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Congratulations to Marilyne Cleeves of Cuesta College!

Marilyne Cleeves was the winner of our first Shelly Cashman Series Blog Raffle! Enjoy her post below and please check back for future contests. I am using the Excel 2007 edition. When I am preparing for my lecture, I work through the book tutorials and...

Posted to Shelly Cashman Series Blog by tristen.kendall on 16 Nov 2009

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Marie Coscia of Union County Vo-Tech

I have been using your texts (Intro. and Advanced) for 6 years. They are the best. I teach Office Systems to juniors and seniors and Computer Applications to Freshmen and I have yet to see another textbook that explains the software as well as your series...

Posted to Shelly Cashman Series Blog by tristen.kendall on 10 Nov 2009

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Laura Stevens of Windham High School on Learning Life Skills

I absoloutely love, love, love your textbook! The step-by-step instructions are so detailed...easy to follow and understand. The in-the-lab and on-line activities provide excellent reinforcement activities. Cases & Places supplement the projects/ideas...

Posted to Shelly Cashman Series Blog by tristen.kendall on 30 Oct 2009

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Dr. Bill Mills on being a Hybrid Instructor

With the recent attendance problems with students having the flu and flu like sysmpoms as well as various athletic absences due to games and tournaments, I have converted all of my classes to hybrid (in class and online) delivery. I used Cengage books...

Posted to Shelly Cashman Series Blog by tristen.kendall on 30 Oct 2009

Filed under: Computer, Cengage Learning, Textbook, Computing Class, Teachers Discovering Computers, Shelly Cashman, sharing lessons, lesson, lesson planning, instructor, attendance, hybrid user

Windows 7, on CNN!

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Posted to Shelly Cashman Series Blog by tristen.kendall on 23 Oct 2009

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Author Steven Freund, Windows 7 Has Arrived!

Windows is Back... and Better Than Ever! I've always been one to upgrade to the latest version of Windows as soon as I possibly can. A career in education always helps, since we get access to the latest and greatest software before it is released...

Posted to Shelly Cashman Series Blog by tristen.kendall on 23 Oct 2009

Filed under: Cengage, Computer, Cengage Learning, Textbook, Computing Class, Teachers Discovering Computers, Shelly Cashman, sharing lessons, lesson, lesson planning, Windows 7, windows, New Windows operating System

Share Your Lesson Plan Here!

We would love to hear your lesson plan using our Shelly Cashman Textbooks as we believe sharing is an invaluable asset to instructors. Is there a favorite lesson plan you have that you believe others would benifit from? Let us know and we will put it...

Posted to Shelly Cashman Series Blog by tristen.kendall on 19 Oct 2009

Filed under: Cengage, Computer, Cengage Learning, Textbook, Computing Class, Teachers Discovering Computers, Shelly Cashman, sharing lessons, lesson, lesson planning

Mindy Boyd of Hillsdale High on ExamPro

I have been using Shelly Cashman books since 2001. I followed them from Office XP to 2003 and now 2007. Our school district is poor, so we are able to purchase a classroom set of books and share them each period. I love the books, I love the ExamPro,...

Posted to Shelly Cashman Series Blog by tristen.kendall on 19 Oct 2009

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Sherry Allen of Castle Wood High on A Winning Combination

I use the Shelly Cashman Series books in addition to online projects and projects from others. The Shelly Cashman Series challenges my students to study each project as they work through the chapters. The online resources are great also. The combination...

Posted to Shelly Cashman Series Blog by tristen.kendall on 19 Oct 2009

Filed under: Cengage, Computer, Cengage Learning, Textbook, Computing Class, Teachers Discovering Computers, Shelly Cashman

Shelly Cashman is now on Twitter!

Dear Shelly Cashman Series Blog Followers! Thank you for being such active participants in our new site. We love hearing from you and hearing how you are using our textbooks to fit your classrooms needs. Please feel free to leave comments or questions...

Posted to Shelly Cashman Series Blog by tristen.kendall on 16 Oct 2009

Filed under: Cengage, Computer, Cengage Learning, Textbook, Computing Class, Teachers Discovering Computers, Shelly Cashman

Sherry Lenhart of Terra Community College, on How The Topics Are Relevant to Everyone

I primarily facilitate online courses. The Shelly/Cashman Office series is easy for students to follow, with screen shots to keep them on track as they discover the new features of Office. Loads of tips and and identifies pitfalls they may encounter....

Posted to Shelly Cashman Series Blog by tristen.kendall on 16 Oct 2009

Filed under: Cengage, Computer, Cengage Learning, Textbook, Computing Class, Teachers Discovering Computers, Shelly Cashman

Barry Lieberman of St. Johns University

I teach directly from the MS Office Textbooks. I teach a Presentation Graphics Course using Shelly Cashman PowerPoint 2007 Comprehensive Concepts and Techniques. I use the Chapter's Case Study in class to display and lecture on the particular chapter...

Posted to Shelly Cashman Series Blog by tristen.kendall on 16 Oct 2009

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Deborah Pawlowski on Keeping Students Motivated and Engaged

My students in both my Computer Application I and Programming I enjoy using the online activies. They help with reinforcing the concepts in the chapter and state curriculum. They especially enjoy doing the Crossword Puzzles - since I give all my students...

Posted to Shelly Cashman Series Blog by tristen.kendall on 16 Oct 2009

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Suzanne Nordhaus of Lee College, on Why You Never Get Too Old To Play Games!

I have used the Discovering Computers series for our computer concepts course for a number of years. Last year, our department decided to change textbooks to provide some variety. The text chosen had a "help desk" format for students to answer...

Posted to Shelly Cashman Series Blog by tristen.kendall on 13 Oct 2009

Filed under: Cengage, Computer, Cengage Learning, Textbook, Computing Class, Teachers Discovering Computers, Shelly Cashman

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Congratulations to Marilyne Cleeves of Cuesta College!

Take Our Social Networking Poll!

Marie Coscia of Union County Vo-Tech

Laura Stevens of Windham High School on Learning Life Skills

Dr. Bill Mills on being a Hybrid Instructor

Windows 7, on CNN!

Author Steven Freund, Windows 7 Has Arrived!

Share Your Lesson Plan Here!

Mindy Boyd of Hillsdale High on ExamPro

Sherry Allen of Castle Wood High on A Winning Combination

Shelly Cashman is now on Twitter!

Sherry Lenhart of Terra Community College, on How The Topics Are Relevant to Everyone

Barry Lieberman of St. Johns University

Deborah Pawlowski on Keeping Students Motivated and Engaged

Suzanne Nordhaus of Lee College, on Why You Never Get Too Old To Play Games!