BENEFITS FOR PARENTS

By using the Global Chalkboard schools provide students with a safe framework for using the Internet and prepares them for the challenges of today's high tech world. The Global Chalkboard benefits parents by:

• Allowing teachers to safely extract appropriate Web 2.0 content—such as YouTube videos, wikis, and blogs—for educational purposes to engage students in active learning.
• Giving students a secure platform for team building and global interaction by developing collaborative projects that teach high-level, 21st century skills.
• Providing students an opportunity to learn how to decipher quality content from junk among the vast resources available on the Internet.
• Preparing students to compete globally by giving them experience in using Web 2.0 applications in the classroom.
• Providing assurance that students using the Global Chalkboard do not have access to inappropriate content, but instead are focused on educational Web sites that stimulate learning.
• Maximizing the use of technology for instruction.
• Exposing their children to the best and most sophisticated learning technology available.
• Extending learning beyond the classroom and into the home through anytime, anywhere access to safe Web resources.