TurningPoint(R) Wins BETT Award: Recognized for Excellence in Educational Technology.YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio
Youngstown is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Mahoning County. The municipality is situated on the Mahoning River, approximately 65 miles (105 km) southeast of Cleveland and -- Turning Technologies' TurningPoint audience response system recently won Europe's most prestigious BETT BETT British Education and Training Technology (UK exhibition) BETT Best Estimate Trajectory Tape Award in the primary and secondary hardware category, beating out competition from five other national and international brands. The British Education and Training Technology show (BETT) is the world's leading international educational technology event which caters to educational suppliers as well as members of the global teaching and learning community. TurningPoint was further recognized as an effective and engaging voting tool as it was used in three BETT keynote speeches keynote speech n. See keynote address. Noun 1. keynote speech - a speech setting forth the keynote keynote address keynote - the principal theme in a speech or literary work , with audiences of more than 180 people voting to determine the content during upcoming sessions. "BETT is the most respected international award that educational technology can receive. The award judges have recognized the tremendous value and contribution to learning environments that the effective implementation of TurningPoint is contributing across the UK. For us at Turning Technologies, that is both very rewarding and very humbling as well," said Mike Broderick Mike B. Broderick, Jr. (born February 27, 1939) was a member of the South Dakota State Senate, representing district 16. Broderick is from Canton, South Dakota. He was appointed to the South Dakota State House of Representatives in 1993 fill the vacancy left by Michael , Turning Technologies, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . TurningPoint's design specifically supports learning assessment. While it is a fun and engaging motivational tool, TurningPoint's true power lies in its reporting tool. These reports set the system apart from a basic voting system Noun 1. voting system - a legal system for making democratic choices electoral system legal system - a system for interpreting and enforcing the laws (or the traditional 'show of hands' method) since they help educators direct resources where they're needed, either to individual students or to targeted groups. "TurningPoint was measured on its positive impact on learning and teaching, its validity and reliability as well as its ability to engage and motivate pupils," says Mitt Nathwani, TurningPoint Product Manager at Steljes, TurningPoint's exclusive UK distributor. "We can clearly demonstrate that TurningPoint is the easiest system around to use. It takes just a few seconds to learn how to create questions, and we are continually surprised at how innovative teachers can be when using the system." TurningPoint is unique in that it is the only system that supports voting based-assessment on such a wide range of platforms. The system performs on any Windows, Mac or Palm-based device, even on wireless PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) A handheld computer for managing contacts, appointments and tasks. It typically includes a name and address database, calendar, to-do list and note taker, which are the functions in a personal information manager (see PIM). and mobile phone networks that are used in a growing number of schools today. TurningPoint comes with full maintenance and support and is compatible with most software and hardware used in schools today. It is fully scalable so the specific needs of all schools and local authorities can be accommodated. For more information please visit www.turningtechnologies.com. For more information about the BETT Awards visit www.bettawards.co.uk. About Turning Technologies, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control 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 response. The company's flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , TurningPoint[R] Software and Responsive Innovations ResponseCard[R] (Keypads), integrate with Microsoft's PowerPoint[R] software, providing the most advanced combination of knowledge and technology currently available in the field of audience and student assessment. Toll Free: 866-746-3015. www.turningtechnologies.com |
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