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Tom Snyder Productions, a Scholastic company, is a leading developer and publisher of educational software for K-12 classrooms. The company was founded more than 25 years ago by Tom Snyder, a former science and music teacher, who pioneered the use of technology in the classroom to enhance teaching and learning. Today we are proud to carry over 125 award-winning software titles covering each curriculum area, developed with strict adherence to our high standards for quality and innovation. Our products help teachers meet curriculum goals and are used in over 400,000 classrooms, improving student performance and understanding.

Our mission is to create innovative software products and professional development services to inspire great teaching and improve student learning.

Software Products
Our innovative software products target some of the most challenging content, skills, and concepts that students must learn. Our products help students build reading comprehension strategies and develop understanding of scientific processes. They help students grasp mathematical concepts, sharpen geography skills, and comprehend historical events and patterns. With our products, teachers and students can construct time lines, maps, and graphs. Students also develop higher-level thinking and problem-solving skills in math, science, social studies, and language arts.

Tom Snyder Productions' strong commitment to educational excellence is reflected in each product we develop. Our product design is grounded in respect for the teacher and the realities of the classroom. We frame our products around best practices and methods that have been proven to work, making it easy for a teacher to integrate these successful instructional approaches into his or her classroom.

Over the last two decades, our products have earned an outstanding reputation among educators that makes Tom Snyder Productions one of the most popular educational software brands in schools. The quality of our products is recognized industrywide, with awards ranging from the Teacher's Choice award, to the Technology & Learning Award of Excellence, to the Software & Information Industry Association's prestigious Codie Award. We're proud to create engaging, easy-to-use software that teachers trust to enhance their core curriculum in meaningful ways.

Professional Development
One of the first companies to recognize the need for teacher training in the use of technology, Tom Snyder Productions has developed a broad range of on-site and online professional development services for teachers, schools, and districts. Our popular on-site workshops have helped more than 175,000 teachers nationwide learn to integrate technology effectively into the curriculum. On-site workshop topics include Weaving Technology into Your Teaching, Using Technology to Meet State Standards, and Assessing Student Achievement Using Technology.

Software Collaboration Partnerships
We are honored to be affiliated with these esteemed institutions, all of which have made significant and lasting contributions to education through their research in the fields of science, history, technology, and the arts.

American Museum of Natural History NASA
The Arnold Arboretum at Harvard University Princeton University
CAST (Center for Applied Special Technology) The Smithsonian Institution
Columbia University Stanford University
The Jane Goodall Institute    


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Corporate Partnerships
We are also proud to be partnered with the following businesses, known internationally for their leadership and for their unwavering commitment to quality.

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Tom Snyder
Tom Snyder first ventured into the world of educational software while teaching in the late 1970's. Using his love of teaching and knowledge of technology, he developed innovative ways to use a computer in his classroom. Tom Snyder's cutting edge vision has been to design educational software that would enhance the teaching process, not dominate it. Today, Tom Snyder Productions continues this mission of creating software for teachers who love to teach.
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