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MyVRSpot and ADE Honored with SETDA State Achievement Award
Michael Kessler2025-07-03T17:39:01+00:00SETDA State Achievement Award Winners Announced For more information: Sarah Beth Ewing MyVRSpot, LLC 309-664-1742 x1013 sarahbeth@myvrspot.com June 22, 2021 (Fort Collins, CO) - The State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) announced the recipients of their 2021 SETDA State Achievement Awards at their Emerging Trends forum on June 15, 2021. The Arkansas Department of Education was named the award winner in the Digital Content category for their work with MyVRSpot and their state branded Arkansas Digital Sandbox solution. “We are excited to see our partnership with the ADE being recognized at a national level,” says Michael [...]
MyVRSpot Announces Two Major Releases
Michael Kessler2025-07-03T17:34:41+00:00K12’s Leading Video Management Solution Announces Two Major Summer Releases FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Michael Kessler MyVRSpot, LLC 309-664-1742 mkessler@myvrspot.com www.myvideospot.com Fort Collins, CO September 15, 2020 – MyVRSpot, LLC has announced the release of their two newest online video solutions: their Online Video Editor, and the much anticipated Video Response System (VRS). Both the new Online Video Editor and the VRS system will be available to all existing MyVRSpot customers, and will become part of all future offerings from MyVRSpot. Online Video Editing Made Easy – The online video editor will [...]
Case Study: How the Use of Video in Education Transformed to an Essential Service Overnight
Michael Kessler2025-07-03T17:34:15+00:00Case Study: How the Use of Video in Education Transformed to an Essential Service Overnight Once upon a time, only the savviest teachers in K-12 education introduced technology into their classroom lessons. And only the most forward-thinking districts provided the resources, training, and support to make it happen. That mythical time ended abruptly in March of this year, when every teacher was expected to reach students remotely using video, online conferencing tools, streaming services, and other digital content programs. Overnight, technology went from a nice-to-have concept to an essential tool for academic endurance during a [...]
The Perfect Storm
Michael Kessler2025-07-03T17:33:47+00:00For most of us, starting on or around March 16th, our lives got thrown into a whirlwind, both personally and professionally. As the technology leader in your district, like so many others, you undoubtedly found yourself with a lot of new challenges that needed to be addressed right away. From working with your instructional leaders to put together a remote teaching and learning program, to addressing the lack of connectivity for some students, to figuring out how to still meet the requirements for public participation of school board meetings, and the list goes on and on. [...]
Embracing MyVideoSpot in DeSoto County Schools
Michael Kessler2026-07-23T15:56:46+00:00Embracing MyVideoSpot in DeSoto County Schools At DeSoto Central Middle School, MyVideoSpot helped students become the teachers—literally. To wrap up a semester of Cyber Foundations, Carol Houston asked her students to create instructional videos for next year's class. They completed the task through MyVideoSpot, a video platform designed specifically for school environments. Her students' creations pleased her so much that she's using them in next semester's lesson plans. "My students love the fact that they can create cool projects at school and home and share them,” Houston said. “It is a tool that is easy to use, [...]
Embracing MyVideoSpot: Stories from Central Bucks School District
Michael Kessler2026-07-23T15:58:52+00:00Embracing MyVideoSpot: Stories from Central Bucks School District One Halloween, heavy rains forced a Central Bucks elementary school to cancel its outdoor parade. Rather than cancelling the fun entirely, they instructed several spookily dressed students to skip down the hallway, and live streamed the impromptu parade for parents to watch. "The principal received around forty emails from grateful parents and guardians watching the stream. It was really cool to see them be part of the experience. That’s not something that we would have been able to do before MyVideoSpot," Video Specialist Matt Murray shares. Easy Video Solutions for [...]
How to Safely Link Videos in Your Classroom Assignments
Michael Kessler2025-07-09T20:26:50+00:00How to Safely Link Videos in Your Classroom Assignments Do you want to include videos in your classroom assignments without having to sort through suggested videos or deal with advertisement pop-ups? You can keep your students focused and avoid these distractions using MyVRSpot’s uploading and sharing tools! The sharing tools are available to all MyVRSpot user accounts and your videos can be shared publicly or privately. To add a video to an assignment, simply upload a video into your MyVRSpot account from your computer or mobile device, a URL (even from YouTube or Vimeo), or record [...]