Flexible Teaching Tool that uses the Internet for Learning

The Global Chalkboard is an innovative and flexible teaching tool that uses the Internet for learning. The Global Chalkboard provides immediate access to educational Web sites and builds Web-enriched lessons mapped to curriculum goals and state standards.

The Global Chalkboard is both flexible and easy to use. It offers a novice user immediate access to educational sites with the Web Library; it offers an intermediate user ready-to-use online lessons by using prepackaged BASCOM lessons; and it offers an advanced user a method of building their own, Web-based lessons using the Lesson Creator.

Imagine using the Internet as if it were a textbook!

The demonstrations below show the Global Chalkboard from two perspectives: the student and the teacher.*

The Global Chalkboard 5.0 Student's Experience (Online Demo)
This demo shows the end result, or student experience, of using Student Start Pages to complete an exercise. A Student Start Page is the online assignment sheet created when a teacher builds a lesson.

The Global Chalkboard 5.0 Teacher's Experience (Online Demo)
This demo shows you how a teacher creates an online lesson and builds a Student Start Page.

Watch both demos to see how the Internet is transformed into a classroom resource!
* It is recommended that the demos be viewed in the order they are presented.

Find. Align. Deliver.

This is BASCOM's mantra for the Global Chalkboard. It breaks down the goals of the Global Chalkboard into the following:

The Global Chalkboard; FINDS quality Internet sites suitable for educational use in the classroom.
The Global Chalkboard; ALIGNS the Internet to your instructional goals; your students are provided with an appropriate amount of Internet access for their lesson.
The Global Chalkboard; DELIVERS Web-enriched lessons to students.

The Global Chalkboard Supports Many Learning Environments

To learn more about how the Global Chalkboard is used in a particular learning environment:
K-12 Public Schools (157kb PDF)

K-12 Catholic Schools (278kb PDF)

Community-Based Organizations (127kb PDF)

Juvenile Justice Facilities (80kb PDF)

Academic Intervention Services (50kb PDF)