Florida School Wins Edgenuity Video Contest

James Earl Rudder High School in Bryan, TX has won the fourth annual Edgenuity video contest.

The digital educational content provider has for the past four years offered awards to the schools that submit the best videos demonstrating success with online and blended learning.

Rudder High teacher Eboni L. Bailey Bonaiti's class submitted the winning video this year, describing the way Edgenuity's blended learning model helped students meet their academic challenges and take control of their own learning.

The school will receive a $5,000 technology grant.

Bonaiti said of her class, "Students may walk in discouraged but, with each completion or passing of a test, courage and confidence grows and students begin to set personal goals, encourage their classmates and realize their potential."

Runners-up, which received Edgenuity software licenses to extend their online and blended learning capabilities, were Christa McAuliffe Middle School in Boynton Beach, FL and the San Diego School for Creative and Performing Arts.

McAuliffe's video shows how students in a blended virtual lab became proficient with the support of teachers. In San Diego, students used Edgenuity to get a jump start on their graduation requirements.

"This year's videos are especially compelling and bring to life the range of ways that Edgenuity is helping to improve learning outcomes and making a difference in the lives of teachers and students," said Edgenuity CEO Sari Factor. "We congratulate the winners and look forward to their continued success in implementing technology to personalize learning."

About the Author

Michael Hart is a Los Angeles-based freelance writer and the former executive editor of THE Journal.

Featured

  • horizontal stack of U.S. dollar bills breaking in half

    ED Abruptly Cancels ESSER Funding Extensions

    The Department of Education has moved to close the door on COVID relief funding for schools, declaring that "extending deadlines for COVID-related grants, which are in fact taxpayer funds, years after the COVID pandemic ended is not consistent with the Department’s priorities and thus not a worthwhile exercise of its discretion."

  • TEACH project path

    PBLWorks Launches Web-based App to Help Scale Project-Based Learning

    PBLWorks, the provider of professional development for project-based learning (PBL), has introduced PBLWorks TEACH, a web-based application that provides ready-to-use, standards-aligned PBL projects for middle school math, science, English language arts, and social studies.

  • Stylized illustration of an AI microchip connected to a laptop, server rack, and monitor with a chart

    HPE and Nvidia Expand AI Infrastructure Partnership

    Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Nvidia have announced an expanded partnership to accelerate enterprise artificial intelligence adoption through new modular infrastructure and turnkey AI platform offerings.

  • silhouetted student stands before the White House, surrounded by abstract digital graphics of brains, circuits, and AI elements

    White House Sets Sights on AI Education

    A new executive order from President Donald Trump aims to advance America's position in artificial intelligence technology by incorporating AI into education and providing AI training for educators.