SoftChalk Wins Big - 2010 CODiE Winner in Two Education Categories

SoftChalk brings home two CODiE Awards! For the second year in a row we've been named Best Postsecondary Instructional Solution and Best Education Technology Solution for Productivity/Creativity. Read more here....

SoftChalk V6 & CONNECT Available Now

V6 is here, along with our completely new Learning Object Repository (LOR) for publishing and sharing content — SoftChalk CONNECT.

What to find out more? Download a pdf of the new features, register for a premier webinar and sign up for a CONNECT account.

The new version has exciting new features and enhancements, but don't just take it from us. Here's what our clients are saying about V6:

“SoftChalk has made some excellent enhancements in V6. The Library has been enhanced to save test questions and question sets along with any activities, images, media or widgets. This improved functionality will save a lot of time, which we all need these days! Then there is CONNECT. This is a perfect service for SoftChalk to offer. I can’t wait to see what faculty share in this repository. It will be great to see the variety of content developed by the creative community of SoftChalk users.“

-Paige Brooks-Jeffiers, eLearning Technology Coordinator at KCTCS, V6 beta tester

Take the CONNECT Challenge

Submit your SoftChalk Learning Activities to CONNECT between now and August 31, 2010 for a chance to win a variety of prizes from T-shirts to the Grand Prize - a $500 VISA gift card.

Prizes will be awarded based on how the CONNECT community rates and uses your CONNECT learning objects! So invite your colleagues and friends to join CONNECT where they can review the learning objects you've shared, and assign a 5-star rating! Who knows, maybe you will be our highest-rated CONNECT “Chalkie!”

How to Enter?

All activities uploaded publicly on the CONNECT LOR will automatically be entered into the CONNECT Challenge.

Click here for more information on the Challenge and detailed instructions on uploading your activities.

Check out our monthly series, which highlights guest speakers who are using SoftChalk in innovative ways.

2010 Lesson Challenge Winners!

Marilyn Larsen, College of the Mainland
Richard Foster, Guilford Technical Community College
Michelle Leavitt, NetLearning, a part of Cengage Learning
Derek Weber, Raritan Valley Community College

The second annual SoftChalk Lesson Challenge was a huge success! We received over 60 submissions! With so many extraordinary lessons and courses submitted, it was hard to choose only four winners, and now you can see these wonderful lessons and courses, and hear from their authors.

Best K-12 Lesson
Title: Basic Arithmetic: Decimals
Author: Marilyn Larsen, College of the Mainland

Best Higher Ed Lesson
Title: Introduction to Dental Terminology
Author: Richard Foster, Guilford Technical Community College

Best Corporate Lesson
Title: Swine Flu (H1N1 Influenza) Preparedness
Author: Michelle Leavitt, NetLearning, a part of Cengage Learning

Best Full Course
Title: BIOL 133: Principles of Microbiology
Author: Derek Weber, Raritan Valley Community College

A Q&A period will end the presentation.

Click Here to Learn More or to Register.

Introductory Webinars
These 45 minute presentations introduce the key features of SoftChalk. We will view example lessons, then demonstrate how the lesson content was created using SoftChalk. The session ends with a question and answer period. For more information or to register, go to http://www.softchalk.com/webinar/.

Short Courses
SoftChalk is now offering online training sessions to everyone for FREE! Each Short Course is a live 1-hour training session conducted by a SoftChalk instructor using web conferencing. The course includes a presentation and examples, as well as an opportunity to ask questions and receive assistance from the instructor. For more information or to register go to http://www.softchalk.com/training/.

Innovator Vignettes
Our Innovators in Online Learning presentations are so popular that we decided to give you quick look at what all the excitement is about. These brief vignettes might encourage you to check out the full presentations. For more information or to view the vignettes go to http://www.softchalk.com/lb_vignettes.html.