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If you are using TurningPoint and TurningPoint Anywhere with the same group of students, keeping the participant lists updated for both software products can be challenging. A better approach is to point TurningPoint Anywhere default folder stucture to TurningPoint folders. Take a look at the attached guide and let me know how it works!

I have attached two presentations, one for K12 and one for Higher Ed that show cases our new features.

If you are using GradeSpeed for your online gradebook, you can easily export a roster and import the roster into a TurningPoint participant list. I have attached two cheat sheets for each step of the process.

Turning Technologies has been working with Ocoee Middle School in Orlando, Florida for two years. Their principal, Sharyn Gabriel has been a remarkable administrator of positive change for this school. She has implemented edugaming, iPods, TurningPoint and new media arts with amazing success.

My son Jordon held his first clicker when he was 2 days old....at 2 months he is an old pro!

Join in on the content sharing beginning in our K12 Forum at http://www.turning-talk.com/forum/viewforum.p... Please share you content for other teachers to use and download content that can help with your students.

I had the pleasure of coming across the Jason Project which is an exceptional science program. In order to do it justice, I have copied their description from their about page:

I wanted to share an exciting technology solution that includes Turning Technology reseponse systems. The US Department of Education awarded 20 Central Indiana Charter schools with a one year grant focused on improving instruction using technology. These schools are investing in a portable, interactive visualization tool that includes TurningPoint and is known as Prometheus. Click the following link to learn more about this solution http://www.projectengageonline.com/ .

Attached is an interesting article that was published in Educaiton Week regarding assessment. Let me know if you agree or disagree with these myths!

Congratulations to Belinda Hartzler, Richard Mayberry, and John Mullen our recent graduates of our Master Trainer Certification course. If you are interested in becoming a Certified Master TurningPoint Trainer, we offer an online course at http://courses.turningtechnologies.com/. Please email me at trooks@turningtechnologies.com for additional information.