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New Activities for Whiteboards and CPS ClickersWe've updated our activities page for whiteboard and clicker activities. Visit and browse new links for CPS databases, whiteboard activities links, and links to various Internet quizzes and interactive activities on a variety of subjects... Permalink -- click for full blog post Enlighten, August 2008, is now online!The August 2008 issue of Enlighten, our monthly newsletter, is now available on line. In this issue:
To receive Enlighten directly in your inbox, subscribe HERE! Click for more info New Training Resources AddedWe've recently updated our Downloads page, adding lots of new training resources! In addition to the CPS for Mac training modules, you'll now find new training modules for CPS for Windows, CPS for Higher Ed, ExamView, and Workspace. Take advantages of these great resources... Permalink -- click for full blog post Clickers in Action...Check It Out!We've gathered up some great videos of clickers in action, both at the elementary and higher ed levels. Check them out at... Permalink -- click for full blog post New FAQ: How Do I Get A CPS Access Card?School is getting close to starting and the search for used textbooks is on! If you do purchase used textbooks, you might find yourself without the CPS Access Card on your booklist. Find out how to do without it... Permalink -- click for full blog post Enlighten, Summer 2008, is now online!The Summer issue of Enlighten is now available! In this issue:
To receive Enlighten directly in your inbox, subscribe HERE! Click for more info New FAQ: Other Software to Use With CPS?Have you ever thought that CPS didn't have enough games for your taste and wondered what else you could use with CPS clickers? Look no more! Here's some suggestions for other games to play with clickers - great for reviewing for tests and making learning fun... Permalink -- click for full blog post New FAQ: Do I Have to Have a Whiteboard?We fielded this question a lot at NETA while we were using wireless tablets. Find out how our products - clickers, tablets, and whiteboards - depend or don't on each other... Permalink -- click for full blog post OOPS! Add Broken Bow to the List!Someone alerted us to the fact that Broken Bow Public Schools wasn't on our Nebraska list of CPS users. Thank you! It wasn't intentional; we just missed getting them on the LONG list of users! With new users hopping on board so quickly, we must have missed one in our excitement. Thanks for keeping up honest, Vickie! Be sure and check that your school is on the list. If you see that it isn't, please let us know... Permalink -- click for full blog post Enlighten, May 2008, is now online!The May issue of Enlighten, our monthly update, is now available! In this issue:
To receive Enlighten directly in your inbox, subscribe HERE! Click for more info NETA 2008 -Great Time, Big WinnersI hope that all of you had as much fun at NETA 2008 as we did! I don't go to shows much, as I am usually stuck in front of my computer screen at home, but I had a great time visiting with many of you. We had great traffic at our booth and some very happy teachers left NETA with great new clicker technology to use in their classroom! Our latest newsletter has all of our winners listed, so I'll let you check that out here... Click for more info Spring Fever Pricing
NETA 2008 is finally here!
We're located in the Heartland Room at the Holiday Inn, right across from the Mac booth, and we've got whiteboards, clickers, and tablets for you to come and try out for yourself. Of course, don't forget to register for the classroom setup worth over $7000 while you're there! If you're planning your schedule, you can download the list of clicker presentations and make sure to attend! We'll be there Thursday and Friday, and we hope to see you there! Permalink -- click for full blog post CPS in Ulysses, Kansas classroomThis new article showcases the use of CPS and other new technologies in the 4th grade classroom of Margie McDaniel in Ulysses, Kansas. Margie has been an enthusiastic CPS customer for several years and we appreciate her willingness to share what she's doing in her classroom! Find out how Margie's using CPS in her classroom... Permalink -- click for full blog post Win Big Issue of Enlighten is online!We've posted a special issue of our Enlighten newsletter in our newsletter archives...Win Big! There are now 2 ways to win a free classroom setup worth over $7000 and we'll tell you all about it. I guess if you were incredibly lucky you could actually win both systems for your school! Find out how you can win free technology for your classroom in this special issue of Enlighten... Permalink -- click for full blog post UNO's experience with CPS clickers
Jay Killion, Assistant Director of Academic Computing at University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO), shared with us the PowerPoint that he and Ted Turgeon, Instructional Designer at UNO, developed for their presentation at the EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conference this spring. After a comprehensive "clicker study," UNO standardized on CPS in 2007. This presentation outlines their implementation process, their challenges, and success. Title: A Strategic Approach to Implementing Clickers Abstract: This presentation will outline the process the University of Nebraska at Omaha used to implement a standardized clicker system. The goal was to ensure clickers were employed as an enduring pedagogical tool and not treated as another fad. The challenge was removing the barriers to adoption and creating communities of practice. Permalink -- click for full blog post New FAQ: How to turn clickers on?There's a new question on our Clicker FAQ page. Glean some information or add your comments! Permalink -- click for full blog post New FAQ: Error Message - Cannot update resultsAnother new question on our Clicker FAQ page, and this is something we haven't seen before! We've encouraged Cici to contact tech support and let us know what she finds out. If you've had this same problem, please leave a comment with your solution! Permalink -- click for full blog post NETA Issue of Enlighten is online!We've posted a special issue of our Enlighten newsletter in our newsletter archives...Countdown to NETA 2008! We've outlined all the clicker breakout sessions and workshops that will be available for you to attend at NETA 2008 at the Holiday Inn Central in Omaha, April 24-25th. We've even included a PDF file of clicker presentations that you can print and take with you. Be sure to check it out! Permalink -- click for full blog post Clickers and chalkboards at Southern ValleyThis new article by a Southern Valley Junior/Senior High School senior, Kassie Moore, showcases recent CPS clicker and chalkboard implementation by Southern Valley Schools in Oxford, NE... Permalink -- click for full blog post Our April newsletter is now online!The newest issue of Enlighten, our monthly update, is now available! In this issue:
To receive Enlighten directly in your inbox, subscribe HERE! Permalink -- click for full blog post Interesting discussion after data slicing with clickersI've added several new stories on our CPS Success page lately. One of the latest is a blog post detailing the use of clickers in a law classroom at UCLA Law School. In this account, considerable discussion was generated by the data slicing that was done (something CPS makes so easy!). I've also added an instructor testimonial from Ryerson School of Nursing and a great account from a 4th grade teacher whose students are begging to use the "remote thingies!" See how CPS is jumpstarting success... Permalink -- click for full blog post Help Wanted...We need your questions!We're trying to set up a great Clicker FAQ page and we need your help! Send us your best "clicker questions" and we'll give you our best "clickers answers."
Whether you're looking for specific clicker strategies for a certain subject area or grade level or if you are an IT staff member that would like to share your "most asked" questions, we need your help! Just go to the clicker FAQ page, submit your question, and let's work on building a resource we can all benefit from! Permalink -- click for full blog post New articles posted on Clickers in the News page!We've added some new articles on our Clickers in the News page! Find out how CPS is changing classrooms across the country! Permalink -- click for full blog post Critical Mac update issued after KU fiasco
However, what you probably didnt hear was how quickly eInstruction jumped on correcting the problem. eInstruction President Steve Kaye personally visited the campus, and a Critical Mac Update was released this week and can be downloaded HERE. Why did this fiasco occur in the first place? The issue occurs in the Mac version of the CPS software related to use of Self Paced Testing, also referred to as SMA or Student Managed Assessment. The problem only occurs in the event that ALL four of the following criteria are met: Until then, if you cannot update CPS for Mac at this time, please refrain from sorting incoming student response data when giving a Self Paced Test (SMA) with multiple versions. Click for more info We now offer interactive whiteboards!One of the great things about the eInstruction/Interwrite merger is our ability to offer the TOTAL solution...clickers, content, AND the most responsive whiteboard on the market today! Contact us to schedule a demo! We'll show you how to set up an engaging, interactive classroom with the best quality products on the market today! Click below to get a look at our interactive boards (previously Interwrite)! Click for more info Find what you need on our new Downloads page!We finally got up a page where you can locate CPS downloads, including those downloads available directly from the eInstruction website and also our training modules. We'll continue to add new resources to this page as they become available. If you've got some great resources to share, please contact us and we'll be sure to get them posted! Permalink -- click for full blog post |
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We've got special Spring Fever Pricing available on special combinations of Interwrite Boards and Pads that is good through June 30, 2008. Check it out...
Well, the NETA countdown clicker is almost at zero as I type this. Dustin chalked up a late night setting up the booth, but it looks great!
We've added a great new addition to the top of our CPS Success page!
The beauty of this FAQ page is that you'll be able to help others by leaving comments on their questions.
If you follow the clicker news as doggedly as I do, you might have heard of the clicker fiasco at the University of Kansas last week. All 923 students aced the test when the clicker system (ours by the way) used to give the tests crashed, erasing scores for the entire class.

