This important question was the topic discussed during an educational leadership forum hosted by Blackboard at the National Press Club on May 16, and a topic that really hit home for me as a previous first grade teacher in Washington D.C. Public Schools.
The discussion was moderated by Adam Newman from Eduventures Inc., and the four esteemed panelists included Susan Patrick, president and CEO, North American Council for Online Learning (NACOL); Ken Kay, president, Partnership for 21st Century Skills; Debra Sprague, Ph.D., assistant professor, Graduate School of Education, George Mason University; and Don Knezek, CEO, International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE).
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So you see another blog post from Karen and you think, "More news on Scholar or Beyond. Cool." Or at least I imagine that you think that. But today, you couldn't be more wrong. I've got a new job. On Friday, I became the new VP, Product Strategy for Blackboard.
I'm happy to say I'm still managing the Blackboard Beyond Initiative, but now I'll also be working to set product directions across the board. Not that we at Blackboard haven't been doing product strategy all along. We just decided that it was time to break it out as a separate organization given the expansion of our product portfolio.
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A few weeks ago, I posted some of my random thoughts about Second Life. Since then I’ve had a chance to chat with some of our clients (unfortunately not in-world) about how they’re using SL to achieve their educational goals.
Editing My Appearance
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