From: "bigchalk.com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Fri, 10 May 2002 13:45:47 EDT
Dear ProQuest Subscriber, CLEVER IDEAS TO HELP KEEP YOUR STUDENTS SEARCHING THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER ------------------------------------------------- Keep their wheels turning! Students can log on to ProQuest from home throughout the summer. Have your students pick a news story to track from June through August. Examples include: U.S. economy, Enron, Middle East crisis, gas prices and drought. College-bound juniors? It's time for them to start researching colleges, costs, career paths and application timelines. Enter the keywords "College Admission." SEE BIGCHALK AT ALA! -------------------- Stop by bigchalk booth #1930 at the American Library Association Annual Conference, June 15-18 in Atlanta for a look at our new K-12 database collections. We'll be highlighting bigchalk Multimedia, bigchalk Library Elementary and ProQuest Historical Newspapers. bigchalk will host an elegant breakfast event with guest speaker and author Jacki Lyden from National Public Radio on Monday, June 17. Interested in attending? Contact Abby Spada at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for an invitation. JOIN BIGCHALK'S ALA K-12 FOCUS GROUP MEETING -------------------------------------------- WHAT: bigchalk Product Updates WHO: Subscribing K-12 Media Specialists WHERE: Hyatt Regency Atlanta, 239 Peachtree Blvd., Atlanta, GA WHEN: Sunday, June 16, 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. or Sunday, June 16, 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. WHAT WILL BE COVERED? Meet with bigchalk's Database Product Manager, Jim Ulsh (includes breakfast or lunch) to discuss: * Introduction to new bigchalk K-12 databases * New and upcoming features, content and functions * Sneak peek at new eLibrary Interface * Q&A -- Ask the Product Manager * Free user materials will be on hand for distribution FREE GIFTS AND BREAKFAST OR LUNCH! In return for some of your valuable time, we'll be giving away some COOL bigchalk gifts! Participants will walk away with a token of our appreciation and some helpful user materials to enhance your bigchalk database usage. Interested? Space is limited! Send an email to Abby Spada ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) with your name, school, which product you use and your preference to attend either the breakfast or lunch meeting on Sunday, June 16. We will send you a confirmation along with the meeting location information. BIGCHALK IN THE NEWS -------------------- Click the link below to read about bigchalk's latest newsmakers in Media & Methods Magazine -- Multimedia That Encourages and Enriches Learning: http://www.bigchalk.com/media/pic/libreso/mediamethods_bcmm.pdf SPREAD THE WORD --------------- Please feel free to forward this product bulletin to other educators in your subscribing institution. Encourage them to sign up for our ProQuest, bigchalk Library and eLibrary bulletins as appropriate. To subscribe, please visit: http://www.bigchalk.com/newsletter/signup (You may unsubscribe via this page as well.) Thanks for your subscription, and please call bigchalk Customer Service at 800.247.7198 if you have any questions. Cordially, Your bigchalk Team ******************************************* For digest instead of individual postings, send the message: set k12newsletters digest to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe, click and send (no body or subject: required) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] K12 Newsletters mailing list is a service of Classroom Connect - http://www.classroom.com Archives for K12 Newsletters can be found at: http://www.classroom.com/community/email/archives.jhtml?A0=K12NEWSLETTERS **********************************************************
