group Holdings, visit www.siblinggroup.com
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