Maple & Blackboard

Last week we had a few more presenters come to the classroom. Two visitors from Manitoba Education came to share information about resources available to teachers in Manitoba. They discussed two main resources, one being Maple (an online social networking site for Manitoba Teachers), the other was Blackboard (a site that lets you take a look at online courses). Maple was a very useful tool to stay up-to-date with what's going on in the education community in Manitoba. It's great to maintain connection and support from fellow educators. Blackboard was something unlike anything I'd ever heard of. It shows you online courses in almost all of the high school subjects. I'm still unsure about how I feel about online courses, I've heard both good and bad things about them. This is something I'd like to look into more in the future and see how it could be integrated productively into a classroom or school community.