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Hot Chalk – Bringing the world to the classroom via NBC news

April 4, 2008 Barbara No comments

So your kids

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need to research current events or happenings decades ago? Enter in NBC News Hot Chalk that lets you (or your enterprising kid):

Create customized assignments and lesson plans for all of your classes utilizing the NBC Video Resources
Collaborate with peers, experts, authors, and master teachers through HotChalk’s Online Teacher Community .
Supplement lesson plans with ideas and strategies from HotChalk’s LessonPlansPage.com
Post class messages, manage your grade book, and search for quality resources in an easy-to-use environment built with teachers in mind.

I was newly reminded of this by the posting The Peacock Roars:

…I spent a day earlier this week at NBC in New York. Keep an eye on them. When they launch their new education tools next month they’re going to become a pretty important content-provider for teachers and students. They’ve married the AP curriculum with incredible archival footage and social networking (and a bit of gaming), it’s pretty powerful stuff and seemed like a glimpse of the future……MORE…

NOTE – HotChalk wasn’t mentioned by name; that’s my own educated guess.

Should be interesting to see what develops!

Want more HotChalk and educational resources? Check out:

And remember – it’s not just teachers who can benefit from this. When I run Camp Ling for my kids during the summer, I take advantage of all the educational tools online…and you can too! Give your kids that added edge in their academics – their college applications will thank you for it.