HotChalk Announces Partnerships That Connect Teachers and Students with Educational Content
McGraw-Hill Education, National Geographic & PBS to provide digital content
 May 28, 2008 - New York — To deepen its offerings for K-12 teachers and students, HotChalk, the first online education resource to connect teachers, students and parents in a collaborative learning environment, today announced partnerships with McGraw-Hill Education, National Geographic, and PBS. Adding curriculum content and video from these respected and innovative companies will augment the HotChalk resources currently used by more than 395,000 teachers worldwide.
“Each of these companies is an educational powerhouse and these strategic partnerships bring new influence to our relationships with teachers as we work together to improve education,” said Edward Fields, Chairman and CEO of HotChalk. “Our mission is to improve the lives of teachers by providing valuable educational tools and resources.”
Founded in 2004, HotChalk is a presence in over 70,000 schools, working closely with K-12 teachers to meet their critical needs. These new educational offerings complement HotChalk’s robust library of NBC News digital video spanning the past 70 years and McGraw-Hill professional development tools.
The new HotChalk digital media and curriculum offerings include:
- McGraw-Hill Education, in addition to providing digital video content, will also add supplemental instructional content, and more than 1,000 lesson plans and curriculum pacing guides for world languages and science for grades 6-12.
- National Geographic Digital Motion is offering 700 videos and a collection of royalty-free stock video clips from its media collections for teacher and student use in the classroom. These captivating videos cover a range of curriculum areas, including earth and life science, geography, U.S. and world cultures, history, current events and the environment.
- PBS is adding 100 selected video shorts from its wide array of history, science, public affairs and arts programming.
For more information, log on to HotChalk.com
About HotChalk
Founded in 2004, HotChalk is the first free collaborative online education resource and learning management system that connects K-12 teachers, students and parents, giving teachers a voice and the support they need. The HotChalk mission is to improve the lives of teachers to drive measurable academic results for students while meeting mandated government and administration requirements. For more, log on to www.HotChalk.com.
About McGraw-Hill Education
McGraw-Hill Education, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, is a leading global provider of instructional, assessment and reference solutions that empower professionals and students of all ages. McGraw-Hill Education has offices in 33 countries and publishes in more than 40 languages. Additional information is available at http://www.mheducation.com.
About National Geographic Digital Media
National Geographic Digital Media (NGDM) is the multimedia division of National Geographic Ventures, the wholly owned, taxable subsidiary of the National Geographic Society, one of the world’s largest educational and scientific nonprofit organizations. At the forefront of the digital media revolution, NGDM publishes Nationalgeographic.com; delivers multimedia content to digital consumers; manages content partnerships across broadband, mobile, gaming and other consumer digital platforms; and provides video and film footage to commercial, theatrical, education and other digital footage markets.
National Geographic Digital Motion (formerly National Geographic Film Library) is the stock footage service of National Geographic Digital Media. This service licenses the Emmy Award-winning National Geographic Television programming. In addition, Digital Motion agents represent peer-level archives, including Australian Broadcasting Corporation, INA of France, National Film Board of Canada, the White House Historical Association, ZDF Enterprises of Germany and the World Bank, in select territories around the world. The Digital Motion searchable video archive database is at www.ngdigitalmotion.com.
About PBS
PBS, with its 355 member stations, offers all Americans – from every walk of life – the opportunity to explore new ideas and new worlds through television and online content. Each week, PBS reaches more than 73 million people and invites them to experience the worlds of science, history, nature and public affairs; hear diverse viewpoints; and take front row seats to world-class drama and performances. PBS’ broad array of programs have been consistently honored by the industry’s most coveted award competitions. Teachers of children from pre-K through 12th grade turn to PBS for digital content and services that help bring classroom lessons to life. PBS’ premier children’s TV programming and Web site, pbskids.org, are parents’ and teachers’ most trusted partners in inspiring and nurturing curiosity and love of learning in children. More information about PBS is available at www.pbs.org, one of the leading dot-org Web sites on the Internet.
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