Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 26, Number 7, 1 July 2009 — KS educators draw top award for online teaching [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

KS educators draw top award for online teaching

Two Kamehameha Schools teachers are recipients of an award from a national organization that recognizes excellence in the use of technology in education or so-called e-learning. Kelly Cua and Christy Sato earned the prestigious Blackboard Exemplary Course Award for the Hawaiian lan-

guage coiuse, Ku'u Wahi Noho. Offered through a Kamehameha Schools' Distance Learning program for parents, caregivers and adults, Ku'u Wahi Noho teaches Hawaiian language by teaching students about

the Hawaiian sense of plaee in the area where they live. This is the third consecutive year that Kamehameha Schools Distance Learning has been awarded for its innovative courses that represent the very best in e-learning. Cua and Sato will join seven other Exemplary Course honorees from the United States and Canada at the company's annual users' conference in July in Washington, D.C. Blackboard is a global enterprise in educational technology.

Award-winning educators Kelly Cuū, left, ond Christy Sūto. - Photo: tesyofl(amehameha Schools