Digital Learning Subscriptions

We want to make sure you are aware of the Digital Learning Subscriptions available to districts at discounted pricing through the Region 5 Education Service Center.

These tools are more relevant than ever in 2025-26 and will empower you and your teachers to provide the best learning opportunities possible to your students, rather it be remotely or in the classroom.

Contact Janna Smith for a quote on any of these incredible tools.

jannas@esc5.net

DMAC Solutions was developed and is maintained entirely in-house by a team of software engineers and education content specialists at the Region 7 Education Service Center.

The web-based applications provided by DMAC exist to supply Texas educators with state-of-the-art tools and services necessary to develop and improve the quality of education provided to students. This allows for more time with students and less time planning, testing, grading and disaggregating data.

TEKSbank questions are designed based on an in-depth analysis of the TEKS, the STAAR released items, and assessment best practices. The questions can be used by teachers and administrators to build assessments in an online application.

We offer tech-enhanced items, writing assessment items in all content areas, cross-curricular passages, online integration to your data management systems, and so much more!

TEKSbank Classroom provides quick access to the TEKSbank content you love in your LMS. We know that data is only as good as the tool used to collect it, and we believe TbC is that tool. With TbC, teachers can build TEKS-aligned formative assessments that provide quick, actionable, and student-friendly data.

BrainPOP is a group of educational websites with over 1,000 short animated movies for students in grades K-12 (ages 6 to 17), together with quizzes and related materials, covering the subjects of science, social studies, English, math, engineering and technology, health, and arts and music.

BrainPOP Jr. 24/7: K-3 Gently encourages young learners to ask questions and form their own ideas. STEM • Social Studies • Reading/Writing • Health • Arts

BrainPOP 24/7: The Flagship resource, for upper elementary and middle schoolers. STEM • Social Studies • English • Health • Arts & Music

BrainPOP ELL: Proficiency-based English language learning program appropriate for all ages. Vocabulary • Grammar • Listening • Reading & Writing

BrainPOP Science: Includes movies that introduce you to how the world works, from breakthrough scientists to cellular life, matter and motion, and even the weather!

Also available: Elementary and Middle School Package and BrainPOP Espanol

Explore our treasury of high-quality content resources that span all subjects, grades, and relevant topics of interest, with built-in language and literacy support. Every month, we add hundreds of new content resources to answer the need for timely, relevant teaching opportunities. We also work closely with trusted content partners to deliver unique experiences like Virtual Field Trips, career explorations, and behind-the-scenes at global organizations. Build engaging activities right from the Video Player, then assign or share directly with students and other colleagues. Use Studio to design creative activities, present engaging lessons, and collaborate with students. Promote active learning in the classroom and check student understanding at strategic moments with the Ask Live Quiz, Standard Quiz, and Video Quiz. Join the Discovery Education Experience for access to 200.000+ additional digital assets, ELAR, Math, Science, and Social Studies Interactives, and additional foreign language content, as well as the Coding Curriculum Pack.

Discovery Education member LEAs who also utilize TEXGuides benefit from full access to linked content.

A supplemental digital resource that enriches science instruction by providing educators and students with inquiry-based, interactive digital content. Must subscribe to DEX before Science Supplemental can be added.

Discovery Education Science™ provides educators and students with many benefits, including

• Provides students with leveled informational science text and reading passages specific to standard content areas

• Takes students beyond theory to the more engaging world of practical demonstrations and explorations

• Addresses multiple learning styles through resources such as leveled reading passages, e-books, Fun-Damentals, and engaging video segments

• Helps students learn to interpret data, draw conclusions supported by this data, and practice important math skills with Virtual Labs and Explorations

• Tracks students’ understanding with online selected response assessments or Brief Constructed Responses (BCR), which includes teacher scoring tools

• Encourages additional learning by enabling students to access middle school level resources on particular topics

Some of the key features of Discovery Education Science™ include

• e-Book Reading Passages: Leveled informational science text and reading passages specific to each content area with audio support

• Fun-Damentals: Gain the basic background knowledge necessary to begin study of a science topic through an inquiry-based introduction with audio support

• Virtual Labs: Inquiry-based exploration of investigative design and science process skills at two levels of difficulty with audio support

• Interactive Glossary: Dynamic explanations of hundreds of science terms that engage student minds through animations, video, images, and more

• Interactive Videos: Students can click on hotspots during a selected video clip to learn additional information and to reinforce a learning point in a highly-engaging format

• Integrated Science Simulations: From Discovery Education's award-winning CD-ROM collection, students can explore situations from a variety of science perspectives

• Explorations: Explore a given concept to gain a greater understanding of how models work and how changing different inputs affects an outcome

• Science Sleuths: Students solve open-ended science mysteries using clues and resources such as interviews, photos, articles, graphics, and more

Video-based, open-and-go core and mini lessons, driven by questions from real students, guide the exploration of the world around us and inspire curiosity. Through hands-on science and engineering activities, Mystery Science makes science fun to learn, easy to teach, and memorable for all, in person or at a distance.

Pear Deck Learning is a powerful ecosystem of education tools that assess progress, offer real-time feedback, and provide the differentiated instruction and gamified practice that keeps students engaged and excelling.

Create engaging content you can tailor to your teaching and students' interests.

Introducing Instant Pear Decks! Powered by generative AI, Instant Pear Decks takes any topic, standard, or existing materials and transforms them into interactive lessons.

Pear Practice offers collaborative game experiences for classrooms, plus personalized learning tracks for solo practice, giving every student a chance to succeed.

Pear Assessment is a versatile platform that combines ease-of-use with the customization required to deploy common assessments at scale.

Pear Deck Tutor helps schools, districts, colleges, and universities deliver better personalized learning experiences. We connect learners with the right tutors at the right time, creating better outcomes for everyone.

Sirius Education Solutions is a Texas-based publisher that focuses exclusively on supplemental TEKS-based instructional materials. Sirius provides digital learning resources for all 20 STAAR-tested courses in grade 3 through End-of-Coure (EOC). In the last 10+ years, Sirius has helped over 500 Texas school districts better align their taught curriculum with how the TEKS are tested in STAAR 2.0, so students learn exactly what they need to know and do to succeed on the test.

Sirius supplemental resources were designed to be easy to use with core adopted resources to fill instructional and student learning gaps with essential TEKS instruction and STAAR 2.0 practice. And Sirius supports a wide range of student needs and multiple use cases.

Sirius Online is a high-quality, flexible, and affordable solution that supports and supplements TEKS-based instruction for all 20 STAAR-tested courses for STAAR 2.0 for grades 3 through EOC. Our system ensures that your instruction aligns seamlessly with the most tested TEKS while emphasizing STAAR-tested thinking. With Sirius, you can streamline TEKS instruction, providing your students with targeted learning experiences and authentic STAAR 2.0 practice.

The Sirius STAAR Assessment Bank & Test Builder, a resource for administrators to create robust benchmarks and common assessments that align with the STAAR 2.0 rigor, context, and format. The Sirius platform offers intuitive online tools designed to support the year-round creation of authentic

checkpoints and benchmarks, covering all 20 STAAR-tested subjects and grades. With our expansive test bank, leaders can build authentic STAAR assessments delivered in an online platform that closely matches Cambium to generate high-quality data.

TexQuest provides access to authoritative digital resources for educators, students, and students' immediate families in Texas K-12 public schools and open-enrollment charter schools.

Looking for an approved option for Cybersecurity Awareness training and Compliance training?

Heroic Package: Cybersecurity Awareness, All Compliance, Technology, G/T and Substitute Teacher courses

Heroic / Custom Combo Package: Heroic package plus access to upload, manage, and distribute custom content.

Student Portal: Access to student courses including Bullying/Cyberbullying, Mental Health, and Vaping

Eduhero aims to help school districts and businesses learn material through engaging on-demand courses. Eduhero strives to provide activities, videos, and questions that you would never see in another online course or face-to-face training. Eduhero also pushes the boundaries for online professional development by giving you the ability to take all this from the comfort of your own home.

Eduhero is made by Texas educators for Texas educators. Our course catalog is determined by our members and built to meet the needs of Texas schools. Many of our districts still have their own course development program, but use Eduhero to meet their statewide needs while using their staff to meet their own local needs.

Region 5 ESC is excited to partner with ClassLink as an Ambassador!

Through this partnership, Region 5 districts get a 10% purchase discount off standard pricing on ClassLink licenses.

Visit this link to get your ESC 5 discount: https://www.classlink.com/discounts/esc-region-5

Create an environment where education and technology work together so learning can flourish. From access and analytics to cybersecurity and identity management, ClassLink’s affordable and reliable solutions help you use technology in ways that promote and support learning. See why over 2,600 school systems love learning with ClassLink.

AristotleK12 is the modern, all-in-one EdTech solution built to take the complexity out of managing student technology. Delivered through a user-friendly interface, AristotleK12 encompasses student-centric filtering, asset utilization and reporting, student behavior analytics, and classroom management. Compatible with a variety of device types, as well as integrations with Google, Active Directory, and many student information systems, AristotleK12 provides the convenience and flexibility needed when managing student technology. AristotleK12 is made to make life easier.

GoGuardian helps your distrcit get the most out of your Chromebooks with fully customizable web filtering and monitoring, and versatile in-classroom teaching tools. With GoGuardian, you will provide your district with a complete Chromebook management solution to compliment your hardware sales.

Linewize combines world leading technology with world leaders in online safety education, IT administration, teaching and student safeguarding. Our aim is to help schools, students and families develop better digital habits and better communities.

• Hybrid-Cloud Filtering
• Classroom Management
• Student Threat Detection
• Wellbeing Analytics
• Parent App...and More

Market leading Web filtering, student safety and wellness

solutions now available through ESC5.

Keeping students safe, secure and ready to learn is an

imperative for every K-12 school. 20M students across 20,000

schools use Securly’s everyday to protect students from harm

online, identifify and respond to risks of suicide, bullying, and

violence, and help students prepare for and engage in learning.

Products Available Through ESC5:

• Market-leading CIPA Compliant Cloud Based Web Filter
• Comprehensive Student Wellness Solution
• Powerfully Simple Classroom Management
• Digital Hall Pass Solution

Join the hundreds of Texas districts currently using Securly to

keep students safe.

Janna Smith

Region 5 ESC

Program Coordinator

jannas@esc5.net

Website: https://www.esc5.net/instructionaltech
Location: Region 5 Education Service Center, Pine Street, Beaumont, TX, USA
Phone: 409-951-1735
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ESC5IT/