Despite its remote location on one of Hawaii’s most isolated islands, Kamehameha Schools is a shining example of leveraging technology to actively engage students in the learning process. That’s why Blackboard selected the school’s Virtual Strategies & Distance Learning Department as one of the three K-12 Greenhouse Exemplary Course Program™ winners in 2007. Kamehameha Schools successfully demonstrate how virtual learning tools can help even the most remote or detached students feel connected to their teachers, classmates and communities. <More>
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As the Blackboard K-20 Connection™, our new K-20 strategic initiative, continues to gain momentum, it’s important to step back and answer some simple questions: What exactly is K-20, and why has it become the hot topic of conversation amongst educators? <More>
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Jessie Woolley-Wilson writes that Blackboard is excited to partner with schools and districts on learning technologies designed to foster an engaging learning experience. With this partnership in mind, Blackboard and Project Tomorrow, a national education nonprofit group, recently announced the release of Learning in the 21st Century: A National Report of Online Learning. <More>
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Blackboard has released new social networking features and functionality in Scholar® that allow users to build their relationships and network with other Scholars. Launched in February 2007, Scholar is built on the principles of Web 2.0, delivering cutting-edge resource-sharing capabilities. These new features were built into the existing Scholar framework so the social bookmarking features and functionality you have become accustomed to will not change. <More>
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School districts are still searching for effective methods to deter and prevent plagiarism while promoting the overall concept of informational literacy. Regardless of intent, plagiarism presents the real dilemma of some students gaining unfair advantages over others. Unsurprisingly, institutions are still searching for effective methods of deterrence and prevention. With the goal of helping ensure academic fairness, Blackboard is proud to introduce SafeAssign™ as a core component of the Blackboard Academic Suite™. <More>
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Blackboard has teamed with Wimba, a provider of online collaboration tools, to bring the Wimba Collaboration Suite Express to K-12 schools and districts using the Blackboard Learning System™. Under terms of the agreement, Blackboard will distribute the Wimba Collaboration Suite Express, which includes limited versions of Wimba Classroom™, Wimba Voice™, and Wimba Pronto™ to its K-12 clients.
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