The San Francisco-based educational technology startup
Clever launched in 2012
with a tool that integrated new software with student information automatically.
Last May, it added a new feature to the program, providing teachers and
students with access to more than 100 software programs with a single username
and password.
Now, Clever is partnering with the American Federation of
Teachers (AFT) to allow teachers to use the single-sign-in technology to access
thousands of free, teacher-generated course materials through the AFT’s free
online Share My Lesson site.
AFT’s platform provides teachers with a place to find
open educational resources to use for their lessons. On the other hand, students
can use Clever’s single-sign-in function to access a variety of free online
tools, such as a web-based graphing calculator, an online computer-programming
course, and a program that teaches used to type faster.
“There’s all this really incredible content available
online for free that schools would love to use if it were just easier,” Tyler
Bosmey, founder and CEO of Clever, told Digital Education.