Tuesday, May 14, 2002

Here are the 5 platforms we're really diving more into.  We have contacts at various levels of each of these organizations and have gotten access to some of the internal resources. http://www.teachscape.com/public/index.html http://www.lessonlab.com/ http://www.teachfirst.com/teachfirst/ http://www.ecollege.com http://www.blackboard.com/ Lesson Lab originated out of the Ed School at UCLA.  Ecollege and Blackboard started with the higher ed market and are now creeping into the k12 market.  What will be very important to a place like San Diego is whether or not the provider offers a platform that makes it easy for the district to post its own archive of training videos which it has been developing over the years. 6:20:57 PM     Here is a link from a guy who has single handedly put together a list of web resources for teachers.  It's a weblog before weblogs.  I wonder where the best place would be to dig around for weblogs being run by teachers? http://education.atu.edu/people/sadams/teacher.html 10:17:28 AM     Here is a link to the Association of School Business Officials International.  They are a membership organization trying to close the gap between what business skills exist within large district and what skills there need to be.  Poking around the site I do not find mention or business leaders having responsibility for managing knowlede.  The omission speaks volumes ... http://www.asbointl.org/ 10:11:27 AM

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