Winter days are coming to an end. Blackboard K-12 has a great line up of webinars and events focused on education technology to help ring in the spring! We hope you’ll take advantage of one or more of these engaging activities. March 9 at 2:00pm ET Webinar: Boost Student Achievement with School-to-Home Communications Studies show that parental involvement has a direct affect on student achievement. Join representatives from the Federal Way Public Schools in Washington as they share best practices for engaging parents in their child’s academic activities with grade threshold notifications. Register Today!

Guest post by Julie Evans, CEO, Project Tomorrow

• Did you know that 30% of high school students now say that they have had some kind of online learning experience in school, be it either in a virtual class, a blended class or a self-directed online class?
• Did you know that over 1/3 of teachers would like their districts to provide more online professional development courses?
• Did you know that almost twice as many administrators in 2010 are providing blended learning opportunities for students as in 2009?

It’s Valentine’s day, a time for showing how much we care about the special people in our lives.  It’s a time for romance — when things seem to naturally go in twos.  In the spirit of the day, I thought I would share some information about the many partnerships and alliances that Blackboard has that would satisfy any educator’s sweet tooth.

Blackboard partners with content creators and distributors to provide administrators and teachers with free and paid plug-ins – we call these “Building Blocks.”   These add-ons work with Blackboard Learn to create a dynamic and engaging learning and teaching experience.

Whether you are looking for ways to build or expand an online learning program, or planning to take your district mobile, February’s line-up of events and webinars will give you many opportunities to learn about helpful K-12 technology resources for your students, teachers, and parents. We hope to see you there! Be sure to follow us on Twitter for additional news and updates from the team: @BlackboardK12

We’re starting the year off with a slew of new webinars and events that are sure to spark great conversations within our K-12 community. We hope you will join us for one or more of these engaging events in the coming weeks! January 19 at 4:00pm ET Webinar: Discover! Design! Deliver! An Integrated Solution for Online Content Creation and Score-Tracking