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TechSmith To Offer Tech In The Classroom At Texas Event

Okemos-based TechSmith Corp., announced that it will be offering educational sessions and in-booth presentations during the Texas Computer Educational Association Convention and Exposition next week.

These sessions will cover an array of topics and will be lead by educators advancing the use of technology in the classrooms as well as by TechSmith's product managers. Each session will demonstrate how educators can use TechSmith's technology in the classroom, including examples of how Jing, Camtasia Studio, Camtasia:Mac and Camtasia Relay can be utilized. TechSmith will also offer full demos in their booth 2517.

"Creating Video Tutorials for Free Using TechSmith's Jing" will be held Wednesday, Feb. 9 from 8 to 9 a.m. This session will show how Jing has proven to be an invaluable classroom instructional strategy, offering a wide range of uses, that many teachers are effectively using to provide students with uninterrupted teacher feedback. Attendees will learn how using Jing can improve instructional strategy and how to implement Jing into the classroom as a way to provide feedback.

"Jing-ing in the Classroom" will be held Wednesday, Feb. 9 from 1:15 to 2:15 p.m. The session is a 50-minute presentation to learn all about Jing, a free image and video capture tool from the makers of Camtasia. This is a must have for teachers and trainers. Attendees will learn how to provide students with uninterrupted teacher feedback and how to use Jing as an image and video capture tool.

Throughout the event, booth presentations will be held on individualized instruction, using TechSmith products for teacher-created classroom remediation, improving parent-teacher communication with TechSmith software, using TechSmith product for student-crafted presentations, kids teaching kids, video as homework, communicating with digital content, 10 ways to engage a class with digital learning content, interactive whiteboard recording and more.

Founded in 1987, TechSmith Corporation provides practical business and academic software tools and services. TechSmith's products enable users to capture, record and enhance digital content from their computer screens so they can share information and knowledge in compelling multimedia formats, and allow others to observe, analyze and learn from their experiences. TechSmith products are used by 99 percent of the Fortune 500.

More at www.TechSmith.com.

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