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K-12 Learning with 21st
Century Technologies
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Winter 2010
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How to Equip a Smart
Classroom
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By Tom Zind
LARGE-SCALE
TECHNOLOGY integration
projects can be costly
and time-consuming,
require crystal-ball
peering, and demand
everyone's two cents.
Few fit that definition
better than smart
classroom/training room
projects. Entailing the
introduction of AV and
IT gear that permits
ease of use,
functionality, and
flexibility that
enhances teaching and
instruction across
multiple venues,
shepherding those
projects pose major
challenges for
technology managers.
AV Technology asked
four such managers how
they approach smart
classroom projects.
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Why Digital Signage in
Educational Facilities?
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Today's media-savvy
youth respond well to a
medium where the message
is projected and
amplified on a larger
scale. So using digital
signage in the
educational environment
is a bit of a
no-brainer. This is true
if you're charged with
implementing technology
to enable better
campus-wide
communications, part of
a team tasked with
recruiting the best and
brightest, or looking
for additional revenue
to underwrite your
educational expenses.
And, of course, digital
signage can play an
important role in the
mission of K-12 and
higher-ed institutions:
to educate.
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It's Nice to Share
Avid Unity MediaNetwork:
Industry-leading
collaborative shared
storage network
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If you're teaching
multimedia, how do you
control all of the media
that gets created on
each workstation? The
process of copying from
one computer to another
is tedious and time
consuming. ClarkPowell
offers a time-saving
alternative that
provides an easy means
of maintaining mountains
of data for any number
of students. You will
find the following
benefits.
1.
A centralized workspace
for each student
2.
A password protected
hard drive workspace for
each student
3.
Student workspaces
become accessible to you
on your own workstation
for easy grading and
media management
4.
One-time creation-after
which all students have
simultaneous access
5.
Elimination of
extraneous external hard
drives
6.
Leverage the shared
storage you have with
other teachers: yearbook
and video production
Believe it or not, you
can manage a system like
this without acquiring
another degree. Start
thinking Unity, and
start working unified.
Call ClarkPowell for
more information
1-800-532-1099. Ask for
Warren. He's a nice guy.
warren@clark-powell.com
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Fundraising Tips and
Ideas
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Fundraising projects
vary widely with both
the extent of work and
the profits that are
generated. With
well-defined goals,
careful planning, and an
energized team, your
fundraising event can
yield results that will
positively affect
student-learning
achievements in your
school.
CLICK HERE to
download your free copy.
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Professional Development
Classes
SMARTTM
Training Coming to a
City Near You
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SMART Notebook Software
Training
Level 1
(beginner) & Level 2
(intermediate/advanced)
SMART Notebook Software
Training for Your SMART
Board Interactive
Whiteboard
Winston-Salem, NC
Wednesday, February 3 -
Level One
Thursday,
February 4 - Level Two
Charlotte, NC
Wednesday, February 10 -
Level One
Thursday,
February 11 - Level Two
Raleigh, NC
Wednesday, February 17 -
Level One
Thursday,
February 18 - Level Two
Columbia, SC
Wednesday, March 3 -
Level One
Thursday,
March 4 - Level Two
CLICK HERE for
details.
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Tell Your Story
Tell us about your
school's digital signage
program.
How is digital signage
being used to connect
with students and
faculty? Send your story
to
Kristie Staton
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ClarkPowell provides
professionals in
education with the
opportunity to share
their experiences and
learn from others. Send
us an email about this
issue's topic, and we'll
select a few stories to
publish in upcoming
issues of
Constructing Minds.
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