The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 25, 2014

The conference is held in the online platform Blackboard Collaborate, and instructions for joining any sessions and to find the schedule in your own time zone are at [link]. And special thanks to Blackboard Collaborate for the terrific conference platform. A full list of the speakers and topics is included at the end of this message.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2018

The district aligned curriculum, instruction and assessment to meet learning standards recently adopted by the state and modeled on the Common Core state standards. They provide support and feedback to students through the Blackboard learning management system or by email, telephone or live audio/video conferencing.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 22, 2013

To Attend : The Summit is held online using Blackboard Collaborate and open to anyone to attend. During the conference each session will also have a specific link to the Blackboard Collaborate room for the session, as well as instructions for using Collaborate (which works on all major computer platforms). Please join us!

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APRIL 20, 2012

All sessions will be publicly available to attend through the online Blackboard Collaborate platform, and every session will be recorded and made available immediately following the conference. The Summit is from 9:00am - 3:00pm US Eastern Time. This is a free event, with a focus on inclusion and participation--all are welcome!

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

In a recent eSchool News article, Carl Harvey, librarian and former AASL president described the ways eBooks can assist students in six areas of the Common Core Standards. Event Platform: The event software platform is Blackboard Collaborate, and the sessions can be accessed live from any personal computer and most mobile devices.

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AUGUST 19, 2013

You don''t have to have had previous experience with Blackboard Collaborate (the conference platform), but you will have to watch or attend the one-hour training (see below). What you may not know is that volunteers end up having a terrific, bonding experience as a group, and we encourage anyone who can to sign up as a volunteer.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Remember, if you''re a non-profit or non-commercial organization you can host your own public education webinar using Blackboard Collaborate through the Learning Revolution. Host Your Own Webinar Update Kim Caise inaugurated our Host Your Own Webinar program with her online event yesterday. See details here. New Calendar Partners.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2016

You don’t need to be an expert in the Blackboard Collaborate platform to help (we give you training and then live help at the time), but it makes a HUGE different to presenters to have a moderator helper in their session rooms, and we try to make sure there is one for every session! Barrios, Ed.D.;

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APRIL 29, 2014

Never used Blackboard Collaborate before? Wednesday, April 30th at 4pm Free BrainPOP Webinar: ELLs and the Common Core , Are you an ESL teacher struggling to address the Common Core? No problem! Join us for a training session and we''ll show you all you need to know to be a great volunteer.

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MARCH 19, 2014

Common Core Camp in UAE , The camps will introduce American curriculum schools, leaders and educators in the UAE who are new to the Common Core Standards. Special thanks for this go to our sponsor, Blackboard Collaborate, for providing the service that allows us to do this! Learn more here. Learn more here.

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AUGUST 5, 2014

From homeschooling to unschooling, from Buenos Aires the Himalayas, and from America''s common core to the self-directed ''curricula'' of many home learners, we hope these films stimulate and inspire you to think about education''s role in creating your life and the world. Saturday, August 9th at 12pm Classroom 2.0 Classroom 2.0

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MAY 3, 2012

Date : Thursday, May 3rd, 2012 Time : 5pm Pacific / 8 pm Eastern ( interna tional times here ) Duration : 1 hour Location : In Blackboard Collaborate (formerly Elluminate). The Blackboard Collaborate room will be open up to 30 minutes before the event if you want to come in early. Log in at [link]. Harada, 2012).

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

BLACKBOARD ALLY ( www.blackboard.com ) Blackboard announced that Blackboard Ally is now available for multiple learning management systems used by K-12 school districts. Blackboard Ally is an accessibility solution that helps make digital class content in a learning management system (LMS) more accessible for all learners.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Join via Blackboard Collaborate here. Tuesday, March 4th at 12pm CST in Austin, TX Common Sense Media - Inspiring Advocacy through News and Digital Media , While technology provides exciting, innovative teaching opportunities, it also introduces tremendous challenges. Click here to register. Learn more here.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Developed by Blackboard, Desire2Learn, itslearning, Takai, Canvas, and a host of others, these solutions focus on helping educators organize and orchestrate learning tools, educational approaches, and whole courses. Needless to say it caught on with universities—and eventually school districts.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

MP3 and MP4 versions will be available as well as the full Blackboard Collaborate recordings, although they take some days to process. Recordings : all conference sessions are recorded and are available almost immediately after being given. Be sure to come sign up on the conference website to be notified of recording availability.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2016

And examples of district-wide technology platforms include Learning Management Systems (LMS) like Blackboard and Scholastic. In an all-digital world, and especially with newer skills-based standards such as Common Core, there is greater leeway for teachers to deviate from what is prescribed in textbooks and lesson plans.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Teachers are able to spawn all of these different tools, like big [virtual] Post-it notes that they can put in the air, or a blackboard that they can use to project images or write words. She's a big school choice advocate going back all the way to the anti-Common Core movement. That’s kind of a surprising contrast.

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AUGUST 23, 2013

See the conference schedule in your own time zone, and click directly into the Blackboard Collaborate virtual sessions rooms, from the schedule page. Our two-day, free, online Homeschool Conference starts today. Join the conference network at [link]. Follow the Twitter stream at # homeschool13. Enjoy a deep dive into alternative pedagogies!

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Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

Happy 20th anniversary to Blackboard. Edsurge celebrates by reprinting Blackboard founder Matthew Pittinsky’s blog post “4 Secrets to Building a Tech Company for Higher Ed.” ” Edreports.org has released new reports on math textbooks and how well they align to the Common Core.

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JULY 15, 2016

Testing, Testing… “ Nevada officials announced Tuesday that a common-core assessment consortium will credit the state $1.8 Via Education Next : “The Politics of the Common Core Assessments.” ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). “ Are MOOCs Forever ? .”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

NovoEd co-founder Amin Saberi was replaced by Ed Miller, a former Blackboard exec. Blackboard replaced its CEO. In part, their struggles are a result of controversies surrounding the Common Core State Standards, which were supposed to streamline and procurement the development of curriculum and assessment.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Education technologies and digital technologies that cater to students, teens, and children experienced several breaches and vulnerabilities of their own: Blackboard , Code.org , i-Dressup , OurTeenNetwork , OKCupid , and UKnowKids.com , for example. You know what’s cooler than a million hacked Yahoo accounts ?)

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The email, he said, detailed a “Priority 1 Alert” that had been issued by Pearson and the New Jersey Department of Education, regarding a student who had tweeted about a test question on the PARCC — a standardized test based on the Common Core State Standards. People were relieved that there was a new alternative to Blackboard.

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Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

” Via Chalkbeat : “They rejected multi-state Common Core exams. “ Blackboard Partners with Fishtree for Personalized Learning,” says Campus Technology. Testing, Testing… Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “British Officials, Pearson Probe Effort to Leak Test Content.”

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Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

Testing, Testing… “ Common Core testing group wages aggressive campaign against critics on social media,” according to The Washington Post’s Valerie Strauss. “ Gates Foundation CEO Admits Underestimating Common-Core Challenges.” Upgrades and Downgrades.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 18, 2017

” Testing, Testing… PARCC Inc , best known as one of the Common Core test-makers, is “moving in a new direction,” Politico reports. ” Mindwire Consulting’s Michael Feldstein reports from BbWorld: “ Blackboard May Be Turning Around.” ” The Business of Student Loans. .”

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Hack Education

JUNE 3, 2016

Via Education Week : “New Test Pitched As Alternative to Common Core-Focused High School Exams.” “No, Blackboard Report Did Not Conclude That Online Classes Are ’A Poorer Experience,” says Phil Hill. ” “Word about the Vector Assessment of Readiness for College, or Vector A.R.C.,

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

” I’m a little surprised that either of these women – both Democrats, both Common Core supporters, if nothing else – would be under serious consideration. is disappointed in Common Core. ” Via The Wall Street Journal : “THL Hires Ex- Blackboard Exec to Hunt for Tech Deals.”

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