What Can You Do With a Prezi?

A Prezi can be a great way to share information with your students. For an idea of how you can use a Prezi as a teaching tool, watch a Prezi recapping the US Presidential election. Prezis can be a great and creative resource tool for student presentations.

Click here to view the Election Results Prezi.

Teaching Diverse Communities of Adult and Student Learners at a Distance - Free Webinar from SoftChalk

Are your students demanding instruction that can be accessed from a variety of devices including tablets and smart phones? Learn how you can meet these challenges and more by learning about the best practices in an upcoming SoftChalk webinar. Mavis Sacher, the Principal of Sunchild E-learning Community in Alberta, Canada will share how their program has met the challenge and increased online course completion rates in each of its 12 years of operation.

Teaching Diverse Communities of Adult and Student Learners at a Distance - Wednesday, November 14, 4:00pm ET- Register today!

KCTCS Online Blackboard Training Sessions: Nov. 5-9, 2012

• Wednesday, Nov 7 @ Noon (eastern): Extreme Course Makeover: Keeping it Clean -
• Thursday, Nov 8 @ 1:00 (eastern): Delivering Tests with Extra Time

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Don't forget you can earn PD by attending these sessions. When logging in, enter your first and last name to verify your attendance. Then, after the session (or watching the archive) email Paige Brooks-Jeffiers for a certificate of participation.

National Distance Learning Week

This week is National Distance Learning Week: November 5 – 9, 2012. The USDLA (United States Distance Learning Association) is promoting distance learning with national attention. See their site for more information and this week’s webinars: http://www.usdla.org/webinars/

Best Practices in Teaching, Learning, and Advising Forum

BGTC faculty members will be offering sessions on teaching, learning, and advising in the KATI Conference Room on Friday, November 2, 2012 from 9 am to Noon. There are 7 different sessions covering such topics as using Prezis in the classroom and incorporating  SafeAssign as a teaching tool. Each session runs 20 minutes.

Drum Roll Please: Introducing KOLTS!

What is KOLTS?
KOLTS is the KCTCS Online Learning & Teaching Support. Its mission is to support KCTCS faculty in teaching and learning by providing resources on eLearning technologies. Check out this great new resource created just for you. The website contains information on teaching and learning resources as well as professional development opportunties. Check it out and let us know what you think!

KCTCS Online Blackboard Training Sessions

KCTCS eLearning Services offer many training opportunities throughout the semester on best practices using Blackboard. Don't forget you can earn PD by attending these sessions. When logging in, enter your first and last name to verify your attendance. Then, after the session (or watching the archive) email Paige Brooks-Jeffiers for a certificate of participation. View the training schedule.