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ABOUT US
Arkansas IDEAS Help Desk
Phone:800-488-6689
Hours: M–F 8am to 4:30pm
Visit us: www.arkansasideas.org
Schedule On-site Arkansas IDEAS Portal Training
Phone: 501-852-7168
Email: ideastraining@aetn.org
Links
http://www.arkansased.org/ (Arkansas Department of Education)
http://www.aetn.org/ (Arkansas Educational Television Network)
Portal training will be offered at AETN each month. Dates are posted on the IDEAS calendar at
http://www.arkansasideas.org/
General Information
As of March 8th, 2011, ADE announced the Arkansas Digital Sandbox, a new tool offered free to Arkansas schools. It is designed to support the exchange of digital media in a safe and secure social networking environment. In this closed network, educators can create custom classroom groups, invite students to share multimedia files, and post private comments to students about their work. They can even join existing groups and circulate YouTube videos. Students can customize their profiles, upload their own media, form personal learning networks through buddy lists, and rate the work of their peers.
The Arkansas Digital Sandbox will take its place alongside existing digital learning environments such as Arkansas IDEAS and Arkansas on iTunes U as web-based platforms to support teaching and learning.
Each school has their own specific AR Digital Sandbox URL. Below are all School District URLs within the Wilbur D. Mills education service Co-operative.