Digital Tools Matter at HECC 2011
Summary
Brooke Turner and Tatiana Rostovtseva of the CK-12 team gave a demo of CK-12 products - the teacher centric 1.x FlexBook system, CK-12’s revolutionary free and customizable digital textbooks, and FlexConcepts, their new 2.0 tool for students.Many students come to class armed with interactive digital tools including smart phones, laptops and iPads.However, even though there has been a remarkable growth in the availability of devices, educators today are still faced with the challenge of finding and implementing content that will translate availability of devices into quality education outcomes.At the HECCC 2011, an annual conference of instructional technology professionals held in Indiana, Neeru Khosla, Co-founder and Executive Director of the non-profit CK-12 Foundation, delivered a keynote- “Digital Tools Matter”- during which she spoke of the drawbacks of one-size-fits-all instruction.Brooke Turner and Tatiana Rostovtseva of the CK-12 team gave a demo of CK-12 products - the teacher centric 1.x FlexBook system, CK-12’s revolutionary free and customizable digital textbooks, and FlexConcepts, their new 2.0 tool for students.Gregg Alpert and Ope Bukola led a session on implementing technology in the classroom.During their interactive session, participants were asked to “create the classroom of the future.” As part of the exercise, educators grappled with the challenges of transforming schooling with technology, and the myriad changes that would be needed - from better infrastructure to different testing mechanisms - in order to successfully implement a technology-driven transformation in schools.About CK-12 FoundationFounded in 2007 by Neeru Khosla and Murugan Pal, the CK-12 Foundation is comprised of a group of expert educators, editors, engineers and advisors all committed to the mission of providing quality online textbook content through FlexBooks for free to all K-12 students in the U.S. and around the world.CK-12 FlexBooks are up-to-date, standards-aligned, and customizable by subject, language and level of difficulty, as well as self-publishable, giving teachers the flexibility to create tailored educational content for their students.To learn more about the CK-12 Foundation, visit http://ck12.org/Contact:Ope BukolaCK 12 Foundationope@ck12.org### Contact Information CK-12 Alex Clay 650.494.1302 www.ck12.org Click here to view the list of recent Press Releases from CK-12 Promote Your Business Press Release Pricing Email this page to a friend