"During this transition, we remain committed to our mission of enhancing learning through innovation and will continue to support both product lines," said Darrell Ward, CEO of eInstruction®. "We are also working closely with our customers to ensure that we integrate our products, communities and resources to best meet their needs and enhance teaching and learning."
Together, the combined companies will provide a powerful advantage for the education community by offering:
- New integrated technology solutions aimed at increasing student engagement and outcomes;
- An expanded K-20 global community of users to collaborate and share best practices;
- Exceptional customer support and training resources.
Nearly two million students in over 60,000 classrooms use eInstruction®’s software and hardware products across the country. Interwrite Learning™ offers a wide range of interactive solutions with 250,000 systems in use in classrooms in over more than 100 countries. The company also has a strong presence in the higher education market.
The agreement includes the acquisition of GTCO CalComp, a subsidiary of Interwrite Learning™. The combined company will be headquartered in Denton, Texas; with offices located in Columbia, MD; Scottsdale, AZ; Cincinnati, OH and Paris, France.
eInstruction® was represented by Goodwin Procter LLP while Interwrite Learning™ was represented by Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP and advised by Berkery, Noyes & Co., LLC during the acquisition. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
About eInstruction®
eInstruction® pioneered the first student
response system for the education market
during the 1980s. Its Classroom Performance
System (CPS) provides instructors and
students with real-time feedback on
comprehension during instruction. Today CPS
remains the leading student response system
in education, being used with over 1.5
million students in more than 60,000 K-12
classrooms and over 400,000 students in more
than 400 colleges and universities.
In 2006, eInstruction® acquired FSCreations and integrated its ExamView® and Learning Series software and content platforms so instructors can seamlessly use publisher and proprietary question banks in lesson plans, quizzes and tests with eInstruction technology. The result is an integrated system for instruction and assessment with real-time feedback.
eInstruction®. www.einstruction.com
About Interwrite Learning™
Interwrite Learning™ traces its roots to the
development of high performance digitizers
for use in construction and estimating
markets in the 1970’s. Interwrite™ later
applied the basic principles of that
technology to its first electromagnetic
interactive whiteboard to provide
interactive solutions to the education
market.
Interwrite™ developed and later patented the first mobile teacher slate for education and continues to be the leader in that product category. Interwrite’s education portfolio also includes its PRS student response system, award-winning instructional software Interwrite™ Workspace and interactive learning objects. Today, Interwrite Learning™ offers its education solutions in 40 languages with 250,000 systems operating in classrooms worldwide.
Interwrite Learning™. www.interwritelearning.com