Developing Future-Ready Students Through Coding

In this webinar Dr. Shannon Creighton, Director of Online Learning at Greenville Technical College shares his experience and recommendations about the transition from Blackboard Learn Original to Blackboard Learn Ultra course view. Dr. Creighton covers how the college planned and executed the transition across the institution and the positive impact Greenville Technical College has seen in student success and retention rates since using Blackboard Learn Ultra course view.

The inclusion of the visual and performing arts in the classroom promotes experiential learning where children build their knowledge and understandings during hands-on, minds-on experiences. In addition, by including visual and performing arts experiences as part of STEM learning, early childhood teachers can build upon student interests and understandings to help support young children as they experience meaningful, relevant connections between each content area. Early childhood educators have important roles in early arts-rich STEM experiences and can act as both a guide and facilitator throughout the planning, implementation.

Edutainment is the catchphrase in L&D and a sure way to engage today’s employees who live in a virtual video game, driven by lives, points, timers, and bounties. Thinking it’ll be complicated and time-consuming? Worried about all the terms and jargon out there?

When schools and libraries work together, it opens a whole new world of 24/7 reading opportunities for students, whether they’re at home or in the classroom.