Engaging Diverse Learning Styles with Web and Mobile Multimedia Tools that Add Pizzazz to SoftChalk Content

To accommodate diverse learning styles as well as access to mobile content it has become increasingly important to use multimedia and instructional tools that enhance lessons. The tools featured in this webinar will be either free or cheap resources that … Read More

Save Infant Lives, Integrate Media to Teach Concepts, and Body Positions – The Lesson Challenge Award winners of 2013

This year’s winners demonstrate the rich variety of ways that SoftChalk content can enrich teaching and learning. In Little Things Mean A Lot you will learn how a typical lecture driven class was transformed into an interactive learning experience where … Read More

Learning on a Wireless Campus with Canvas and SoftChalk

Faculty at New Mexico State University (NMSU) are using SoftChalk Cloud and Instructure Canvas to create web lessons that can be delivered on virtually any device, allowing students to access class material from their mobile phones and tablets. This is especially … Read More

Flipping the Classroom – How brain research, Bloom’s Taxonomy, and Chickering & Gamson’s Principles say it works

What does the research show about teachers actively engaging students in problem solving (i.e. homework) in the classroom and leveraging the power of technology to receive more traditional work (lecturing) at home via computer/smart pad/or smartphone? In this presentation we … Read More

Building Peer Groups with a MOOC using Google Plus and SoftChalk Cloud

The Blended Schools Network’s upcoming MOOC (Massive Open Online Course), “Today’s Blended Teacher,” will use Google Plus to deliver the MOOC and BSNcloud (a private version of SoftChalk Cloud) for its content. The MOOC is designed specifically for educators who … Read More

Flipping the Classroom for a Nationwide Community College/Industry Collaboration

This flipped classroom program is used to both teach current community college students and to re-train auto industry employees.  This NSF funded National Center for Excellence, the Automotive Manufacturing Technical Education Collaborative (AMTEC), involves 30 community colleges and virtually every … Read More