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E d Te c h S h o w D a i l y T h u r s d a y, J a n u a r y 2 2 , 2 0 1 5 4 MARVELVIZION INTEGRATES FURNITURE WITH TODAY'S TECHNOLOGIES Technology advances demand adaptabil- ity and mobility to remain relevant in todays and tomorrows presentation envi- ronment. The MarvelVizion ® line of Audio Visual Furniture supports today's technologies and continues its tradition of manufacturing a high quality innova- tively designed product that is made in America. Presenter friendly, each MarvelVizion product works with you to deliver your message. Stable platforms with large work surfaces, pull out shelves for added work space and equipment and locking drawers and cabinets for secure storage all facilitate a polished profes- sional presentation. Integrator friendly, MarvelVizion furniture is designed to support various technologies and options. Engineered with rack or freestanding component areas, wire and cable management chan- nels, strategically placed knock outs, grommets and access panels for easy l o a d i n g , MarvelVizion p r o d u c t s enable a fast, efficient instal- lation of your audio visual equipment. MarvelVizion arrives at your door with very little assembly required. Attractive, high pressure laminate tops are supported by heavy duty welded and riveted steel. These products are ready to go in minutes. The Instructor Cart Series functions as a Mobile Teacher's Station, supporting both A/V and Desk functions on a small footprint. The "Instructor" is designed to VIEWING STUDENTS IN 4-D By Anthony Cross, Vice President Portfolio Planning and Strategy, Scantron Corporation Students live in a 4-Dimensional world. No, we're not talking about the latest TV technology, or a ride at Disney World! We're describing the students themselves – their academic height, breadth, depth and progress over time. Analyzing their performance should include all the differ- ent facets that contribute to their per- formance, and as educators you need an accurate picture of the whole student to provide effective data-driven instruction. Spreadsheets are a common way of analyzing data, but looking at a spread- sheet of test scores can only help you answer the question "How did the stu- dents do on this test?" To know how that compares to other tests, for example, how do benchmark assessments relate to state summative scores, you need another spreadsheet. Then you have to combine them into a single view, then add a chart to visualize the data. Then, if you want to know whether attendance played a role in the scores, you have to overlay yet anoth- er spreadsheet using advanced functions and formulae. Some dis- tricts opt to build a data warehouse to pull together all the pieces of information need- ed to build a com- plete picture of the student. However, this can be expensive, time- consuming and resource-intensive. And that's just to set it up, without analyzing the data it contains. In our experience, when districts take the next step to ana- lyze their data, they often start by creat- ing a list of questions, each of which Continued on Page 25 Continued on Page 25 AN INDEPENDENT PUBLICATION NOT AFFILIATED WITH FETC Lee M. Oser CEO and Editor-in-Chief Jules Denton Kim Forrester Paul Harris Associate Publishers Lorrie Baumann Editorial Director JoEllen Lowry Jeanie Catron Associate Editors Yasmine Brown Andre Gressieux Graphic Designers Caitlyn Roach Sarah Glenn Customer Service Managers Heather Canale Keri Gall Jamie Green Tara Neal Show Logistics & Distribution Randal Fisher James Gennette Marcos Morhaim Account Managers Enrico Cecchi European Sales EdTech Show Daily is published by Oser Communications Group ©2015 All rights reserved. Executive and editorial offices at: 1877 N. Kolb Road, Tucson, AZ 85715 520.721.1300/Fax: 520.721.6300 www.oser.com European offices located at Lungarno Benvenuto Cellini, 11, 50125 Florence, Italy.