Lindy George, District Instructional Technology Specialist for Collier County Public Schools and our own Travis Rink, Mimio Professional Development Product Specialist will be on EduTalk Radio on Thursday to discuss the FREE Get Out The Vote lessons and lesson plan developed by the Mimio Teacher Team.

Did you miss the Reading Comprehension Strategies to Reach Every Student Webinar on Thursday, October 4th 2012, where Reading/Literacy Coordinator Dr. Linda Baker of the Tangipahoa Parish School District and Janet Webb, Leader of Implementation at Mimio will walked through the literacy tools used for identifying the reading levels, reading challenges, and progress of student readers at every level in the Tangipahoa Parish district. Download the archived presentation here!

Have you been waiting for the right moment to make your classroom technology purchase? Wait no more because we've just announced our new promotion - Buy MimioTeach and MimioView and get a FREE MimioPad. A couple of really great points about this promotion:

The Mimio Customer Care Team works with Teachers and Administrators to make reading program implementation as easy as possible. We can create Teacher Accounts and update student information and placement throughout the year so that teachers can focus on what they do to best – teaching!

Mimio is very happy to announce that Stephen Mefford has been tapped to serve as National Sales Manager for the U.S. market for its interactive classroom products. A seasoned sales executive, Steve has been at Mimio for the past seven years and brings to the position 16 years of diverse experience in business and technology sales. In his new role, Steve will be responsible for leading the team of Mimio Territory Managers as well as the reseller partners throughout the U.S., who supply Mimio’s interactive teaching technologies for K-12 schools and districts.

Learning to comprehend text is perhaps the most essential skill that students learn in school. Reading with understanding is a key skill they will use for the remainder of their lives – whether they read for pleasure, for work, or to engage in civic life. Unfortunately, far too many students struggle to read and comprehend, and educators struggle with how to best help these students.

Learning to read is arguably the most critical educational accomplishment for all young students. To be successful in any subject area, students must be able to read and comprehend text. But when is the right time to begin teaching these essential skills? Many believe that it's best to start teaching reading skills as soon as possible, but how should educators begin the process? In this article we will look at what the evidence tells us about teaching young learners to read, identify some resources that may be available to assist in this effort, and explain how the Web-based MimioSprout early reading software can be used to address new standards as well as utilize new funding sources.

On Thursday, September 20, join Mimio and T.H.E. Journal for 2012 Elections: How to Integrate Student Response Systems into Your Classrooms.

I am often asked the question, “How effective are interactive teaching technologies in the classroom?”  More often than not, this question refers to interactive whiteboards in particular. While there are numerous studies available that may or may not provide an answer to this question, depending on your point of view, I tend to think and answer this question a little differently than most.

Interactive Whiteboards vs the Chalkboard