Blackboard

What a neat program- I love the versatility. It's perfect for live instruction and could even be used for one-on-one tutoring outside of the classroom. It could be used for distant parent teacher meetings or even to have virtual guest speakers come in (kind of like the pre-recorded webinars you guys did).

When I did my education degree, I was part of the union executive. We met weekly, but every now and then, we met using a similar program called Elluminate Live which let us run Roberts Rules style meetings via distance, with ease. Likewise, we used the program for planning activity days for the student body over Xmas break when we were all over the Country.

I enjoyed the blackboard learning experience, how you could show videos, slide shows, do polls, hand out documents- all with ease. It really is a technology experience that seems user friendly.

As far as the material we covered- I found the low tech pencil grip/writing information most useful. The video made so much sense- writing posture, core strength, training and strengthening the hands- but it's aspects I never really thought about before.

The whole learning experience was a highlight of the summer courses for me :)