Perspectives from Higher Education Faculty
RCampus' user-centric design appeals to higher education instructors because it streamlines and simplifies their teaching methods and improves student learning outcomes. Enthusiastic recommendations from colleagues have attracted tens of thousands of educators from around the globe to RCampus. After investigating RCampus for themselves, these educators are inspired to adopt this comprehensive course management system into their classrooms... (read more)
The Ideal Solution for a Technology Academy
Tony Dickerson, Assistant Chief Executive Academic Officer, Benjamin Banneker Charter AcademyThe educators at Benjamin Banneker Charter Academy of Technology in Kansas City, Missouri, consider technology to be critical and central to learning for all of their students, from kindergarten through 8th grade. Tony Dickerson, Assistant Chief Executive Academic Officer and 8th grade teacher at BBCAT, said, "RCampus is the backbone of technology integration in my class." Ms. Dickerson feels that technology is a crucial component to learning and found that RCampus exceeds her expectations of a course management system... (read more)
The Perfect Balance of Quality and Availability
Ruth Roach, PhD, English professor, El Camino College Compton Center
Ruth Roach, PhD, a professor of English at El Camino College Compton Center in California, sought an online platform to manage her courses and to improve the quality of learning for her students. Her educational background spans public community college as well as private college and university. Prof. Roach received online teaching certificates from El Camino College in addition to training in online teaching and learning through California Virtual Campus; experiences which left her with clear expectations of what a digital educational system should provide. "I have been exploring and evaluating several platforms for years...
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The Preferred Learning Environment for Digital Natives
Heather Kaiser, 4th and 5th grade teacher, Pauline Jones Elementary School for the ArtsEducators are constantly seeking innovative methods to motivate their students and tools that will save them valuable time. Heather Kaiser, a 4th and 5th grade teacher at Pauline Jones Elementary School for the Arts in North Carolina, found that RCampus is the ideal digital learning environment that excites her students and streamlines her teaching methods. "RCampus is a Web 2.0 tool worth your time to learn because it helps you solve the issue of never having enough time to do everything... (read more)
Collaborative Assessment Made Easy With Innovative Tools
iRubric makes accurate evaluation of subjective tasks simple, efficient and convenient for individuals and groups. Collaborative assessment no longer requires piles of paper or precise scheduling for large groups of evaluators; with iRubric, the assessment process is conveniently digitalized. For The Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America, Inc. and The Community College Foundation, iRubric streamlined their evaluation processes... (read more)
The Impact of Accurate Evaluation
Deborah Breda, 4th grade teacher, Salisbury Christian SchoolDeborah Breda, a 4th grade teacher at Salisbury Christian School in Maryland, began teaching in 1985 and recently earned her master's degree in Educational Technology. While gathering data for her academic research, a colleague recommended RCampus as a platform that would help her work with students to organize her research data. Following the suggestion, she explored RCampus and was excited to discover iRubric, RCampus' comprehensive assessment system... (read more)
Seamless Transition to a Rubric-Based Assessment Culture
Kathianne Komurek, DVM, professor and Program Coordinator of Veterinary Technology, Manor CollegeThe faculty at Manor College in Pennsylvania sought an assessment system to improve the educational environment of their school after receiving recommendations from Middle States accreditation. Kathianne Komurek, DVM, a Professor and Program Coordinator of Veterinary Technology at Manor College, discovered RCampus and introduced it to her colleagues after experiencing its time and effort-saving features that made the adjustment painless... (read more)
Enhancing Student Technology Literacy and Engagement at Nixon-Smiley High School
Lisa Brown, FCCLA Advisor/FCS Teacher, Nixon-Smiley High SchoolLisa Brown teaches seven subjects across four grade levels at Nixon-Smiley High School, a Title 1 school in Nixon, Texas. She has taught Family and Consumer Science for over 10 years and was always intrigued by the latest technological innovations, but lacked the resources to utilize them in her classroom. In 2010, Ms. Brown?s school district received a grant designed to ensure that technology would be thoroughly integrated in teaching and learning. As a result... (read more)
