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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 1 4 , 2 0 1 6 4 INTRODUCING THE LEARN ONDEMAND FULL COLOR POSTER MAKER The Learn OnDemand poster maker is a one-click system to create four different sizes of posters and banners to any length. This system is the only system on the market to be awarded a provisional patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The Learn OnDemand poster maker comes with: a 24- or 36-inch full color printer; 1,200 educational templates (fully editable); full screen plug and play work station; high resolution scanner; supplies; template subscription (more than 100 added each year at no charge); and weekly update subscription (a poster a week related to a current event). There are several ways to create posters and banners. You can start with a blank template, and after three steps you have created your own poster. You can also scan an existing document to create a poster or bring your own cre- ation in on a thumb drive. It's as simple as clicking the print button, and in two minutes you have created your own poster or banner. The other method is to simply select one of the 1,200 exist- ing posters from the template library (edit it if you wish) and press the print button. The tem- plate library is divided into subject catego- ry, including (but not limited to) reading, writing, math, science, charac- ter education, motivational, parent involvement, Spanish and administrative. The system is simple, easy to use and sure to enable you to reach your visu- al learners by informing, instructing and inspiring. Stop by booth #1562 and request a free sample pack to be sent to your school. For more information, visit www.carolina posterprinters.com, call 800.729.2836 or stop by booth #1562. STUDENT COLLABORATION FROM NUREVA SPAN CLASSROOM COLLABORATION SYSTEM Collaboration is a word that gets tossed around a lot these days, but we know that getting students to work together effec- tively is actually very challenging. How do you get everyone talking and listening – your introverts as well as your extroverts? How do you take full advantage of the personal devices you have – tablets, Chromebooks and laptops – without your students becoming isolat- ed? How do you set your students up to lead the way? The Nureva Span classroom collabo- ration system offers fresh answers to these questions. With its 40-foot (12.2 m) immersive, interactive canvas accessed on a 20- or 10-foot (6.1 or 3.1 m) inter- active surface, all students have the space to collaborate like never before. Because students can easily contribute from apps on their personal devices, schools are able to take full advantage of their tech- nology investments. Here's how. Think and Create At the beginning of a collaboration ses- sion with the Span system, students use their personal devices to capture their thoughts. They can write notes, create sketches and find images – whichever approach works best for their learning style. Embedding individual work at the front end of the collaborative process fos- ters creativity and encourages all stu- dents to participate. Then when they're ready, ideas can be easily added to a shared virtual canvas that is accessed online and projected in panoramic view on the wall. Share and Make Connections Once ideas are shared, a group or the entire class can work together to discuss, debate and think critically. Everyone's contributions are visible on the huge dis- play, enabling all students to actively par- ticipate in the collaborative process. The canvas's structure and grouping options make it easy for students to organize information and make connec- tions – between the concepts and with each other. They can refine ideas and explore different perspectives as they work together to reach shared under- standing. Because the system enables students to take the lead, the learning is more likely to stick. Expand and Deepen Collaboration doesn't have to end just because the bell rings. One session can easily lead to further exploration, and students can continue to work on the canvases in real time from other com- puters, tablets or large-format interac- tive displays – at school, at home or anywhere. Teachers may choose to divide up the class into small groups to take a deep- er dive into the concepts they've dis- cussed. Students can log into the system from home and add more ideas. Or the canvas can be exported into a PDF or Excel file to kickoff new projects and study. There are multiple ways for teach- ers to help students deepen learning and achieve success. Visit Nureva at booth #235. For more information, go to www.nureva.com. IMPROVING EARLY MATH UNDERSTANDING WITH TIGGLY MATH By Amanda J. Rosenburg, Director of Learning, Tiggly It's long been understood that the use of physical manipulatives to teach subjects like mathematics have positive effects on student achievement by pro- viding concrete objects to model and internalize abstract concepts. The impact of physical manipulatives also influences student's interest and enjoyment in learn- ing math – engaging students far beyond paper or screen. Kyle Ferguson, Operations Director of Brooklake Christian School, saw the added value of pairing math manipula- tives with digital learning for his Pre-K and Kindergarten students. Kyle achieved the pairing by using Tiggly Math, a set of five magnetic counting rods that interact with apps focused on operations vital to later math success, such as addition, number line and one-to- one correspondence skills. STEM programs play an important role in today's educational environment, so it was significant for Kyle to integrate Tiggly Math in a way that added value to each classroom. An introductory period of using Tiggly manipulatives offered students the opportunity to fully explore the features Tiggly Math offers by play- ing and learning independently. After two weeks, teachers begun to introduce the manipulatives during lessons and Tiggly quickly became a staple during math time. After the implementation of Tiggly at Brooklake, teachers observed an increase in interest and engagement in math among students, in part due to the excitement around pairing tablets with manipula- tives. When using the Tiggly learning tools, stu- dents' ability to solve math problems improved dramatically by simply recalling how they inter- acted with the manipulatives. Overall, the experience allowed students to become much more receptive to mathe- matical concepts. Kyle's experience with Tiggly high- lights how adding a tactile dimension to digital learning can be a game changer. "The immediate impact Tiggly Math had on students was that it was intuitive and fun. Students were discovering basic concepts of adding, subtracting and skip counting much faster than using a purely digital or traditional method. Students were relating their experience with the manipulatives to their classwork aston- ishingly quickly. And teachers found the concepts easy to supplement their cur- riculum." Brooklake's success from using Tiggly isn't an isolated case; more than 1,000 classrooms across the U.S. have begun to imple- ment Tiggly Math manip- ulatives into their daily curriculum, and educators are reporting great suc- cess. The research examining the learn- ing outcomes from using Tiggly supports teacher reported observations emphasiz- ing the importance of manipulatives dur- ing digital play. Tiggly's presence in schools is grow- ing, due in part to teachers' desires to add a tactile dimension – one that aligns with early childhood curriculum – to their stu- dents' digital learning. Tiggly's learning systems have been used successfully in classrooms ranging from nursery school to 2nd grade. — Originally published in STEAMed Magazine. Visit Tiggly at booth #952. For more infor- mation, email educators@tiggly.com. AN INDEPENDENT PUBLICATION NOT AFFILIATED WITH FETC Lee M. Oser CEO and Editor-in-Chief Jules Denton Kim Forrester Associate Publishers Lorrie Baumann Editorial Director Jeanie Catron JoEllen Lowry Associate Editors André Gressieux Art Director Yasmine Brown Krystal Robles Graphic Designers Sarah Glenn Freda Epum Customer Service Managers Kim Stevens Stacy Davis Show Logistics & Distribution Randal Fisher Account Manager Enrico Cecchi European Sales EdTech Show Daily is published by Oser Communications Group ©2016 All rights reserved. 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