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{{Infobox company
| name = HotChalk, Inc.
| logo = HotChalk logo.png
| logo_caption =
| type = [[Privately held|Private]]
| foundation = 2004
| founder = Edward Fields, CEO
| defunct = {{end date|2020|11}}
| fate = Acquired by Noodle
| location_city = [[Campbell, California]]
| location_country = US
| industry = Education, [[Electronic media|Media]], [[Online Advertising]]
| homepage = {{URL |HotChalk.com}}
}}

'''HotChalk''' was an education technology company founded in September 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/2008/05/22/mitra-education-technology-tech-enter-cx_sm_0523mitra.html|title=A Technological Fix For Education|website=Forbes|language=en|access-date=2020-04-28}}</ref> HotChalk ran an online community application designed for grade school teachers, students, and parents. In August 2007, [[McGraw Hill Education|McGraw-Hill]] partnered with HotChalk to make McGraw-Hill training and certification tools available to HotChalk users.<ref name=f>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.forbes.com/2008/05/22/mitra-education-technology-tech-enter-cx_sm_0523mitra.html | title=A Technological Fix For Education | magazine=[[Forbes]] | date=May 23, 2008 | accessdate=18 March 2014 | author=Mitra, Sramana}}</ref> [[NBC]] partnered with HotChalk as well to distribute NBC news archives to supplement educational materials.<ref name=f/><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=SeopHukb5fcC&pg=PA79 The More We Know: NBC News, Educational Innovation, and Learning from Failure - Klopfer, Eric, Haas, Jason]. pp. 79–84.</ref>

HotChalk was founded by Edward M. Fields; the company's last CEO was Rob Wrubel.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hotchalk.com/our-team/|title=Our Team {{!}} HotChalk, Inc.|website=www.hotchalk.com|access-date=2019-06-14}}</ref>

The company drew scrutiny from the [[U.S. Department of Education,|U.S. Department of Education]] in the mid-2010s regarding HotChalk's relationship with [[Concordia University (Oregon)|Concordia University]] of [[Portland, Oregon]]. A federal prosecutor alleged that the university's $160 million deal with HotChalk violated a law that prohibits incentives for recruitment and outsourcing of more than half an educational program to an unaccredited party. The investigation was settled out-of-court for $1 million with no admissions of wrongdoing.<ref name=HotChalk>{{cite web |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2016/10/concordia_gained_thousands_of_new_students_--_and_a_federal_inquiry.html |title=Concordia gained thousands of new students -- and a federal inquiry |first=Molly |last=Young |publisher=[[The Oregonian]] |date=October 21, 2016 |accessdate=February 11, 2020}}</ref>

In November 2020, Noodle acquired Hot Chalk.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lederman |first1=Doug |title=Noodle Swallows an OPM Competitor |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/digital-learning/article/2020/11/20/noodle-online-degree-enabler-buys-parts-hotchalk-former |website=www.insidehighered.com |publisher=Inside Higher Education |access-date=12 July 2021}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.HotChalk.com}}

[[Category:Educational technology companies of the United States]]
[[Category:Companies based in Campbell, California]]
[[Category:Online advertising services and affiliate networks]]
[[Category:Marketing companies established in 2004]]
[[Category:Education companies established in 2004]]
[[Category:Privately held companies based in California]]
[[Category:Learning management systems]]

HotChalk - Revision history

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