The Secret Ingredient in Successful Professional Development

2021-07-27T20:30:51+00:00

There are few phrases that send a cold chill down the spines of teachers everywhere the way that “professional development” does. Mix together some boring slideshows being read aloud, a few awkward icebreaker games, and at least one irrelevant guest speaker, and you’ve got yourself a recipe for disaster. The recipe for a successful and engaging professional development includes one often-overlooked ingredient - video. Check out these tips for incorporating video into your next PD training: Show and Tell Do you have new curricula or a strategy that you want your staff to [...]

The Secret Ingredient in Successful Professional Development2021-07-27T20:30:51+00:00

ADE Provides Students and Staff Equitable Access to Video Hosting and Streaming Tools

2023-12-27T20:39:16+00:00

ADE Provides Students and Staff Equitable Access to Video Hosting and Streaming Tools An Interview with Daniel Collier, The Arkansas Department of Education | MyVRSpot Profile The Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) provides their staff, educators, and students free and equitable access to a complete suite of multimedia tools through the ADE Digital Sandbox. The tools and features within the Digital Sandbox include live streaming, unlimited cloud-storage, sharing of media, blended learning, digital signage, analytics, and much more. Trainings for the Digital Sandbox tools are available to all--the Education Service Cooperatives, 250 school districts, and 33,000 teachers. Sign up for the free Digital [...]

ADE Provides Students and Staff Equitable Access to Video Hosting and Streaming Tools2023-12-27T20:39:16+00:00

Release 3.6.29

2019-06-12T13:49:04+00:00

-> Better search performance when searching for media. -> Bug fixed relating to uploading youtube links that contained additional url parameters such as featured content from youtube etc.   These were not playing properly due to these extra parameters -> Fixed any existing videos that were not playing due to the bug above -> Updated ADE Sandbox Login page to resolve some LDAP related issues -> Google Drive Beta -> Put suntan lotion on all servers after reading this: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-4647374/Dermatologist-says-sunscreen-protect-blue-rays.html

Release 3.6.292019-06-12T13:49:04+00:00

White Paper: Increasing Student Participation Through digital Media Content Creation and Sharing – A 3 Year Study

2019-06-12T13:49:05+00:00

Effective educators understand the importance, and the challenge, of engaging their students in active learning. Several studies have found evidence of a positive correlation between student engagement and academic achievement. Historically, media such as television, music, and movies have often been viewed as distracting competitors in the business of engaging young people in education. In the view of many educators, the rise of digital media and the Internet have only compounded the problem of engaging students in active learning. There is no doubt that media, especially digital media, is a powerful force in the lives of today’s students. A national survey [...]

White Paper: Increasing Student Participation Through digital Media Content Creation and Sharing – A 3 Year Study2019-06-12T13:49:05+00:00
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