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Turning Technologies Announces Social Learning Community
Turning Technologies LLC —Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Response Technology Users Communicate, Collaborate and Connect with TurningTalk
InfoComm, Orlando, FL – Turning Technologies LLC, a leader in the response industry, announced today the launch of TurningTalk, a new social learning community for response technology users to provide an open forum for the discussion and sharing of ideas and teaching strategies. To help customers improve the quality and effectiveness of learning as well as successfully integrate response technology, registered users can participate in forums, build their own blog, and download valuable content. TurningTalk can be found at www.Turning-Talk.com.
Dr. Eric Mazur, Harvard professor and the author of Peer Instruction: A User's Manual (Prentice Hall, 1997), a book that explains how to teach large lecture classes interactively, is a featured TurningTalk contributor. As Chairman of Turning Technologies' Instructional Strategy Advisory Group, Dr. Mazur will be posting a series of articles related to his Peer Instruction technique and its effectiveness in the classroom.
Brad Gant, Vice President of Turning’s Education Division commented, “TurningTalk is a community that helps educators create active learning environments using our interactive tools. Through sharing best practices and lesson plans, members help each other create significant gains in learning outcomes for their students.”
In conjunction with their learning community launch, Turning has also released a redesign of their corporate website, www.TurningTechnologies.com, for an improved customer experience. The user-centric design and content allow both new and experienced customers to quickly gather the relevant information and expands Turning’s support for their international customers.
About Turning Technologies, LLC:
Turning Technologies, LLC develops interactive response systems utilizing the latest software and hardware tools available and transforms them into state-of-the-art applications for audience and student response. The company’s flagship product, TurningPoint® software and ResponseCard® keypads, integrate with Microsoft’s PowerPoint®, providing the most advanced combination of knowledge and technology currently available in the field of audience and student assessment.
