eBoards of Excellence

eBoards of Excellence is a program to honor our customers whose eBoards are outstanding examples of how eBoard can be used as a tool to support integration of technology into the classroom and increase communication between teachers, administrators, students, and parents.

The eBoards of Excellence Award has two categories – District Wide and Individual. To submit your eBoard site for consideration, please fill out one of the following applications. Email the completed application to comments@eboard.com

• District Wide eBoards of Excellence Application
• Individual eBoards of Excellence Application

Award Winner - Newark Public Schools

Congratulations to the Newark Public Schools from Newark, New Jersey, for being selected to receive the eBoards of Excellence Award for their creative and innovative use of eBoard!

"In our district eBoards have made a difference in a variety of ways. Every one of our 76 schools has three eBoards, a Teacher eBoard, a Student eBoard and a Parent eBoard. In addition, eBoards have been developed to support the State standardized tests and the District's Novel Initiative. Also designed are eBoards used as portfolios, as virtual classrooms, as staff development tools and as focal points for specific projects. These eBoards have been instrumental in helping us meet our educational goals and objectives as outlined in our District's long range plans. Shared below is information related to our State Test eBoards."
Stan Salagaj, Director of the Office of Instructional Technology

Newark's National Treasure eBoard
http://www.newarksnationaltreasure.newark.site.eboard.com
The Newark's National Treasure project was the brainchild of Rhonda Williamson Green, technology coordinator, at Alexander Street School and assisting her in the implementation were Kimberly Griffith of Speedway Avenue School and Jeanette Parham of the Office of Instructional Technology. The project was inspired by the Disney movie "National Treasure". Working cooperatively, student treasure hunters in nine different Newark schools embarked on an educational adventure which incorporated the social studies, literacy, math, and science curriculum as well as involved the use of several different technologies. eBoard was the tool that was used to manage the entire project.

Game 24 Math eBoard
http://www.game24.newark.site.eboard.com
The Game24 eBoard was a collaborative venture between The Newark Public Schools Office of Mathematics and the Office of Instructional Technology. This eBoard was designed to challenge the problem solving skills of both the Newark Public School students in grades 3-12 and adults by providing a format similar to the original Game 24 concept, where, given four numbers, the task is to form an expression using all four numbers once, any set of arithmetic operators (+, -, × and ÷) and possibly brackets and exponents, to form an expression with an outcome of 24.By the 24th day of competition (the final day), the eBoard received over 20,000 visits!

Language Arts Literacy Assessment eBoard
http://www.njstatetest.newark.site.eboard.com
This Language Arts Literacy eBoard was developed through a collaboration between the Office of Instructional Technology and the Office of Language Arts Literacy. We think of it as a one-stop location filled with useful resources related to the Language Arts Literacy portion of the NJASK, GEPA and HSPA tests. The site contains practice examples, interactive activities, writing prompts, picture prompts, graphic organizers, Harcourt Brace, McDougal Littell, and Prentice Hall resources and much, much more.

Mathematics Assessment eBoard
http://www.math.newark.site.eboard.com
This Math eBoard was designed by the Office of Instructional Technology in collaboration with the Office of Mathematics. This easy-to-access portal contains a rich collection of math resources including information about the New Jersey Math Standards, standards based interactive activities, practice examples, online calculators, online manipulatives, information about the Everyday Math and Connected Math programs and much, much more.

Science Assessment eBoard
http://www.sciencedept.newark.site.eboard.com
This Science eBoard was developed by the Office of Instructional Technology in collaboration with the Office of Science Education. It contains information about the science standards, sample assessment tests, interactive activities, FOSS resources, information for parents, upcoming professional development information for teachers, and much much more.

Award Winner - South Huntington School District

eBoard brings excitement and vigor to the communication process in the South Huntington School District. It is used extensively as a 24/7 conduit of information between teachers, students, parents and administrators. Showcasing student projects, listing assignments and posting learning materials on eBoard provides an opportunity to share a student's day with their family. We are presently expanding our use of eBoard to explore new horizons such as posting podcasts of students reading their original stories and poetry, teachers recording spelling words in English and in Spanish for our Dual Language classes, and posting sound clips of musical rehearsals to enhance home learning opportunities.

Award Winner - Orange Township Public School District

eBoards offer the staff, parents and children of Orange a variety of tools and resources for teaching and learning. A well developed eBoard creates a 21st Century learning environment, and a student centered resource that enhances Digital Literacy skills to meet the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards. Students can access eBoards for projects, assignments, strategies and resources to analyze synthesize and evaluate information.

Award Winner - Half Hollow Hills Central School District from Dix Hills, NY

In the Half Hollow Hills School District teachers and administrators work every day to maximize the achievement of all students. A key component of this endeavor is communication, communication that connects students, parents and teachers. We have found that eBoard is the perfect tool to facilitate this communication.

Award Winner - William Floyd School District from Mastic Beach,NY

The William Floyd School District has also been awarded the Newsday.com Cool Site Award - check out what Newsday has to say about eBoard!

Award Winner - Beacon City Schools from Beacon, NY

Beacon City Schools was selected as the first winner of the eBoards of Excellence award in December 2004. In addition to being featured here, these eBoards were presented at NYSCATE 2004 in Rochester, New York!