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Enlighten
October 2010 Issue
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Engaging Technologies
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| Livescribe Success at Bruning-Davenport
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Beth  Ardissono, teacher at Bruning-Davenport Middle School, is having great success with 7th & 8th grade math students taking notes with her Livescribe smartpen and embedding those pencasts in her Moodle site.
Thanks to Beth for sharing her students' success with this new genre of technology. You can read Beth's article here...
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 Livescribe Smartpen Tip |
Use your Livescribe smartpen to quickly answer homework questions for students - from the comfort of your couch!
See this tip from math teacher Sue Glascoe, an enthusiastic user of CPS, Mobi, AND the Livescribe smartpen!
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Pencast Fever
What do John Travolta and basic math functions have in common? Watch the pencast below and you'll find out!
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Thanks to Janet Sankar, our Livescribe colleague in Maryland, for finding this gem of a pencast.
This pencast brilliantly demonstrates how effective this delivery mode of teaching or reteaching can be, especially for the many visual learners that sit in your classroom every day!
If the concepts of basic math functions don't stick, then the pictures and story certainly will!
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Livescribe Makes the The New York Times
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Although Livescribe has been in the news a great amount within the last year, the recent article in The New York Times, The Pen That Never Forgets, is one of the best.
Sit down with your feet up and a cup of coffee while you take in all this article has to offer!
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Win a Collaborative Classroom Suite from eInstruction
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Make sure you have your name entered to win a Classroom Collaborative Suite from eInstruction! eInstruction will be drawing winners on 11/15/10 and 12/15/10.
No purchase or payment is necessary; just enter your name here and you'll have a chance to win a Collaborative Classroom Suite - CPS clickers, a Mobi system, and Examview!
NOTE: You can' t win if you don't enter...
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CPS User Tip
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Have you been hesitant to try using multiple Mobi tablets in the classroom, because you're just not sure how to manage it?
Check out this helpful video by our very own Dustin Frank instructing you on selecting and locking student Mobis.
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Your eInstruction Representatives
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Engaging Technologies, is dedicated to providing only the very best educational technologies to educators in Kansas and Nebraska. We promise to provide only those products that we would use in our classrooms!
Please contact us with any questions regarding sales, training, or implementation, of our product lines in your classroom or organization.
Call 800.705.4049
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Greetings!
As the weather gets cooler, the use of engaging technologies in schools across Kansas and Nebraska definitely seems to be warming up! As part of our ever expanding support team, David LaDay and Dan Reid have jumped in and have joined me in supporting schools on a daily basis throughout our area.
October has been a busy month of tradeshows and conferences, allowing us a chance to see and visit with new faces and old.
Now that school has settled in to some form of normalcy, you may find that you need additional support or are just ready for some new ways to use your engaging technologies in the classroom! Please don't hesitate to reach out to us so we can schedule a time to visit you on-site and ensure the best possible use of all your technology tools.
Sincerely, Dustin K. Frank
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 | StarrMatica Partners with eInstruction
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eInstruction has partnered with StarrMatica Learning Systems, a leading educational publisher of interactive content, to provide free interactive content. StarrMatica has an online library of interactive content that includes over 3,800 K-6 reading and math simulations, animations, activities, games and assessments along with an easy-to-use search engine to find content by grade, topic, state standard, national core curriculum, and textbook curriculums.
As a new eInstruction customer, you can get a free six-month membership to StarrMatica when your purchase any CPS™ student response system or interactive whiteboard. New customers can redeem their six month membership at http://www.starrmatica.com/einstruction.
To receive your free membership, visit www.starrmatica.com/einstruction.
- Create a User ID and Password
- Include their contact and school information
- Include the name of the eInstruction product they purchased
- Use the trial code "EGIFT"
- Click on Sign Up
You will then be contacted with instructions on how to access your StarrMatica membership.
Current customers who already use eInstruction technology are eligible to receive a free four-month membership to the online StarrMatica library by attending a StarrMatica webinar highlighting strategies for integrating interactive content into classroom instruction.
Current interactive technology users can sign up for the free webinar and subscription here: http://www.starrmatica.com/professionaldevelopment.
To get an idea of what advantages StarrMatica offers you as an interactive whiteboard user, feel free to browse StarrMatica's October newsletter. We'd encourage you to sign up if you like what you see!
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| eInstruction's Back to School Offer Just Got Better
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eInstruction is offering a promotion for those users who have only one piece of eInstruction's Collaborative Classroom Suite.
If you already own CPS IR or CPS Pulse clickers, see your offer HERE!
If you already own a Mobi System, see your offer HERE!
Just this week, we received word that now through the end of 2010, every Better Together purchase through Engaging Technologies will also include a free upgrade to the newly updated ExamView Learning Series.
Alignment of the ExamView Learning Series has been recently updated for alignment with Kansas State Standards. The newly aligned ExamView Learning Series aligned to Nebraska State Standards will be released in December.
Now through the end of 2010, get your free ExamView Learning Series aligned with Kansas or Nebraska State Standards with any Better Together purchase!
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| Go Mobile with Pencasts for your iPad or iPhone | |
You and your students can now take pencasts on the go - on the bus, in the car, or in the waiting room! Download the NEW Pencast Player app for your iPhone or iPad today!
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| Classroom Makeover Video Contest - Enter Today!
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Select a song, get your students prepped, and get your cameras rolling. The eInstruction Annual Video Classroom Makeover Contest is coming to an end, and at this point your odds of winning are looking very good!
The grand-prize winners will receive an entire classroom technology makeover valued up to $75,000, and as of this newsletter writing, there are only three entries! Is everyone waiting until t he last minute?
A panel of judges will select a grand-prize winner from three categories; grades K-5 (4-10 yrs old), grades 6-8 (10-14 yrs old), and grades 9-12 (14-18 yrs old).
Don't delay...Enter today!
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| New Livescribe Resources on ET Website | We've finally gotten some of our Livescribe resources up on our website in a collective place to make it easy for our customers and visitors to access our Livescribe resources!
Make sure and check out these resources by clicking on Livescribe Smartpen under Products in the navigation bar on the left side.
In Action: See movies of the pen in action, including Livescribe on Oprah!
In the News: We've posted some fantastic articles, including the most interesting article yet, the Livescribe smartpen in The New York Times!
Livescribe Pricing: Remember, all of our educational bundles come with MyScript software, which converts your handwritten notes to typed test.
Success Stories: Have a success story to add? Let us know!
Training Resources: Here's where we've compiled great websites, videos, flyers, spec sheets, and more for you to peruse. We'll keep you updated when we add new goodies to this spot!
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| Win a $50 VISA Gift Card | Collaboration is a key element to increasing student engagement and driving student progress. 
We know that interactive multi-user Workspace lessons are created by creative teachers in classrooms every day, and now it could just pay off for you!
Share your highly-effective multi-user Workspace lessons with eInstruction.
If eInstruction features your interactive multi-user lesson, you'll receive a $50 VISA Gift Card!
Please submit your lessons to collaborate@einstruction.com.
There is no limit to the number of lessons you can submit or Visa cards you can win.
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| Upcoming eInstruction Webinar Schedule | Three eInstruction training webinars designed to provide you with continued support on eInstruction software and technology are left on the fall schedule and you are invited to attend for free!
Each webinar is scheduled for 1 hour on the following dates at 3pm CST.
Browse the remaining webinars below and be sure to register for each free webinar in which you are interested.
11/8 - Intermediate and Advanced tools in Workspace™
11/22 - Engaging ExamView® questions with CPS™ through Workspace™
12/6 - Adding Content to the Workspace™ Gallery
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| Livescribe Upcoming Fall Webinars | |
The word about Livescribe and its great potential in education for many different student populations is getting out! If you're interested in an initial free training webinar or a demonstration of how Livescribe is being us ed in schools across the country, make time to view or record one (or both) of the upcoming Livescribe webinars below!
All sessions have a maximum of 25 log-ins, so registration at the links above is on a first come, first serve basis. Registration will hold your spot in the webinar and provide you with log-in information.
Livescribe Initial Training Webinar
October 28, 9-10:30 am
This webinar isn't intended to replace on-site staff development that digs deep into the why, where, and how of smartpens in education. However, this brief 1.5-hour overview will cover the basics of paper replay, creating pencasts, and how to share pencasts. This is a great prep to an on-site staff development.
Livescribe Demo Webinar
November 12, 12-1:30 pm
This webinar will be a general demonstration webinar on the basics of the smartpen, use cases in education, and an introduction to pencasts. If you want to see how educators across the county are implementing the smartpen in their classrooms and programs, don't miss this webinar.
Register today to save your spot!
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