Hot Chalk is a K-12 Learning Management System that has teacher-contributed lesson plans and the advantage of NBC News videos. It focuses on connecting teachers, students and parents letting them all have access to the materials. It is based on the concept of real world learning. Trying to increase interest in subjects like math, it uses subjects like motorcycles and travel to propose math equations and make solving more interesting. Hot Chalk also is offered in Global sites so learning in another language could be possible. More than 500,000 registered teachers in over 188 countries use Hot Chalk to create online classrooms, develop student rosters, manage curriculum, distribute assignments and quizzes, create lesson plans, post messages, maintain grade books, and manage other administrative tasks. This seems like it would be useful for teaching and learning for many reasons: multilingual ability, interesting learning situations that are real life and relatable, getting parents involved, adding technology to k-12 environments. HotChalk is a hosted application, the service does not place any additional burden on the school’s technology coordinators to manage servers, back-up data, implement security, or manage hardware and software updates. Really want to explore this one.
http://www.forbes.com/2008/05/22/mitra-education-technology-tech-enter-cx_sm_0523mitra.html
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