eInstruction™ Announces Early Bird Winner of "Content Meets Technology" Sweepstakes
Sweepstakes entries are still being accepted until May 13, 2008 for a chance to win interactive classroom technology
Denton, TX (May 7, 2008) —In honor of National Teachers Day, eInstruction™ today announced it has selected a surprise early bird winner of its popular "Content Meets Technology" Sweepstakes. One entrant has been chosen at random to win a 32 unit CPS RF (Classroom Performance System, Radio Frequency) set for their classroom valued at $2,000.
Anna Love, a teacher from South Side High School in Fort Smith, Arkansas is the winner of the CPS RF System. "I am so excited to win this prize. It will give my students a new way to practice their Spanish."
Entries for the "Content Meets Technology" Sweepstakes will be accepted until 11:59 a.m. EDT, Tuesday, May 13, 2008.
To date, over 4,300 educators from across the nation have registered for this first-of-its-kind sweepstakes. By entering the sweepstakes, teachers are given a chance to win an interactive technology makeover for their classroom. The contest will name one winner from the following three grade level segments: kindergarten through fifth, sixth through eighth, and ninth through twelfth.
Upon entering the Sweepstakes, entrants will be asked to submit, using 250 characters or less, their vision of the role of technology in education. Those thoughts will then post to an interactive Google Map mashup on the eInstruction site. The "mashup" of Google Maps (technology) and the student/teacher collaborations (content) is designed to mirror the merger of eInstruction and Interwrite Learning.
Winners will be awarded an interactive makeover prize package that consists of:
- Interwrite Workspace with ExamView™ reader. The award-winning, easy-to-use software enables educators to create, save and share engaging, interactive lessons with a gallery of digital images and annotation tools that can be used with any application. Workspace provides one-click integration with CPS, eInstruction’s popular student response systems.
- Interwrite Board™. Teaching from the front of the classroom has never been this fun before. The Interwrite Board combined with Interwrite Workspace gives you the power to control your computer from the front of the class. Your students will be on their best behavior with the chance to come to the board.
- Interwrite Pad™. Combined with Workspace, the wireless Interwrite Pad is a powerful teaching tool that enables educators to easily control their computer and instructional resources from anywhere in the classroom. Used by over 50,000 teachers worldwide, this dependable, durable pad is a must in every classroom.
- 32-Pad CPS RF Clicker System. Engage every child in class material by creating an interactive learning environment in your classroom. Students who normally remain silent in class can now answer every question without fear of embarrassment. Join the 150,000 teachers who now spend less time grading and more time teaching. CPS simplifies taking attendance, grading tests and quizzes, creating lessons, and generating personalized reports automatically!
- One year subscription to ExamView Learning Series™. A collection of over 9,500 unique high-quality standards-aligned questions that work in conjunction with the ExamView Suite. Over 50 leading publishers also create and distribute ExamView-formatted questions with over 5,000 elementary, middle school, high school, and post-secondary textbooks.
- Epson PowerLite 400W Projector. Ideal for widescreen computers and interactive whiteboards, this 3LCD short-throw projector with WXGA resolution reduces shadows, simplifies installation, and provides 30 percent larger images than standard 4:3 projectors. It can project an 87 inch widescreen (16:10) image from just 3.4 feet away. The 3LCD optical engine, the world’s number one projection display technology, provides vibrant color and incredible image quality and unsurpassed reliability.
- Epson Short-throw Projector Wall Mount. This projector wall mount enables quick, efficient and low cost installation of short-throw projectors. It allows presenters to fully utilize an interactive whiteboard (IWB) or screen without creating shadows or having light from the projector shine in their eyes.
- Free installation and online training.
The sweepstakes is not limited to users of eInstruction or Interwrite Learning products and is open to all teachers and students in the United States.
To encourage participation in the Google Map mashup, eInstruction will provide those teachers a referral bonus: for each teacher they successfully refer, they will receive an additional chance to win (total chances per teacher are capped at eleven per single entry).
All participants will submit their work by going to www.einstruction.com and clicking the "Content Meets Technology" link. Winners will be chosen randomly from each grade category and announced on Monday, May 19, 2008.
For further information on the sweepstakes and eInstruction, please visit http://www.einstruction.com. For more information on Interwrite Learning, visit http://www.interwritelearning.com.
About eInstruction™
eInstruction pioneered the first student response system for the education market during
the 1980s. Its Classroom Performance System (CPS) provides instructors and students with
real-time feedback on comprehension during instruction. Today CPS remains the leading
student response system in education, being used with over 1.5 million students in more
than 60,000 K-12 classrooms and over 400,000 students in more than 400 colleges and universities.
In 2006, eInstruction acquired FSCreations and integrated its ExamView® and Learning Series software and content platforms so instructors can seamlessly use publisher and proprietary question banks in lesson plans, quizzes and tests with eInstruction technology. The result is an integrated system for instruction and assessment with real-time feedback.
About Interwrite Learning™
Interwrite Learning™ is a premier global provider of interactive learning solutions
for primary, secondary and higher education markets. Interactive solutions, including
the Interwrite™ Board, Pad and Panel all come with Interwrite Software, a robust software
package that includes thousands of images and resources to create dynamic and exciting
lessons in an interactive learning environment. Interwrite™ PRS, available in infrared,
radio-frequency and "virtual" software configurations, is a powerful student response
system that combines interaction and assessment to enhance classroom productivity and
improve student results. Interwrite Learning has a rich 32-year history of delivering
interactive solutions that are changing how the world learns. To learn more about Interwrite
Learning’s Interactive Classroom solutions, please visit
http://www.interwritelearning.com.
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