KKahn's blog

We've just posted some great presentations and resources specifically for our K-12 users.  Last year's grant participants submitted multiple classroom TurningPoint presentations.  Thanks again!  In addition, we've posted a variety of TurningPoint game templates.

We will continue to add more resources over time, so check back!
-K.

Katherine Kahn
Communications Manager - Education Division
Turning Technologies

Interested in learning more about edugaming?  Dr. Chris Dede and Dr. Tina Sartori will be hosting a full day workshop - Serious Results From Serious Games - July 21st at Ocoee Middle School (30 minutes outside of Orlando, FL) focused on edugamings positive impact to student achievement.

Space is limited so get your registration in soon!

Learn more about the edugaming workshop. >>

-K.

The K-12 & Event Turning Team's are all geared up and ready for NECC next week!  If you're heading to DC, make sure you stop by and visit us at booth #3236.  We're having plenty of giveaways - which no one would let me snag! lol - and a some great featured presentations listed below.

Featured Presentations:

For anyone who still hasn't updated to TurningPoint 2008, please read the end of life notification for TurningPoint 2006.  Beginning August 31, 2009, TurningPoint 2006 will no longer be available for download or sale either domestically or internationally.
-K.

Woo-hoo!  If you haven't heard yet, TurningPoint AnyWhere 2.0 is available for download for both Mac and PC.  It has a variety of new updates/enhancements, and the interface really looks great.

It's Friday.  School is either out or almost out, so I'm sure most of you are probably reaching for your beach towels about now, but...

Next week Study Island's offering a free webinar related to their integration with our student response systems.  If you're interested, details are below.

Don't forget the sunscreen! :-)
-K.

Date:  Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Webinar resources from our Spring 09 Series are now online.  I've also posted all questions submitted during the webinars to the TurningTalk forums for feedback and further discussion since we were not always able to get through the entire list during the one hour sessions.

Over 1,000 users registered to attend.  Thank you to all attendees for your  valuable feedback.

Yesterday we successfully held our first Spring 09 webinar for K-12 - Finding Funding Opportunities.  Woo-hoo!  John Wilson (Turning Foundation Director), Bill Mullane (School Improvement Supervisor, Ashtabula County Educational Service Center), and Joel Ratner (President, The Raymond John Wean Foundation all provided an exteremely insightful presentation that included current and upcoming funding resources and how best to approach funding requests.

FYI:  The latest version of RemotePoll was released today.  RemotePoll allows for polling at remote locations.  Ideal for video conferencing or satellite broadcasts. 

There have been significant improvements in the ease of use  (No need to configure firewalls.)

Key highlights:

One of the highlights of my position is that I’ve been able to either attend or hear about some of the more imaginative uses of student response. I know that most of your time is focused on teaching, learning activities, and engaging students in course work – a challenge I admire and respect all educators for taking on every day. The thought of 30 8 year-olds for 7+ hours intimidates me in a way words fail to express. lol

But what about the little moments you’ve carved out just for fun?