HotChalk.com - Your Classroom Website

Amazingly, staying in school is still cool in the United States, but let's not take that for granted. To make the benefits of education even more exciting and appealing to teachers, students, administration and parents alike, HotChalk.com offers K-12 teachers their own classroom website. Websites are very easy to set up, as one teacher commented, she had it up and running in 5 minutes. The site has seven main templates that make it easy for everyone involved to stay in the know. The first template is for creating a new class, and from there teachers can organize templates to include a detailed class view and detailed assignment view. Other pages make it possible to invite students to class, add new assignments, post messages and keep a class gradebook. With these few features, students will find it easier to manage class work, parents won't have to bug their kid about classroom news and teachers can cover their butts by putting everything on the site and avoiding surprises for students and parents.

"Corporate Sponsorships Done Right

Advertising in schools is a sensitive subject – and it should be.

The HotChalk Learning Environment includes corporate sponsorships, advertising and public service announcements. We have a two step approach to making sure we get this right. 1- We have our own standards and we don't accept advertising that we wouldn't want our children exposed to (The founder has four kids -- 1 in college, 1 in highschool and 2 in elementary school). 2- HotChalk owns the patent-pending Community Standards Engine, a powerful technology that gives schools the ability to control the advertising students see based on local community standards."

Since kids can't seem to tear their eyes off the computer screen, the best way to have them focus on school is to put it online. HotChalk.com is uncluttered, organized and makes communication fun and clear. This is also great for kids who miss class due to illness or family emergency, and need to know the homework and class news they might have missed.

Are there plans to add a PTA forum or an instant message program where teachers can receive and answer questions in real time?