Topic: Emerging Technologies
A beta site, Teach Street, launched today in Seattle. The premise seems simple. This free service allows teachers to post notices about classes they are offering in the Seattle area, along with registration information. Students come to the site to find classes they'd like to take. So far, classes seem to be heavily into fitness, e.g. yoga, soccer, Pilates. But there is also a finance course listed. Developers promise that course offerings will soon be expanding to other cities.
What I like about this idea is that it allows teachers to publicize a variety of classes and makes it easy for potential students to find offerings of interest to them. As we strive to push out classroom walls, would there be an application here with K-12 educators? Could this become another resource for PD as well?
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