Interactive Books to Help Districts Reduce Injury-Related Costs -- THE Journal

Professional Development

Interactive Books to Help Districts Reduce Injury-Related Costs

09/01/05

QBooks

In an effort to educate facultymembers about how they canreduce injury-related costs,QBInternational (www.qube.com/elearning/ebooks.asp) hascreated two interactive, onlinegame-based learning QBooksfor two California schooldistricts. The San Francisco USDQBooks will cover studentsafety, insurance, and riskmanagementissues associatedwith school field trips, while SanDiego City Schools’ specialeducationteachers will use theirQBooks to help reduce backinjuries in the classroom.Designed around a “learn-byplay”methodology, QBooks letusers learn at their own pace bycombining the look and feel ofan actual book with the interactivityof a Web page. Each QBookis also supported by a variety ofQGames, which are onlinelearning activities designed tomaximize retention and understandingof QBook content.

E-Mail this page

Printable Format

Featured

OpenAI Launching AI-Powered Search Engine

OpenAI has unveiled SearchGPT, a new AI-powered search engine designed to access information from across the internet in real time. The much-anticipated prototype will provide more organized and meaningful search results by summarizing and contextualizing information rather than returning lists of links.
3 in 4 Education Institutions Have Uncovered a Cyber Attack on Their Infrastructure in the Past Year

Seventy-seven percent of institutions across K-12 and higher education have identified a cyber attack on their infrastructure within the past 12 months, according to a new survey from cybersecurity company Netwrix.
FCC Cybersecurity Pilot Update: Administrative Window Opens Aug. 26

The Universal Service Administrative Co. (USAC) has just released information on how to begin making administrative updates to prepare the user permissions necessary for the Federal Communications Commission Schools and Libraries Cybersecurity Pilot Program.
FCC Reports Strong Interest in Schools and Libraries Cybersecurity Pilot Program

The Federal Communications Commission has received 2,734 applications totaling $3.7 billion in funding requests from schools, libraries, and consortia for its Schools and Libraries Cybersecurity Pilot Program, the agency reported in a recent announcement.