UCET 2010 Sponsor and ExhibitorsWe sincerely extend our appreciation to the following companies for their participation in and sponsorship of the UCET 2010 Conference. The sponsors and exhibitors are listed alphabetically within their groups below and will be exhibiting their products in the vendor areas at UCET. We strongly encourage you to visit their booths and websites. We've also provided contact information as well. Thank you! Please note, this page is under constant revision until the conference. Please visit again often for updates.
View map of the Sponsors and Exhibitors (PDF)
Sponsors and Exhibitors, please send your information for this page to nathan.smith@usu.edu.
UCET 2010 Sponsors
CIM Technology Solutions
Contact: Martha Crook
Phone: 801-707-4279
Email: marthac@cimtechsolutions.com
www.cimav.com
CIM Technology Solutions is a full service technology integration provider with more than 25 years of professional experience. CIM provides cutting edge turnkey solutions for the education, corporate, financial, worship, healthcare, manufacturing and government markets. Along with CIM’s certified and knowledgeable staff, we have access to the world’s best technology providers.
- Interactive Classroom Technology (eIsntruction, InterWrite, MIMIO)
- Curriculum and Software (Curriculum Loft, netTrekker)
- Projection and Audio Visual Systems (Sharp, Mitsubishi, FrontRow)
- AV/IT Control Systems (Extron, Creston)
- Video Over IP (Media Cast,VBrick)
Our company’s core philosophies are based around providing schools with pedagogically-sound solutions that impact student learning. Our mission is to positively impact educators by implementing cutting edge technology that improves teacher productivity, communication and student learning.
Educational Technology Solutions
Contact: Terri Barrett
Phone: 801-676-6924 /
email: terri.barrett@educationaltechnologysolutions.comwww.educationaltechnologysolutions.com
Educational Technology Solutions is your expert when it comes to integrating audio, video, and other technologies within classroom environments.
As a trusted advisor to many of the top school districts throughout the country, Educational Technology Solutions helps school districts and universities across the country meet their objectives by utilizing a wide variety of technologies.
General Communications, Inc.
Contact: Allan Cook
Phone: 801-971-8954
email: acook@gencomminc.comFor over fifty years, General Communications, Inc. has been raising the bar in the creation of institutional and industrial communication systems. We have set the standard for seamlessly integrating sound, video and data transmission systems. Throughout our history, General Communications has provided sound, intelligent solutions for a wide array of communication problems confronting our clients. The goal is always the same: to fully define each client's needs, meticulously understand all the crucial details, provide the optimum hardware specific to the job, and apply technical expertise of our highly trained professionals. We enjoy a well deserved reputation for innovative technical work, provided in a flexible, competent, cost effective and cooperative manner.
Our fully integrated audio/visual systems provide educators with the presentation tools they need to captivate the attention of an increasingly sophisticated audience. The interactive learning technologies available today work to stimulate more thorough understanding and retention. Students at every level learn best when challenged with curriculum that appeals to a variety of senses. General Communications implements these technologies to help today's students master the skills they will need to survive and to thrive in the future.
ISC
It’s all about our Customer Success
Founded in April of 1998 in Casper, Wyoming, ISC provides the design, implementation and ongoing support for a broad portfolio of advanced technology solutions. For more information, visit www.isccorp.net.
Ask us about? Unified Communications - Network Security - HD Video Conferencing - WebEx Conferencing - Power Management - Site Security - Virtualization - Data Center - Interactive Whiteboard/Table - Data Management - Managed Services
Contact: Patrick Frasier, ISC
Toll Free 888-525-8933 ext 4912
pfrasier@isccorp.netwww.isccorp.net
Technical Support: 866-622-8722 (Voice, Video, Network Down, Wireless etc.)
ISC WSCA Reference Info: Cisco AR233, EMC WSCA/NASPO # 827161 and eRate SPIN ID 143012405
Twitter: WeKnowCiscoUT and WeKnowVMwareUT
The Chariot Group, Inc.
Contact: Ellen Davis, William Barnes
Phone: 801-733-9477
Email: utah@chariotgroup.comThe Chariot Group specializes in video conference and multimedia solutions including SMART Technology's interactive whiteboards and education software. We can help you with product selection, installation and training to facilitate presentation and collaboration in the classroom from beginning to end.
The Chariot Group provides training and professional development that helps educators integrate their SMART products into teaching. Participants learn how SMART software, SMART Boards and SMART Response systems take instruction, assessment, learning, and student achievement to a whole new level.
Be sure to stop by our booth to enter to win a SMART Board 680!
Troxell Communications
Contact: Clint Knudsen,
Salt Lake City, UT
email: clint.knudsen@trox.comTroxell Communications is a nationwide supplier for classroom technologies with offices here in Utah. Contact us anytime for product demonstrations and site visits:
- multimedia projectors
- digital document cameras
- interactive whiteboards and tablets
- classroom audio solutions
- student response systems
- professional development service
- full service installation
Call on us anytime!
(800)578-8858
TV Specialists, Inc.
Contact: Ted Bollinger
email: sales@tvspecialists.comTV Specialists is primarily a sales, rental and systems integrator specializing in professional and educational electronics. In addition to contracts with state and federal government agencies, TV Specialists provides custom digital cinema, conference room control systems, professional video systems, and digital signage solutions.
Utah Education Network
VLCM
Contact: Lynda Mellor
Phone: 801-262-9277
Email: lmellor@slcval.comVLCM is a leading IT provider for the Rocky Mountain Region with offices in Salt Lake City, Orem, and Boise. We offer customized IT solutions for small to medium-sized businesses, educational institutions, non-profit and government organizations.
UCET 2010 Exhibitors
AVerMedia Information, Inc.
Contact: Laura Mellberg
Phone: 408-768-5996
Email: laura.mellberg@avermedia.comwww.avermedia-usa.com/presentation
AVerMedia Information is the leading manufacturer of portable document cameras, platform visual presenters and interactive pen systems, with a focus on the K-12 and higher education markets. AVerMedia provides a wide range of award-winning classroom display solutions that will fit any budget and display need.
Since 1990, the core of AVerMedia's engineering and development has been based on digital video products and solutions. This focus has enabled AVerMedia to continuously set the standard for digital visual clarity, quality and effectiveness. AVerMedia's corporate focus is not only to provide the most effective digital tools, but also to ensure a healthier environment while serving the community as a whole.
Backbone Communications
Contact: Leah Dines
Phone: 602-791-6138
email: leah@backbonecommunications.com5025 N Central Ave #422
Phoenix, AZ 85012
www.backbonecommunications.com
Backbone Communications provides educational software tools for grades kindergarten through adult learners Our course are aligned to the Utah state standards and provide opportunities for enrichment, remediation, credit recovery, English language learners, special education, distance learning, virtual learning, and advanced placement in all core subjects including electives.
Contact: Seth Baker
Phone: 612.209.9159
eMail: seth.baker@milestone.comChief Manufacturing is a division of Milestone AV Technologies, a Duchossois Group Company. With over 30 years of proven product and service excellence, hundreds of product awards and patented designs, we are globally recognized as an AV industry leader.
We design state-of-the-art mount and rack solutions that complement the technology they support. We are committed to delivering high-quality products that are easy to install and maintain.
Please stop by the Chief booth for a sneak peak at the revolutionary co-pilot whole room solution with RF wireless mic system!
Classworks
Contact: Mike Forsyth, UT Sales Executive
Phone: 801-636-7221
email: mforsyth@classworks.comwww.classworks.com
Classworks instructional technology provides over 17,000 Math, Reading, Language Arts, Science, Algebra, Geometry and English activities, all aligned to the Utah Core Curriculum. Classworks also delivers individual learning paths to each students based on their CRT or UBSCT scores. New for 2010 – ask us about our new FIND assessment suite!
CompassLearning
Contact: Sara McDaniel, Account Associate
Phone: 870.918.4092
Fax: 435.579.2534
email: SMcDaniel@compasslearning.com
Twitter: mcdanielsara1031 E. Tanglewood Rd.
Erda, UT 84074CompassLearning creates online curriculum and assessment solutions that motivate today's students to engage, think & learn. K-12 schools use our Odyssey system to personalize instruction, improve test scores, and increase graduation rates.
Dynarama Corporation
Edline
Contact: Dennis Kelsch, Account Executive
Phone: 800.491.0010 xt. 7632
Email: dkelsch@edline.comEdline, the leading provider of online classroom, school website, and portal solutions for K-12 education
Education 2020
Ellsworth Publishing Company
Contact: Barbara Ellsworth
Phone: 888-963-4817
Email: Sales@EllsworthPublishing.comEllsworth Publishing Company specializes in keyboarding and ten-key data entry online courses. Our keyboarding courses have so many exceptional features that we offer a 60-day free trial so you can compare it with anything you are familiar with.They are completely web-based, no textbooks needed, no course software to install or maintain. Students can work at home if they are ill or home bound, or behind in their work. Great option for schools that can't devote enough time to teaching keyboarding--assign it as homework. Easily individualize to fast/slow learners. NO papers to grade, print, handle, or turn in. Automatically grades, scores, and records practice timings that meet accuracy standards--Competency Based Instruction. Outstanding Teacher Manager. Formatting is a FREE download. Introduction to Microsoft Applications is a FREE download. Updates are FREE. Reasonably priced. No site license option for colleges.
Visit www.EllsworthPublishing.com to sign up for a 60-day free trial.
ESRI
Contact: Esther Worker
Phone: 303-449-7779
Email: eworker@esri.comUtah's statewide ESRI ArcView geographic information system (GIS) software license empowers teachers to help their students explore communities, think spatially and critically, and better understand and help design the world us.
GIS technology is used to collect, manage, and analyze the world's geographic information, helping solve problems and make better decisions wherever you are. Students can question gographic data in ways that reveal relationships, patterns, and trends in the form of maps, globes, reports, and charts. GIS technology is also available for your classroom computer.
ESRI's GIS is used in more than 300,000 organizations and institutions worldwide.
GlobalScholar
Contact: Brad Baird
Phone: 800.473.4572
Email: solutions@globalscholar.comWeb Site: www.pinnaclesuite.com
Pinnacle Suite: standards-based gradebook recommended by Dr. Robert Marzano, standards-aligned curriculum and assessments, real-time decision support and data analysis, digital-age learning resources, performance-based scheduler and SIS, and job-embedded professional development.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Contact: Craig Pritchard
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Digital Solutions
801-636-8381
craig.pritchard@hmhpub.com
http://hmlt.hmco.com/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is a recognized industry leader of highly engaging, transformative digital curriculum solutions and resources that are designed to help students prepare for 21st century skills. Our digital portfolio supports the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), and includes learning solutions for English Language Learning (ELL), Special Education, Early Literacy, Advanced Literacy, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Tutoring, K-12 education and more.
Please stop by our booth join us for on Friday, February 26th at 10:45 am in Room 205 for “Helping Adolescent readers REACH their potential” This interactive session will discuss the factors affecting adolescent literacy, what best practices hold the most promise, and showcase our newest release—Earobics Reach—a revolutionary, research-proven approach designed to build reading skills in adolescents (recommended for grades 4 – HS) reading below grade level. Earobics Reach provides a powerful, flexible and highly interactive student experience that motivates even reluctant learners to achieve success.
Insight Systems Exchange
Contact name: Travis Carroll
Phone: 714-939-2894
email: tcarroll@insightinvestments.com
Website URL: www.insightsystemsonline.comInsight Systems Exchange, ISO 9001:2000 certified offers affordable off-lease brand name tier 1 computer hardware for schools and education. Hardware that looks and performs as new with a 3 year advance replacement warranty (no charge for parts, labor, and shipping). A Microsoft Authorized Education Reseller, Microsoft Authorized Refurbisher, HP Authorized Service Provider, Dell Registered Partner.
Intermountain Media Systems
Contact: Dean Hackett
Ph toll free: 888-972-8867
Local: 801-972-8830
Email: deanjh@qwest.net
www.avheroes.com
Intermountain Media is a designer, manufacturer and distributor of an innovative line of presentation systems ranging from portable sound lecterns, floor model sound podiums and integrated control computer presentation podiums. We are also multi-media, audio/visual systems integrators specializing in Classroom Sound Field Systems and the latest interactive media for the classroom.
Intermountain Region of ASPRS
ASPRS – IMAGING AND GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGY
ASPRS was founded in 1934. It is a national scientific association serving over 7,000 professional members from around the world. These members are from private industry, government, and academia. We promote knowledge and understanding of the mapping sciences, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Global Positioning Systems (GPS), and supporting technologies.
The Intermountain Region of ASPRS covers Idaho and Utah. We encourage you stop and talk with us about how joining ASPRS can help you in your classroom with information and mentoring in the use of GIS, GPS, and other geo-technologies that are fast becoming the new wave of 21st Century teaching. Contact us at: http://www.asprs.org/regions/im_region.html or at 801-537-9201.
John Baylor Test Prep
Lesley University
Contact: Michele Anderson
Phone: 866-600-9208
Email: sanders8@lesley.eduwww.lesley.edu/utah
Lesley University was founded in 1909 and is proud to deliver graduate programs to teachers at more than 150 sites in 23 states. Lesley emphasizes the integration of theory and practice and encourages exciting collaborations with other experienced and enthusiastic students. Lesley offers three innovative master's degrees: Technology in Education, Integrated Teaching Through the Arts, and Literacy. Lesley is committed to providing educators with a way to earn a master's degree while working full time and managing family and community responsibilities.
Lightspeed Systems
Contact: Terrisa Metzler, Regional Sales Manager
Phone: 661-716-7600
Email: Terrisa@lightspeedsystems.com
Lightspeed Systems partners with schools, delivering innovative software and unparalleled support and training to help schools operate their networks effectively and efficiently. The company's flagship product, Total Traffic Control, integrates content filtering, antivirus, spam management, bandwidth management, email archiving, and extensive monitoring and reporting into a single interface.
Lightspeed Technologies, Inc.
Contact: Pat O'Connor, Classroom Audio Consultant
Phone: 800-732-8999
Cell Phone: 303.956.9198
Email: pat.oconnor@lightspeed-tek.com
Website: www.lightspeed-tek.com
Lightspeed Technologies… Strengthening the connection between teachers and students.
Lightspeed Technologies exists to make a significant improvement in the listening and learning environment for all children, and to provide teachers with tools that enhance their ability to maintain attention and manage the classroom.
Lightspeed is an engineering company specializing in infrared classroom audio technology. These easy-to-use audio systems use a small pendent style microphone and are designed to deliver optimum speech intelligibility, overcome classroom noise and provide crystal clear sound to all students regardless of where they may be seated or where the teacher may be standing. In addition, teachers report reduced vocal fatigue, improved classroom management, and increased academic performance without changing curriculum or teaching methods.
Local Lightspeed reps are available for presentations, arranging for free evaluation systems or to simply answer questions you may have regarding this proven instructional technology.
Check out the new REDCAT® all-in one classroom audio system which requires no installation and is operational in minutes. Visit our booth and hear the new sound of achievement.
Lumens Integration, Inc.
Contact: Matt Marks, Sales Manager
Cell phone: (408) 667-0724
Toll free: (866) 600-09884116 Clipper Court
Fremont, CA 94538
www.mylumens.com
Lumens Integration, Inc., an ASUS company, manufactures the red "Ladibug" line of high resolution multimedia document cameras with the most comprehensive 5 year warranty in the industry. Ladibug document cameras can be used independently or with interactive whiteboards, and save teachers time in lesson preparation while encouraging creative ways to engage visual learners. Lumens also offers a 25 foot high-speed USB solution which allows teachers to use their Ladibugs in the center of their classrooms without the installation assistance required by a VGA connection of a similar length. With Ladibugs, teachers are doing it for themselves!Come and visit us at booth# 319.
Madcap Logic, LLC
Contact: Lera Haines, Sales Manager
Phone: 970-903-9529 or 888-375-0560
lerah@madcaplogic.comWebsite: www.madcaplogic.com
Created by former Disney animators and professional educators, Creativity Express is interactive art education software for children ages 7-12. The program's 16 modules are a blend of animated storytelling and interactive activities that teach the principles of art, and provide the tools for creative self expression.
Mindjump Software LLC
Contact: Dan Gordon
Phone: 208 220 1217
Email: gordon@mindjump.net
http://www.mindjumpsoftware.com
Find out how Mindjump Software can help your school! High quality interactive games transform the chore of study to a treat. Look at Mindjump Software's new release "The Spelling Castle" (K-6). Elementary schools can buy licenses of the software at generous academic discounts, or they can team up with Mindjump Software to earn money through a fund raiser.
MTCI & Utah Army National Guard
Contact: Randy S. Adams
Title: Education Program Liaison
Phone number:
Cell: (801) 913.5868
Work: (801) 816.3473V
Email: randy.adams@mtci.ushttp://www.partnersineducation.com
MTCI, National Guard Bureau and the Utah Army National Guard have teamed up to help schools and communities with educational as well as intellectual training of students in our high schools with a program called “Partners In Education.” Through programs like Career Exploration Program, HUMVEE Program, Guard Fitness Challenge, You Can School Program modules, Heritage Outreach Program and the Partners in Education Program itself, students have the opportunity to select careers based on skills, knowledge and abilities, work with an actual HUMVEE, learn fitness and health skills, personal life development skills and things about their own heritage that they may not get anywhere else. These programs are coordinated directly with interested teachers, coaches, principals, counselors and club supervisors at no cost (free) to the school, district or state. Let us help you mentor your students to be good productive community leaders and citizens.
Nystrom
Contact: Kim Sorensen
Phone: 801-969-5737
email: kimwvc@comcast.netNystrom introduces StrataLogica - a revolutionary web-based product that delivers layers of age-appropriate, curriculum-based Social Studies content. All Nystrom wall maps and globes, atlases, social studies charts, and outline maps - long considered classroom standards - are available digitally. Powered by Google Earth API, Nystrom content is presented in a groundbreaking, interactive format - allowing teachers and students to go beyond traditional wall maps, globes, and atlases. Teachers can focus on specific content to guide students, and multiple resources are available for students to use for homework and projects. For your computer, projecting in class, or perfect for use with interactive whiteboards, accredited by SMART and Promethean. THE LEARNING IS IN THE LAYERS.
Pearson
Contact: Paul Richins M.S.
Pearson School
Pearson Scott Foresman UT PK-6
Phone: 435 770 0982 (cell)
Fax: 435 750 6010
Email: paul.richins@pearson.comwww.pearsonschool.com/mountainreading
www.pearsonschool.com/envisionmath
www.pearsonschool.com/readingstreet
PLATO Learning
Contact: Dave Lanz, Account Manager
Phone: 208-841-9148
Email: dlanz@plato.comwww.plato.com
PLATO Learning creates comprehensive, technology-driven instruction designed to provide a flexible, one-on-one learning opportunity for a diverse set of learners.
ProSoft
RAIDius
"Value Added Technology Procurement"
Contact: Jeff Gardner
Phone: 801-773-9777
Email: GovEd@raidius.netRAIDius is a local Utah/wasatch front based company with 20 years experience in the I.T. business. We specialize in Government and Educational I.T. hardware and software solutions at competitive pricing including:
- Academic software licensing (Authorized Microsoft Educational Dealer)
- Printing and Copying solutions (Xerox and HP)
- New and used/refurbished pc's, laptops & servers (save up to 85% with IBM & HP re-certified pc's)
- Data Storage & Backup Solutions (servers, tape & disk)
- Video Products and ergonomic mounting
- Networking Products
Ask about our School District Employee purchase program!
Not enough funding to cover the technology products or solutions you need? Think again... there's more than one way to skin a cat and we can help you conquer your project under budget.
Renaissance Learning
Contact: Sher Kerschen
Phone: 866-391-5131
email: Sherilee.Kerschen@renlearn.comContact: Marvin Thompson
Phone: 801-440-5406
email: Marvin.Thompson@renlearn.comRenaissance Learning(tm) is the world's leading provider of computer-based assessment technology for pre-K-12 schools. Adopted by more than 74,000 North American schools, Renaissance Learning's software and NEO 2(tm) laptops provide daily formative assessment and periodic progress-monitoring technology to enhance curriculum, support instruction, and personalize practice in reading, writing, and math.
Scantron
Contact: Melissa Prapassarangkool
Phone: 1-800-722-6876 x7537
email: Melissa_Prap@scantron.comScantron
34 Parker
Irvine, CA 92618-1604
www.scantron.comScantron is a trusted provider of assessment, survey, and data collection solutions for the education market. Scantron's software assessment products for education, Performance and Achievement Series, Prosper, and Engage Responders, help instructors prepare, administer and score tests. Our online and paper-based survey solutions include Class Climate, for managing course and faculty evaluations; and Survey Tracker, to create, deploy and analyze surveys. For general forms processing, Cognition software collects handprint, machine print and bubble mark data with more accuracy and reliability than manual data entry. Scantron combines these software products with its scanners and world-class forms to produce end-to-end solutions for education.
SchoolWorld
Contact: Diana Watson
Phone: 1.800.554.2991 x127
Email: dwatson@schoolworld.com
Address: 1100 Pittsford-Victor Road, Pittsford, NY, 14534
UCET Booth: 95It starts with one small seed...We want your Web presence to be the cream of the crop - in functionality, in design, and in usefulness. We want everyone to use your website as a primary source of information,
communication, and connection.We want administrators, teachers, parents, and students to come together in ways you never imagined. We will help you drive your community to stellar heights. Put simply... we make your website everything it deserves to be. SchoolWorld Web Solutions: SchoolSites, WebModules, TeacherSites. Over 4,000 schools and 150,000 teachers around the world!
Spy Hop Productions
iDEA contact: Stacy Ringo
Phone: (206) 679-5665
Email:stacy@spyhop.orgSpy Hop Productions contact: Matt Mateus
Phone: (801) 532-7500
Email: mateus@spyhop.orgSpy Hop Productions is a not-for-profit youth media arts and education center whose purpose is to empower youth to express their voice and with it create positive change in their lives, their community, and the world.
Our mission is to encourage free expression, self-discovery, critical and inventive thinking, and skilled participation via the big screen, the airwaves, and the world-wide-web.
Spy Hop is committed to the following organizational objectives:
- Providing safe after-school and summer time mentoring programs for diverse youth (K-12) in emerging digital technologies and the media arts
- Developing 21st century skills in youth: community and global awareness, critical thinking, problem solving, communication, collaboration, and media literacy
- Promoting positive youth development thru individuality, leadership, creativity and intellectual curiosity
Increasing higher education and/or vocational opportunities
The Interactive Digital Education Academy (iDEA) offers K-12 educators immersive, high-quality, innovative professional development and support to integrate the filmmaking process into core content instruction. Participants receive a comprehensive, standards-linked filmmaking curriculum and learn how to produce Public Service Announcements (PSAs), instructional videos, stop motion projects, and other short films.
Teach By Magic
Contact: Brian Daniel
Phone: 801-916-2442www.TeachByMagic.com
TeachByMagic.com is an incredible new resource that helps teachers easily make lessons more exciting, more memorable, more fun, and most importantly, more effective.
In about ten minutes you can learn a simple trick or puzzle, with objects already in your classroom, that will get your students thinking and wondering about the subject you are about to teach.
Teach By Magic offers hundreds of tricks and puzzles specially designed for kindergarten through high school students across all subjects. You are guaranteed to have everyone’s attention, and they will better remember your lessons because, we believe, "learning starts with wonder".
Tech4Learning
Contact: Shannon Jones
Phone: 877-834-5453
email: shannon@tech4learning.com
Booth #108Tech4Learning develops desktop and online creativity software that engages students in the learning process. Our award-winning products, including Pixie and Frames, promote problem-solving and higher-order thinking, helping students build essential 21st century skills. Our products improve technology integration and enhance and strengthen student connections to the curriculum.
We cordially invite you to attend the following UCET presentations:
PC Lab 249 Fri 12:00-1:00
Stop Motion Animation with FRAMES. Rob Bentley, UEN
Room 201 Fri 12:00-1:00
21st Century Learning Starts with Student-Lead Projects.
Projects created with Pixie, Frames and WebBlender! Shannon Jones, Tech4Learning
Room 219 Fri 1:15-2:15
Pixie + Projects = Phenomenal Performance
Early learning projects created with Pixie! Betsy Wagstaff, Edith Bowen Lab School
MAC lab 234 Sat 9:15-10:15
Bringing Creativity and Engagement Back Into the Curriculum – Pixie. Shannon Jones, Tech4Learning
BYOL Sat 3 Hour Session!
Room 223 8:00-11:30
You've Been Framed! Frames4 – Tech4Learning
Stop-motion animation with Frames 4! John Springer Uinta County School District #1
*Software raffle at each session!
TestOut
Contact: Trent Howell
Phone: 800-877-4889
email: thowell@testout.com
www.LabSimOnline.com
Getting practical, hands-on experience is critical when learning IT skills. But when these courses are offered online, how is this hands-on experience possible? Focusing on enabling practical, hands-on experience with the LabSim online labs, TestOut provides IT certification training for individuals and academic institutions worldwide. Since its founding in 1991, the company has helped thousands of individuals achieve the skills and professional IT certifications necessary to progress in their careers. Major institutions using LabSim include DeVry University, ITT Tech and University of Phoenix. For more information, visit www.LabSimOnline.com
thereNow
Turning Technologies
Contact: Kristen Hassay
Phone: 330-599-4948
Email: khassay@turningtechnologies.comStudent Response and Research-Based Consulting - Achieve student success with proven educational technology and research-based professional development. Poll in ANY environment or format to create lessons that support assessment FOR learning. Use student response for: Immediate Feedback, Pre/Post Assessment, Data Driven Decisions and Differentiated Instruction.
Utah Geographic Alliance
Contact: Norma Jean Remington, UGA Coordinator
email: utahgeographicalliance@gmail.comThe focus of the UGA is to heighten public awareness of geoliteracy K-12 in Utah. UGA partners with National Geographic to provide initiatives such as My Wonderful World, Geography Action, Community Mapping, GeoFests, Spring Conference, Geography Bee, Geography Olympiad, etc.
UGIC
Vantage Learning USA L.L.C
Contact: John Stippick, Regional Vice President
email: jstippick@vantage.com
800-230-2213 x1132MY Access!® is an award-winning, web-delivered instructional program that diagnoses and assesses the writing ability of students in grades 4-12 and at the college level. With MY Access!, students are motivated to write more and attain higher scores on writing assessments. The program's powerful scoring engine grades students' essays instantly and provides targeted feedback, freeing teachers from grading thousands of papers by hand and giving them more time to conduct differentiated instruction and curriculum planning.
Varitronics, A Brady Business
Varitronics Customer Service
1.800.328.0585
customerservice@varitronicsystems.comhttp://www.variquest.com/
Varitronics provides education technology solutions that help improve student achievement. Its customer base includes more than 28,000 early childhood centers, K-12 schools and post-secondary institutions. Schools utilize Varitronics' VariQuest Visual Learning Tools to create an environment that helps reinforce student engagement, enhance professional development and support fundraising efforts. For more information, visit www.variquest.com.
Webb Audio Visual
Western Governors University
The principal mission of Western Governors University is to improve quality and expand access to post-secondary educational opportunities by providing a means for individuals to learn independent of time and place and to earn competency-based degrees and other credentials that are credible to both academic institutions and employers.
For scholarships and cost saving opportunities specific to Utah teachers, please contact:
Dan Bseiso – Strategic Relations Manager
4001 S. 700 East, Suite 700 | Salt lake City, UT 84107
Direct: 801.428.5196 | Mobile: 801.750.4173 | Fax: 801.274.3305
Wireless Generation
Contact: John Long
Nevada/Utah Educational Partnerships Director
Phone: 702-759-5451
Fax: 212-796-2311
email: jlong@wgen.net
Xirrus
Contact: Andrea Hanson
Phone: 1-800-947-7871
email: info@xirrus.comSchools are deploying campus-wide Wi-Fi networks enabling students and teachers to collaborate and access information while the on the go. Customers choose Xirrus because we deliver more coverage, bandwidth, and throughput with less devices, when compared to anyone else in the industry.