From bridging_the_divide at touchsmart.net Wed Oct 13 13:59:00 2004 From: bridging_the_divide at touchsmart.net (bridging_the_divide@touchsmart.net) Date: Wed Oct 13 14:02:18 2004 Subject: [Bridging_the_digital_divide] Touchsmart Press Release Message-ID: <3619.131.167.74.168.1097690340.squirrel@131.167.74.168> TouchSmart Publishing Presented at the Hamilton County Business Center SoundingBoard Forum TouchSmart Publishing presented an update of the company's product development programs at the Hamilton County Business Center (HCBC) SoundingBoard Forum in Cincinnati on Thursday, October 7, 2004, at 8:30 a.m. EDT. (PRWEB) October 13, 2004 -- TouchSmart Publishing presented an update of the company's product development programs at the Hamilton County Business Center (HCBC) SoundingBoard Forum in Cincinnati on Thursday, October 7, 2004, at 8:30 a.m. EDT. TouchSmart Publishing?s president, Jason Barkeloo, conducted the presentation. The presentation covered TouchSmart Publishing's expected portfolio of touch user interface (TUI) platforms, including related products such as the BookTracker surveillance tool. Additional discussion points surrounded the prescriptive publishing model for K-12 education. This concept seeks to create a 'one-book, one student' distribution model that is contrasted with the traditional education publishing model of 'one-book, all-students'. The demonstration illustrated how TouchSmart Publishing is poised to bridge the digital divide and be the only complete No Child Left Behind (NCLB) compliant textbook in the world. Further, these textbooks will also meet the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS) adopted by the U.S. Federal Department of Education in July 2004. For further information, please contact TouchSmart Publishing at 513.225.8765 or visit TouchSmart's website at http://www.touchsmart.net. About TouchSmart Publishing, LLC. TouchSmart Publishing is developmental-stage company poised to distribute touch-sensitive wireless textbooks to K-12 math, science, and special education needs students. The Company's mission is to create and distribute exciting and easy-to-use interactive textbooks that connect to digital content by using touch user interface (TUI) technology that allows a student to touch pages in a book that wireless connect to digital content. TouchSmart Publishing expects to be a bridge over the digital divide for more students, regardless of learning style, special needs or socioeconomic position, than are current connected. As a result, TouchSmart Publishing is the only complete No Child Left Behind (NCLB) solution poised to meet the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS). For more information, please visit the TouchSmart Publishing web site at www.touchsmart.net. About the Hamilton County Business Center (HCBC) SoundingBoard. The "SoundingBoard" program provides aspiring entrepreneurs the opportunity to receive coaching from seasoned entrepreneurs or assistance providers as they prepare their business/strategic plan. The entrepreneur then has the opportunity to present the plan to a panel of 4 to 8 subject matter experts who will provide feedback on the plan. The subject matter experts include: angels, seed capital funds, venture capitalists, accountants, lawyers, intellectual property specialists, seasoned entrepreneurs, business assistance providers, management and marketing specialists, university entrepreneurship specialists and representatives from pillar companies. The entrepreneurs are given the opportunity to network with the panelists and audience after the presentations. For more information please visit the HCBC website at www.cincysoundingboard.com. Contact: TouchSmart Publishing Jason Barkeloo, 513.225.8765 HCBC Patrick Longo, 513.631.8292 Source: TouchSmart Publishing From bridging_the_divide at touchsmart.net Thu Oct 21 15:49:49 2004 From: bridging_the_divide at touchsmart.net (bridging_the_divide@touchsmart.net) Date: Thu Oct 21 15:49:52 2004 Subject: [Bridging_the_digital_divide] TouchSmart Publishing Press Release 10/21/04 Message-ID: <39768.66.42.143.210.1098388189.squirrel@66.42.143.210> TouchSmart Publishing to Jointly Present Paper with professor Michael Seth Mott PhD, Purdue University Calumet TouchSmart Publishing and Purdue University researcher are presenting a joint paper at the Association of Educational Communications and Technology conference in Chicago. (PRWEB) October 21, 2004 -- TouchSmart Publishing LLC, today announced a joint presentation at the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) Conference in Chicago, Illinois in the Hilton Chicago?s Lake Ontario Room, 8th Floor for 75 minutes. The presentation will be conducted from 800am until 915am, EST on October 23, 2004, in the Hilton Chicago located at 720 South Michigan Avenue, telephone 1.312.922.4400. This is the first joint presentation between TouchSmart Publishing and professor Michael Seth Mott, Purdue University Calumet. ?With our technology and Dr. Mott?s research prowess, this should be a great first presentation in an international forum,? said Jason Barkeloo, TouchSmart Publishing?s President. ?I cannot think of a better partner in presenting the possibilities for the future of textbook publishing and accessibility to digital content for students than Dr. Mott.? According to researcher, Dr. Mott ?TouchSmart Publishing products could meet the needs of a wide-array of struggling readers." The joint presentation (41-LO) is entitled ?Providing Prescriptive Digital Content to All Students: One Student - One Book versus All Students ? One Book.? This presentation will cover a new educational textbook development model best described as a customized textbook model instead of a generic textbook model forcing the teacher or instructor to modify for those students with special needs. The enabler for this model of customized content distribution is a new technology that allows a student to press pictures and/or words on the printed page in the book that then connects wirelessly to the digital content. This technology, referred to as a touch user interface (TUI) technology, allows front-end, paper-based content to serve as a remote control to back-end, digital content. The digital content is then presented on a PC/Mac or TV via DVD player. For further information, please contact TouchSmart Publishing at 513.225.8765 or visit TouchSmart's website at http://www.touchsmart.net. About TouchSmart Publishing, LLC. TouchSmart Publishing is developmental-stage company poised to distribute touch-sensitive wireless textbooks to K-12 math, science, and special education needs students. The Company's mission is to create and distribute exciting and easy-to-use interactive textbooks that connect to digital content by using touch user interface (TUI) technology that allows a student to touch pages in a book that wireless connect to digital content. TouchSmart Publishing expects to be a bridge over the digital divide for more students, regardless of learning style, special needs or socioeconomic position, than are current connected. As a result, TouchSmart Publishing is the only complete No Child Left Behind (NCLB) solution poised to meet the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS). TouchSmart Publishing is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio as a Main Street Ventures company, www.digitalrhine.com. For more information, please visit the TouchSmart Publishing web site at www.touchsmart.net. About the Association of Educational Communications and Technology (AECT). The Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is a professional association of thousands of educators and others whose activities are directed towards improving instruction through technology. Technology is interpreted as process, not merely in terms of hardware (such as computers or television or projectors), but in terms of learners and their relationship to the people, events, places, and things through which they learn. For more information, please visit the AECT website at www.aect.org. Contact: TouchSmart Publishing Jason Barkeloo, 513.225.8765 AECT Phil Harris, 812-335-7675 Source: TouchSmart Publishing # # # http://prweb.com/releases/2004/10/prweb169989.htm --- From bridging_the_divide at touchsmart.net Fri Oct 22 09:07:52 2004 From: bridging_the_divide at touchsmart.net (bridging_the_divide@touchsmart.net) Date: Fri Oct 22 09:08:05 2004 Subject: [Bridging_the_digital_divide] seeking Author/Course Creator Message-ID: <61616E38-242B-11D9-9D1A-000A95A5E63A@touchsmart.net> TouchSmart Publishing is seeking an Author for a web-based professional development (PD) course. This course will focus on the theoretical implementation of the touch user interface (TUI) system in a K-12 education setting (district, school and classroom/student). REQUIREMENTS 1. Experience in developing a web-based (digital) course; 2. Ability to collaborate with an authoring support team; 3. Submission of a concept draft for the course - you are limited only by your own creativity. As this is not a TUI delivered course (yet) you only need to provide an outline of the course and the proposed digital, web-based format. We would like to have a sample of previous digital development work. The Prospectus will provide valuable information to the content of the PD course. http://www.touchsmart.net/contact/prospectus.htm Our website is also a valuable resource: http://www.touchsmart.net TouchSmart Publishing is seeking an author to collaborate on a product that will be sold and distributed by a third-party to teachers around the world in the form of a professional development course. Compensation will be tied to the quality of the course and the ability of the third-party to promote this TUI professional development course. This is not an employment offer. TouchSmart Publishing does not discriminate based upon race, sexual orientation, ethnicity or origin, gender, special need, disability, or anything else. We are seeking Authors and digital content creators. We value differences because this enriches our world. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. You should feel free to distribute this email to those you may considered interested. CONTACT Any member of the TouchSmart Publishing team at: info@touchsmart.net -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The proposal may include the improvement of the teachers' background, the development of projects or materials pertaining to the teachers' own classroom instruction in mathematics, or the development of projects to improve the mathematics curriculum. Any acquisition of equipment must support the proposed plan but must not be the primary focus of the grant. Recipients must have three or more years of teaching experience in grades PreK-6. Activities must be completed between June 1, 2005 and May 31, 2006. Contact: http://www.nctm.org/about/met/duncan.htm --- Jason Barkeloo President TouchSmart Publishing 6522 Waldorf Place Cincinnati, OH 45230 http://www.touchsmart.net t: 513.225.8765 f: 206.666.4856 This electronic mail (email) communication, and any files transmitted with it, are confidential, and intended solely for the indicated recipient(s). Any review, use, or distribution by anyone other than the intended recipient(s) is strictly prohibited. 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(PRWEB) October 13, 2004 -- TouchSmart Publishing presented an update of the company's product development programs at the Hamilton County Business Center (HCBC) SoundingBoard Forum in Cincinnati on Thursday, October 7, 2004, at 8:30 a.m. EDT. TouchSmart Publishing?s president, Jason Barkeloo, conducted the presentation. The presentation covered TouchSmart Publishing's expected portfolio of touch user interface (TUI) platforms, including related products such as the BookTracker surveillance tool. Additional discussion points surrounded the prescriptive publishing model for K-12 education. This concept seeks to create a 'one-book, one student' distribution model that is contrasted with the traditional education publishing model of 'one-book, all-students'. The demonstration illustrated how TouchSmart Publishing is poised to bridge the digital divide and be the only complete No Child Left Behind (NCLB) compliant textbook in the world. Further, these textbooks will also meet the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS) adopted by the U.S. Federal Department of Education in July 2004. For further information, please contact TouchSmart Publishing at 513.225.8765 or visit TouchSmart's website at http://www.touchsmart.net. About TouchSmart Publishing, LLC. TouchSmart Publishing is developmental-stage company poised to distribute touch-sensitive wireless textbooks to K-12 math, science, and special education needs students. The Company's mission is to create and distribute exciting and easy-to-use interactive textbooks that connect to digital content by using touch user interface (TUI) technology that allows a student to touch pages in a book that wireless connect to digital content. TouchSmart Publishing expects to be a bridge over the digital divide for more students, regardless of learning style, special needs or socioeconomic position, than are current connected. As a result, TouchSmart Publishing is the only complete No Child Left Behind (NCLB) solution poised to meet the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS). For more information, please visit the TouchSmart Publishing web site at www.touchsmart.net. About the Hamilton County Business Center (HCBC) SoundingBoard. The "SoundingBoard" program provides aspiring entrepreneurs the opportunity to receive coaching from seasoned entrepreneurs or assistance providers as they prepare their business/strategic plan. The entrepreneur then has the opportunity to present the plan to a panel of 4 to 8 subject matter experts who will provide feedback on the plan. The subject matter experts include: angels, seed capital funds, venture capitalists, accountants, lawyers, intellectual property specialists, seasoned entrepreneurs, business assistance providers, management and marketing specialists, university entrepreneurship specialists and representatives from pillar companies. The entrepreneurs are given the opportunity to network with the panelists and audience after the presentations. For more information please visit the HCBC website at www.cincysoundingboard.com. Contact: TouchSmart Publishing Jason Barkeloo, 513.225.8765 HCBC Patrick Longo, 513.631.8292 Source: TouchSmart Publishing From bridging_the_divide at touchsmart.net Thu Oct 21 15:49:49 2004 From: bridging_the_divide at touchsmart.net (bridging_the_divide@touchsmart.net) Date: Sat Nov 20 05:29:19 2004 Subject: [Bridging_the_digital_divide] TouchSmart Publishing Press Release 10/21/04 Message-ID: <39768.66.42.143.210.1098388189.squirrel@66.42.143.210> TouchSmart Publishing to Jointly Present Paper with professor Michael Seth Mott PhD, Purdue University Calumet TouchSmart Publishing and Purdue University researcher are presenting a joint paper at the Association of Educational Communications and Technology conference in Chicago. (PRWEB) October 21, 2004 -- TouchSmart Publishing LLC, today announced a joint presentation at the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) Conference in Chicago, Illinois in the Hilton Chicago?s Lake Ontario Room, 8th Floor for 75 minutes. The presentation will be conducted from 800am until 915am, EST on October 23, 2004, in the Hilton Chicago located at 720 South Michigan Avenue, telephone 1.312.922.4400. This is the first joint presentation between TouchSmart Publishing and professor Michael Seth Mott, Purdue University Calumet. ?With our technology and Dr. Mott?s research prowess, this should be a great first presentation in an international forum,? said Jason Barkeloo, TouchSmart Publishing?s President. ?I cannot think of a better partner in presenting the possibilities for the future of textbook publishing and accessibility to digital content for students than Dr. Mott.? According to researcher, Dr. Mott ?TouchSmart Publishing products could meet the needs of a wide-array of struggling readers." The joint presentation (41-LO) is entitled ?Providing Prescriptive Digital Content to All Students: One Student - One Book versus All Students ? One Book.? This presentation will cover a new educational textbook development model best described as a customized textbook model instead of a generic textbook model forcing the teacher or instructor to modify for those students with special needs. The enabler for this model of customized content distribution is a new technology that allows a student to press pictures and/or words on the printed page in the book that then connects wirelessly to the digital content. This technology, referred to as a touch user interface (TUI) technology, allows front-end, paper-based content to serve as a remote control to back-end, digital content. The digital content is then presented on a PC/Mac or TV via DVD player. For further information, please contact TouchSmart Publishing at 513.225.8765 or visit TouchSmart's website at http://www.touchsmart.net. About TouchSmart Publishing, LLC. TouchSmart Publishing is developmental-stage company poised to distribute touch-sensitive wireless textbooks to K-12 math, science, and special education needs students. The Company's mission is to create and distribute exciting and easy-to-use interactive textbooks that connect to digital content by using touch user interface (TUI) technology that allows a student to touch pages in a book that wireless connect to digital content. TouchSmart Publishing expects to be a bridge over the digital divide for more students, regardless of learning style, special needs or socioeconomic position, than are current connected. As a result, TouchSmart Publishing is the only complete No Child Left Behind (NCLB) solution poised to meet the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS). TouchSmart Publishing is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio as a Main Street Ventures company, www.digitalrhine.com. For more information, please visit the TouchSmart Publishing web site at www.touchsmart.net. About the Association of Educational Communications and Technology (AECT). The Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is a professional association of thousands of educators and others whose activities are directed towards improving instruction through technology. Technology is interpreted as process, not merely in terms of hardware (such as computers or television or projectors), but in terms of learners and their relationship to the people, events, places, and things through which they learn. For more information, please visit the AECT website at www.aect.org. Contact: TouchSmart Publishing Jason Barkeloo, 513.225.8765 AECT Phil Harris, 812-335-7675 Source: TouchSmart Publishing # # # http://prweb.com/releases/2004/10/prweb169989.htm --- From bridging_the_divide at touchsmart.net Fri Oct 22 09:07:52 2004 From: bridging_the_divide at touchsmart.net (bridging_the_divide@touchsmart.net) Date: Sat Nov 20 05:29:19 2004 Subject: [Bridging_the_digital_divide] seeking Author/Course Creator Message-ID: <61616E38-242B-11D9-9D1A-000A95A5E63A@touchsmart.net> TouchSmart Publishing is seeking an Author for a web-based professional development (PD) course. This course will focus on the theoretical implementation of the touch user interface (TUI) system in a K-12 education setting (district, school and classroom/student). REQUIREMENTS 1. Experience in developing a web-based (digital) course; 2. Ability to collaborate with an authoring support team; 3. Submission of a concept draft for the course - you are limited only by your own creativity. As this is not a TUI delivered course (yet) you only need to provide an outline of the course and the proposed digital, web-based format. We would like to have a sample of previous digital development work. The Prospectus will provide valuable information to the content of the PD course. http://www.touchsmart.net/contact/prospectus.htm Our website is also a valuable resource: http://www.touchsmart.net TouchSmart Publishing is seeking an author to collaborate on a product that will be sold and distributed by a third-party to teachers around the world in the form of a professional development course. Compensation will be tied to the quality of the course and the ability of the third-party to promote this TUI professional development course. This is not an employment offer. TouchSmart Publishing does not discriminate based upon race, sexual orientation, ethnicity or origin, gender, special need, disability, or anything else. We are seeking Authors and digital content creators. 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The proposal may include the improvement of the teachers' background, the development of projects or materials pertaining to the teachers' own classroom instruction in mathematics, or the development of projects to improve the mathematics curriculum. Any acquisition of equipment must support the proposed plan but must not be the primary focus of the grant. Recipients must have three or more years of teaching experience in grades PreK-6. Activities must be completed between June 1, 2005 and May 31, 2006. Contact: http://www.nctm.org/about/met/duncan.htm --- Jason Barkeloo President TouchSmart Publishing 6522 Waldorf Place Cincinnati, OH 45230 http://www.touchsmart.net t: 513.225.8765 f: 206.666.4856 This electronic mail (email) communication, and any files transmitted with it, are confidential, and intended solely for the indicated recipient(s). Any review, use, or distribution by anyone other than the intended recipient(s) is strictly prohibited. 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