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Announcements
A new year, a new SoftChalk eNewsletter! Welcome to the first edition of SoftChalk Connect, a bi-monthly eNewsletter that will be your connection to all things SoftChalk.
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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. Upcoming Short Courses are listed below. For more information or to register go to http://www.softchalk.com/training/.
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Navigation Features in LessonBuilder
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Thursday, January 15 |
10am PT | 1pm ET
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SoftChalk StyleBuilder
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Monday, January 19 |
1pm PT | 4pm ET
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Interactive Learning Activities
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Tuesday, January 20 |
12pm PT | 3pm ET
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| Introduction to SoftChalk |
Monday, January 26 |
12pm PT | 3pm ET |
| TextPoppers, Images and Hyperlinks |
Wednesday, January 28 |
12:30pm PT | 3:30pm ET |
**New Short Course sessions are added weekly.
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Innovators Series Continues with Adora Svitak
Using SoftChalk to Engage Young Learners Through the Eyes of our Youngest Teacher
Thursday, January 22, 2009 2pm PT | 5pm ET
Adora Svitak, the eleven-year-old published author of Flying Fingers and inspirational teacher, has given educators and parents a child’s perspective on successful strategies that encourage children to write. In her distance learning and face-to-face presentations, she teaches about the importance of writing and how to integrate technology into the curriculum. Join Adora in a demonstration of the interactive web pages and learning tools that she created using SoftChalk. By the end of this session, you will learn innovative ways to use SoftChalk to produce results in the classroom and how using SoftChalk can motivate students. The session will conclude with a Q & A period. To learn more about how Adora can inspire and motivate, or to purchase her books, please visit Adora’s website at www.adorasvitak.com.
For more information or to register go to http://softchalk.com/webinar/#innovators.
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Online Demos
These 45 minute presentations introduce the key features of LessonBuilder. We will view example lessons, and then demonstrate how the lesson content was created using SoftChalk LessonBuilder. The session ends with a question and answer period. Upcoming demonstrations are listed below. For more information or to register go to http://www.softchalk.com/webinar/.
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Friday, January 23
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11am PT | 2pm ET
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Thursday, January 29
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2pm PT | 5pm ET
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Tuesday, February 3
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8am PT | 11am ET
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Friday, February 6
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12pm PT | 3pm ET
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Monday, February 9
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9am PT | 12pm ET
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Wednesday, February 11
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3pm PT | 6pm ET
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SoftChalk Talk Featuring Click and Drag
SoftChalk Talk is a new and exciting online series featuring Click & Drag - SoftChalk experts, Dave and Mary Beth. This is your hour to ask the experts questions and discuss topics of importance with SoftChalk fans near and far. Please join your hosts for an exciting one-hour session. Upcoming sessions are listed below.
| Tuesday, January 27 |
9am PT | 12pm ET |
| Wednesday, February 11 |
12pm PT | 3pm ET |
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Straight From a Chalkie: Quote of the Month
"I cannot tell you how much I love using SoftChalk. My lessons look so professional and I like the way I can upload to Blackboard for grading. I am replacing all of my powerpoint lectures with SoftChalk lessons for the Spring Semester and I have incorporated SoftChalk for all of my remaining classes as well. The Chair of my department wants me to train her how to use SoftChalk, can you believe that? I told her I would show her how to use SoftChalk if she did not cut my budget."
Jackie McNair, Program Coordinator, Health Information Technology
Baltimore City Community College
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