Highlights from SXSW 2013

The TechSmith SXSW crew had a great time in Austin...bestowing titanium sporks on Shaquille O'Neal and Iggy Pop, eating way too much BBQ, and playing with monster puppets. Friends, Puppets, Puppets with Friends But by far the highlight was meeting and talking to YOU - our customers and future customers. We spent 26 hours in the booth, learning about the needs of people who stopped by and introducing them to the latest TechSmith tools and features. We met TechSmith fans on shuttle rides and standing Continue reading

Visit TechSmith On the Road

We frequent a good amount of trade shows and conferences throughout the year, and after a few fun-filled, educational days at ISTE 2012 we wanted to share with you some of the other events we'll be visiting in July... July 11-12: eLearning Revolution in Evansville, IN July 12-13: Google Apps for Education Summit in Santa Clara, CA July 15-20: BLC12 in Boston, MA July 16-18: IUE 2012 Conference in Ann Arbor, MI July 30-31: Mobile Moves Michigan in Detroit, MI Attending any of those Continue reading

ISTE 2012 Presenter Profiles: Shane Lovellette

Shane Lovellette is the Product Manager for Camtasia Studio and Camtasia for Mac. Shane joined TechSmith in 2003 with over eight years of management and production experience in video and television. Being a strong advocate of the Flipped classroom model, Shane assists educators in implementing and maintaining the use of technology in the classroom. Shane, along with the rest of the Camtasia team, works hard to tailor TechSmith products to best serve our hard working educators and students in this Continue reading

ISTE 2012 Presenter Profiles: Troy Stein

Troy Stein is TechSmith’s very own Solutions Architect. Before this role, he was a Camtasia Project Manager for eight years. As a Solutions Architect, Troy uses his rich knowledge of Camtasia and other available technologies to help educators successfully flip their classrooms. He also helps capture our customers’ success stories by filming, editing, and sharing these stories on the TechSmith YouTube channel. Being a father of five, Troy understands the importance of engaging, relevant education Continue reading

ISTE 2012 Presenter Profiles: Clintondale High School

Greg Green is the Principal at Clintondale High School. He has contributed substantial effort towards the Flipped movement by both implementing the model at Clintondale Community Schools and encouraging other schools to do the same. He has been invited to speak about the Flipped model at several events, one of which was an appearance on CNN. Meloney Cargill, Assistant Principal at Clintondale High School, has served as a school administrator for the past 2 years and a classroom teacher in Continue reading

ISTE 2012 Presenter Profiles: Mark Lada

Mark Lada is a 6th grade science teacher at Sarah Banks Middle School in Wixom, Michigan. Since his school district started a laptop program about 14 years ago, Mark has become very involved with developing the tech program at his school. Through his involvement in the tech program, he got introduced to Camtasia Studio and hasn’t stopped making video tutorials to enhance his students’ learning experience since. The Flipped Tool Kit: How To Get Started Flipping Teachers are tasked with Continue reading

ISTE 2012 Presenter Profiles: Stacey Roshan

Stacey Roshan is an upper level math teacher at Bullis High School in Potomac, MD. Having noticed the high levels of anxiety surrounding her students (especially in more difficult classes such as AP calculus), Stacey realized that the traditional classroom does not provide the right tools in order for students to stay caught up and engaged with course materials. Because of this she decided to flip her classroom and can’t wait to apply the same to her future classes as well. ISTE 2012: Reduce Continue reading