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SoftChalk eNewsletter |
September 2009
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Don't Miss the Summer Sizzler Promotion
The SoftChalk ‘Summer Sizzler’ promotion will be ending this month. Act now to get the best deal of the season:
- Additional licenses at NO COST with purchase of 25 or 50 SoftChalk V5 licenses
- Upgrades of Individual Licenses to SoftChalk V5 priced BELOW the normal education pricing
Call 877.638.2425 ext 105 to find out how you can take advantage of this sizzling deal. Purchases must be made THIS SUMMER- between now and September 30, 2009. |
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V5 Update - Quiz Group Function and INTELECOM Repository
An automatic update to SoftChalk V5 will occur Monday, September 14 with two new features:
- A Quiz Group Function that will allow you to create groups of quiz questions in your lesson. You will be able to display one question at a time or all questions in the group at one time to your student and feedback will be provided only after the student has completed all questions in the quiz group.
- The INTELECOM Online Resources Network will be available for search within SoftChalk's media search tool. INTELECOM provides a fully searchable online database/repository of digital content. For more information about INTELECOM please visit http://www.intelecom.org. Also, SoftChalk clients receive a 10% discount.
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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 short presentations might inspire you to check out the full archived sessions on our site.
Each month we will highlight one of these 5 minute presentations. This month Hampton City Schools describe how they create lessons for the 21st century skills framework using SoftChalk.
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September Innovator Webinar Series
This series highlights guest speakers from leading educational institutions who are using SoftChalk in innovative ways.
Teaching Educators How to Teach Online using SoftChalk Lessons
Sharon Rifkin, District Director, e-Learning Programs/Faculty, Broward College, Florida
This session will show how Broward College provides the necessary professional development to educators wishing to teach online.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009 / 11am PT | 12pm MT | 1pm CT | 2pm ET
Click here to Learn More or to Register |
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Fall Education Technology Conferences
The SoftChalk team will be traveling to conferences this Fall and we would love to see you.
Stop by our booth at the following conferences:
GovTech Series (booth #21) October 6-8 Norfolk, Hampton, Newport News, VA
League CIT (booth #209) October 11-14 Detroit, MI
ESC XI Distance Learning (Table #8) October 14 Fort Worth, TX
TBUG October 14-16 Nacogdoches, TX
SLATE October 15 - 16, Chicago, IL
Northwest eLearning Conference October 29-30 Meridian, ID
Virginia Educational Technology Conference October 28-30 Richmond, VA
Sloan-C (booth #512) October 28-30, 2009 Orlando FL
Educause (booth #851&853) November 3-6 Denver, CO
iNACOL VSS (booth #25) November 15 - 17 Austin, TX
BACC- American Association of Colleges of Nursing November 19-21 Chicago, IL
VSTE November 30 - December 2 Roanoke, VA |
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Straight From a Chalkie: Michelle Speaks Out
“The students today are interactive students- gone are the days with a nose in the books. SoftChalk engages the learner to utilize information, remediate learning, expand their knowledge, and enjoy the process of learning. This learning tool is also a great help to the instructor offering different ways to explain a topic to meet the various learning styles. It shifted my paradigm on presenting information in a meaningful way. Lastly, it is a portal to collect all my favorite tidbits, pictures, videos, lectures on a particular topic…like a file but better. I see many possibilities… "
Michelle Stoll RN, BSN , Nursing Faculty, Owensboro Community and Technical College
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SoftChalk Tip:Import Your PowerPoint Slides into the SoftChalk Slide Show
There are several ways to bring the content from your PowerPoint files into a SoftChalk lesson. One way is to import the slides into the SoftChalk Slide Show.
If you have PowerPoint 2007, you can do the following:
1. Within PowerPoint 2007, open a presentation.
2. Choose Save As.
3. At the bottom of the window for the Save as type, select JPEG (*.jpg).
4. Click Save.
5. At the next window asking what to export, click Every Slide.
6. A folder will be created with each slide appearing as an image.
7. Quit PowerPoint.
8. Start LessonBuilder.
9. Choose Insert/Activity/Slide Show.
10. Click Select Folder.
11. Select the folder with the slide images you created earlier. Click Open.
12. Click OK to close the Slideshow Activity window.
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Where to Learn More
Introductory Webinars
These 45 minute presentations introduce the key features of SoftChalk 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. 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/.
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