AlphaSmart eNewsletter

Your source for news, product upgrades, and more for AlphaSmart products for the K-12 Education market. May 2007

Schools nationwide are catching on to why the Neo is the "Better Laptop for Schools".

FEATURE STORIES

Writing Across the Curriculum
When teachers provide opportunities for students to write across the curriculum, they open a conversation between the learner and the content. Read more...

2007 AlphaGrant
Recipients Announced
NEO projects will combine writing and science curricula. Read more...

Students Show Their “AlphaSmarts” at Texas Capitol Schoolhouse
Newton Elementary students demonstrate use of technology in education to legislators. Read more...

Neo in the News
The NEO was featured in the February 2007 issue of Principal Magazine. Fifth-grade teacher Mark Dickenson wrote an article about how using the NEO has transformed his classroom at Flint Hill Elementary in Vienna, Virginia. Read more... (.pdf)

AlphaSmarties Best Practice Tip

Have you heard of our TWIN ideas? TWIN means “Teach With It Now.” Sometimes, we wonder if we need a fully developed lesson plan or instructional unit to implement technology across the curriculum. Actually, it’s best to begin with a simple integration idea—especially one that is teacher-friendly and classroom tested. Click here to find out more!

Writing Next Report

The Writing Next: Effective Strategies to Improve Writing of Adolescents in Middle and High Schools, A Report to Carnegie Corporation of New York explicitly outlines 11 elements of effective adolescent writing instruction.

Want to know how AlphaSmart Solutions support the 11 elements?

Click here to download the Correlating AlphaSmart Solutions to the Writing Next Report.

Conference Appearances

Click here to see where we're going to be. Stop by and visit our AlphaSmart booth.

Product News

NEO

Microsoft Vista Installers
Download free Vista Installers for use with AlphaSmart Manager. Learn More...

AlphaQuiz
New version of AlphaQuiz now available for download. Learn More...

Palm™ Desktop Software
Free download for use with your Dana or Dana Wireless devices.
Learn More...

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