BENEFITS FOR TEACHERS

The Global Chalkboard enables educators to build rich, Web-enabled lessons using Internet content. It provides teachers with the following key benefits:

• The Global Chalkboard empowers teachers to safely integrate relevant Web 2.0 content—which may be a video, wiki, or blog—into activity-based, age-appropriate lessons.
• A teacher can select a single YouTube video for educational purposes without allowing all content on youtube.com. The Global Chalkboard manages all aspects of permitting access to that single video—all without broken links and without compromising a school's Internet access Acceptable Use Policy.
• A teacher can create lessons which access a blog, wiki, or NING, or even narrow access to a single page of a blog, wiki, or NING.
• Integrating Web 2.0 content into lessons does not compromise educational outcomes. Teachers focus students on specific content without any browser distractions, such as unwanted links and ads.
• By keeping pace with the current culture of our youth, the Global Chalkboard enables educators to reach students through their medium by teaching them with the same collaborative tools they use every day.
• Secure Web 2.0 implementation in K-12 education enables teachers to orchestrate projects with their students that involve collaboration. This motivates active participation and encourages learning.
• BASCOM lessons come preloaded on the Global Chalkboard and are ready to be used instantly so teachers are immediately productive using Web-enriched, dynamic lessons. They can also be copied and modified.
• The Lesson Creator allows educators to easily develop Web lessons that leverage rich, online content. Even teachers that are computer novices are able to build lessons using Web content.
• Flexibility and choice gives educators wide discretion over what resources to use for a particular lesson or learning objective.
• "Zones" of access promote focused instruction. Lessons can also be easily modified and narrowed for an At-Risk student. Then lessons for the general class and modified lessons for Academic Intervention can both be delivered simultaneously.
• Safeguards prevent students from using "alternative" means of accessing non-sanctioned resources.
• Dramatically expands classroom resources and gives educators the ability to more efficiently engage each student.
• Makes students comfortable with research and reference sources, promoting proactive learning.