Blackboard K-12 Live

Watch K-12 principals, teachers, thought leaders and social media stars reimagine teaching and learning and deliver inspiring results. Join the dynamic "TED talk" style sessions, or visit informative student and teacher panels to learn from those on the front lines of K-12 education. Topics including: Common Core State Standards, bully preventions, blended learning models and teaching innovation in the classroom are all in this single app. Its like a complete professional development course on your phone!

Featured sessions include:

• A thought-provoking keynote from Joi Ito, a Japanese-American activist, entrepreneur, venture capitalist and Director of the MIT Media Lab on where the future of technology is headed and the importance of makers
• Social Media: It’s Not Just What You Had For Breakfast presented by Steven Anderson #edchat co-creator and educator @web20classroom
• Disrupting the Factory Model: Lawrence Public Schools
• Creating a Genius in Every Hour: 20 Time in Education with educators and social media influencers Nick Provenzano @thenerdyteacher and Timothy Gwynn @tgwynn
• MPower Piedmont 1:1 features Superintendent Matt Akin discussing how his technology initiative has truly transformed teaching, learning and the desirability of his district in rural Piedmont, Alabama
• And many more sessions… visit www.bbworldk12live.com for a complete list.

This content is delivered to you by Blackboard. Blackboard is the world's leading education technology company that is reimagining education by challenging conventional thinking and advancing new learning models. We partner with approximately one third of U.S. school districts to provide technology solutions for learning and communications that are igniting the long awaited sea change in education.


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