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O s e r C o m m u n i c a t i o n s G r o u p O r l a n d o W e d n e s d a y, J a n u a r y 1 3 , 2 0 1 6 AN INDEPENDENT PUBLICATION NOT AFFILIATED WITH FETC An interview with Randy Hobart, President, Presentation Systems South, Inc. ESD: Presentation Systems South sells the Learn OnDemand Poster Maker. How does it help to teach visual learners? RH: Approximately 65 percent of stu- dents are visual learners. Eighty percent of curriculum is delivered orally. The Learn OnDemand poster maker is a great way to reach your visual learners. ESD: How does it do that? RH: By creating curriculum-based supporting posters ADDRESSING YOUR VISUAL LEARNER NEEDS By Diana Blythe, Vice President of Content Development, Renaissance Learning™ Demanding to have "your way" may strike some people as self-centered. But for educators, having it "your way" means having what you need to teach to your state's standards – no small task when educational standards are changing just about everywhere. Here's some good news: Renaissance Learning's assessment and personalized practice solutions provide you with digital learning progressions built specifically for your state's academic standards for reading and mathematics. You'll see your state-specific learning An interview with Nancy Knowlton, Chief Executive Officer, Nureva. ESD: You're introducing the Nureva Span classroom collaboration system at FETC this year. How does it fit within the educational technology landscape? NK: We realized there was a technology gap for stu- dent collaboration, which this product helps fill. The Span system is the perfect marriage between student devices and shared workspaces and displays. It enables all students to contribute their thoughts and input at the front-end of a whole-class or small-group collaboration process. Our solution supports teachers Whitney High School, based in Rocklin, California, has won consecutive major student-pro- duced media awards for the last six years, including US Education TV's "Best Overall Network," the ESE Network's "Platinum Award" for having one of the top programs in the coun- try and STN's Excellence Award for "Best Daily-Taped" show in the nation. Led by teacher Ben Barnholdt, the Whitney broad- casting program produces a daily news show called "Unleashed" on WCTV19, (www.wctv19.com). The broadcast program consists of three classes: News, Productions and Sports. Each class has about 32 stu- dents. The News class creates feature stories, the By Amanda J. Rosenburg, Director of Learning, Tiggly The non-touch model of edtech is changing, thanks in part to the century-old theories of early education pio- neer Maria Montessori. Ask a child to sit on her hands while she solves a problem, and it will feel like an insurmountable task for both the educator and the child. But let her pick up an object, hold it, inspect it, experiment with it, and it becomes clear that a child's thinking is grounded in touch and movement. This is the essence of traditional Montessori educa- tion, which emphasizes children's need to move, explore Continued on Page 23 An interview with Rebecca Stobaugh, Ph.D. She teaches in the college of education at Western Kentucky University and serves as an educational consultant for Mentoring Minds. With experience as a teacher and principal at the secondary level, Dr. Stobaugh has authored several books on critical think- ing and instructional strategies. ESD: What has surprised you while watching K-12 edu- cation change over the years with the integration of tech- nology in the classroom? RS: It's surprised me that some school districts Continued on Page 23 Continued on Page 23 YOUR STATE, YOUR STANDARDS INTRODUCING THE NUREVA SPAN CLASSROOM COLLABORATION SYSTEM WHAT CONNECTED TECHNOLOGY AND MARIA MONTESSORI HAVE IN COMMON STREAMING VIDEO MADE SIMPLE, AFFORDABLE BY TELESTREAM EXPERT ADVICE ON USING TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM Continued on Page 20 Continued on Page 20 Continued on Page 20