20 to Watch & ISTE Presenter: Ron Houtman

Our first featured educator is Ron Houtman, an Education Technology Consultant at the Kent Intermediate School District and Regional Education Media Center 8 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He helps teachers and students integrate appropriate technology into their teaching and learning practices. He uses Jing, Camtasia Studio, Snagit, mobile devices, document cameras, digital cameras, wikis, and blogs to help integrate technology into the classroom. Ron will be presenting at ISTE 2011. ISTE 2011 Presentation: Continue reading

What We’re Talking About: Gamification, iPads, Ben Rimes

Like any company with 200 people, we have a lot of conversations about a lot of things every day at TechSmith. Here are a few that I think are worth sharing... Gamification? Photo credit: rocket ship I'm heading to the South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive festival in Austin this week and wishing I could be in three places at once. There are just too many great sessions! (Here's my current list of faves.) The Education track has some interesting sessions on how games and game mechanics can Continue reading