Meeting+Agenda

=Goal: Imporove technology integration on campus by creating online courses for use in the classroom.= = = =Grade level:= Secondary Education - Oak Ridge High School located in the Conroe Independent School District = = =Purpose:= Integration of online Accounting course in the classroom. =Agenda:= Build a course in eCampus Vista. =Activities include:= = = =Facilitator's name:= Anja Acree = = = Members names and questions: = examples of questions how do I find out if my textbook has online content? how long does it take to build ecourse? what are the computer requirements for an ecourse?
 * eCampus Vista Introduction
 * Build eCampus Vista Course
 * Add Curriculum Content to eCampus Course

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mhernandez what is the purpose of having eCampus Vista? The purpose of eCampus vista is that it is an online educational platform. It hosts your online courses. The courses come prebuilt with tabs for mail, discussions, calendar, grades, progress, etc. Once you have the eCourse, you are then ready to add your online curriculum content. This is available through the publishing company. Some publsihing companies sell their content via access codes and some offer their content free online. The benefits of eCourses are unlimited in the organization of a class. The classes can be used online specifically or in the face to face classroom for the organizational features.

What is the preferred version of Java? My computer is set up with Vista, will that work? Vista will not support WebCT without the proper version of Java. Here's the link:[] April O.

MonicaZone Interesting. I do not know anything about this program. I will enjoy following your links and I will try to think of some questions.

K Miller (GISD-Techno-Integrate) - Would this be something that a Credit Recovery class could utilize? Of course! The problem is that students who tend to do poorly in the classroom with face to face classes, tend to do extremely poorly with online courses. With an online course, you have to be self motivated. Utilizing an eCourse within a face to face classroom would probably be better for credit recovery classes. Having an eCourse in a face to face classroom has many advantages. You can easily keep track of students progress, grades, discussions, etc. It also serves as a location to house all of the online content that goes with the course curriculum (powerpoints, glossary, quizzes, etc).

Matt MacVeigh - How do you make allowances for English language learners with the software? Blackboard technology enables institutions to support students, teachers and faculty in the language of their choice. Their software provides full support for more than 10 languages, includiing Arabic, Chinese, Dutch (Netherlands), English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish and Spanish. Check out their site for more information ([] on the language packs available. In an ideal situation for a Englush language learner, maybe 2 platforms could be made available. One platform in their native languate and one platform in the English language. That waty the student could maneuver between the two courses if the language was unfamiliar to them.

What is a Wimba? Tori A wimba is real-time communication and voice within Blackboard/WebCT. It creates a learning environment that provides a protected place for collaboration between teachers and among students to improve student achievement and address multiple learning styles.Online collaboration holds many promises for education: more student engagement, more equitable access for all students, and opportunities for teachers to further their own learning. However, text-based collaboration only addresses certain learning styles, and many web-based collaboration tools are difficult to manage and secure.Blackboard, in partnership with Wimba, has extended its web-based learning system to include voice discussion boards, virtual classrooms, and controlled instant messaging. Available at no additional cost to licensed Blackboard K-12 clients, the Wimba Collaboration Suite Express™ helps schools expand learning opportunities that students can access regardless of where they live, how they learn, or what is available to them at their school or district, without leaving the secure, managed Blackboard learning space. Professional development no longer requires after-school meetings or pulling teachers out of class. With Blackboard and Wimba technology, districts can continuously offer anytime, anyplace learning to accommodate busy teacher schedules. Here's a link to the site: @http://www.blackboard.com/Solutions-by-Market/K-12/Learn-for-K12/Resources/Wimba.aspx

Belsa Cantu- I am not familiar with the program, but I will check in later to learn some more.

Joanaly- I feel confuse with all this. I'm not familiar with the program, but I like to learn more about it. How can I integrate something like this in elementary level? Blackboard has resources for K-12 Educator's. They are basically a platform for hosting an educational online learning program. The platform would host the eCouse which could be built around any curriculum that has online content. The Blackboard K-12 platform website is [] Once the eCourse is set up, any content that is online can then be added to the course. Many of our textbooks now have online content available free of charge so uploading the URL to the eCourse, is done easily. Students, their parents and educator's then have access to all of the online content of the textbooks - such as powerpoints, glossary, quizzes, etc. In the past, many of the textbook publishing companies tried to sell their access with access codes, however, now it is common to find much of the content online free of charge.

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