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E d Te c h S h o w D a i l y 1 9 F r i d a y, F e b r u a r y 5 , 2 0 1 6 MIMIO RELEASES NEW INTERACTIVE TEACHING TECHNOLOGY Mimio has released several new products to add to its line of interactive classroom teaching tools. These products include the MimioProjector Touch Projector, MimioDisplay Touch Display and MimioMobile for Web devices. The MimioProjector Touch Projector brings multi-touch, interac- tive collaborative learning into class- rooms that don't already have projec- tors. The MimioProjector Touch Projector creates an interactive touch area as large as 100 inches diagonally. The projector also allows up to 10 sin- gle-point touches or five dual-point touches with gestures so that multiple students can simultaneously interact with the same projected image. Also new to the Mimio product line is the MimioDisplay Touch Display. The MimioDisplay has an LED illuminated screen to help deliver instruction and engage students in a more collaborative learning experience. Multiple students can work together on the large touch screen display at the front of the room. The high-definition interactive display can replace a separate interactive white- board, projector and speakers, freeing up valuable classroom space. The low-glare and low-friction glass surface of the MimioDisplay Touch Display provides a smooth touch experience. The MimioDisplay allows up to six single-point touches or three dual-point touches so that students can work simultaneously on the MimioDisplay. Mimio has also launched the latest version of its award-winning MimioMobile application, MimioMobile for the Web. The MimioMobile Web application enables educators to deliver lessons and assessments to an entire class of mobile devices. This release, coupled with the existing MimioMobile Apple and Android application, allows MimioMobile to work on virtually any device: tablets, smart- phones and laptops, including Chromebooks. The MimioMobile application lets schools get the most from the mobile devices they may already have by using them for collaborative learning and ongoing summative and formative assessment. Schools and students benefit from group instruction, which encour- ages student participation and idea shar- ing. All of the Mimio products work with the award-winning MimioStudio soft- ware to easily create and deliver engag- ing lessons. For more information, visit booth #722 or go to www.edu2000plus.com. ENHANCE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT WITH EXTRON COLLABORATION SYSTEMS Teaching pedagogy is shifting away from strictly lecture, and including more col- laborative and cooperative learning. These changes can have a dramatic impact on curriculum, technology and even the design of the classroom. Interactive engagement between stu- dents, faculty and technology has given rise to the concept of active learning, which studies have linked to significant increases in student achievement. Flipped classrooms and huddle spaces, as well as BYOD and 1:1 deploy- ments encourage students to work together with a wide array of computing and display devices. Extron offers a num- ber of AV integration products to facili- tate collaboration in a variety of class- room environments. The Extron TeamWork System is a simple, intuitive digital collaboration system for groups of up to six users. Designed for ease of installation with vir- tually any furniture system, packages typically include HDMI and VGA "Show Me" cables, a switcher, a system con- troller, a Cable Cubby ® Series/2 enclo- sure and other necessary system cables. TeamWork system operation is simple and intuitive. Students connect their lap- top or tablet to a "Show Me" cable to start the system, and then press the "Share" button to show their content on the presentation display. When students discon- nect their devices and walk away, the system automatically powers down. Extron ShareLink is a wireless col- laboration gateway for sharing content from computers, smartphones and tablets. It can be used to create a stand- alone wireless collaboration and presen- tation system or to add wireless presenta- tion capabilities to an existing classroom AV system. Sharelink It is compatible with Windows ® and OS X ® computers as well as Apple ® and Android ® smart- phones and tablets. Moderator mode is available for centralized control over the system to ensure only approved content is dis- played. When multiple users are connected, the system will display the content of up to four simul- taneously to enhance col- laboration. The WebShare application enables content to be sent over the network to a Web browser, allowing users to view the presentation on their own device. When it comes time for students to share their work with the entire class, either system can be integrated with Extron PoleVault, PlenumVault or WallVault AV switching and control sys- tems. For more information, visit booth #1733, go to www.extronclassroom.com or call 800.633.9876. USE DIGITAL TEXTS TO ENGAGE, EMPOWER STUDENTS Recently, librarian and media specialist Nancy Hniedziejko (neh-JAY-koh) of Myers Elementary School in Pennsylvania briefly stepped away from her fourth-grade students to work with another group. When she returned, she found them full of excitement after figur- ing out how to have a virtual, text-based discussion through Accelerated Reader 360™. "My first words were, 'Wow, show me how you did that!'" says Hniedziejko. Accelerated Reader 360 includes both independent reading prac- tice and a curated collection of leveled digital articles, each with built-in skills practice activities and a comprehension quiz. Hniedziejko is using the program with fourth-grade remedial and third- grade enrichment students during Core Extensions (school-wide small-group instruction). "What this program has done already, especially for remedial students, has been staggering," she says. Interacting in Digital Text an Instant Hit Most of the remedial students in Hniedziejko's class have never before held a leadership role, having long struggled to read books in their entirety. They immediately took to the digital Accelerated Reader 360 articles, which connect to the world around them. They are intrigued by the ability to read, cite, tag and write thoughts in the text for dis- cussion, and they especially love the ability to choose their own topics of interest. "Gaining a feeling of freedom and control, particularly in reading, is huge for my students," Hniedziejko says, not- ing one fourth-grader who had trans- formed from an unengaged stu- dent to a more confident, eager, and successful learner – showing greater comprehension with higher reading levels of digital non- fiction than previously with his inde- pendent reading at lower levels. That includes not just becoming more confident readers, but also leaders, returning to their classrooms to share their excitement with their peers. Hniedziejko invited each class to the library for hands-on Accelerated Reader 360 training, and a student from the remedial class sat at each table as an ambassador while she walked through program capabilities on an interactive white board. Immediate and Deep Support for CCR Skills Hniedziejko has enthusiastically forged ahead with these training sessions. "Accelerated Reader 360 lets you cover an entire menu of skills across different subjects, from cause and effect to main idea to inferences, all while get- ting kids engaged through highlighting and tagging passages for discussion," Hniedziejko says. "This is very interactive, with kids attacking the text and talking about what they're reading, which goes hand in hand with comprehension. It's not just learning through a textbook. It's authentic metacognition. "With all the pressures of new stan- dards and a significantly different state test, many expect scores here to go down, but I can't wait to see my kids' scores because I feel so confident about them after working with Accelerated Reader 360," Hniedziejko adds. "My remedial fourth-graders are already working through a fifth-grade level with help, and my enrichment third-graders are flying through the articles so fast I can hardly keep ahead of them." For more information, visit booth #1038 or go to www.renaissance.com. During the free trial, school officials put SAM through its research and eval- uation process. They quickly decided that SAM was exactly what they were looking for to achieve their short-term 1:1 goals, as well as their long-term multi-asset tagging plan. Now, MPS can fully track device deployments in real time with no neces- sary backend work. The district has a centralized repair team now using SAM so when a device needs repair, the school scans it out to the technician and they scan it back in when returned. MPS also touts that now they can track any device in a school as well as when it is off school grounds, such as when a student takes it home, which is a cost savings from the Troxell (Cont'd. from p. 14) district standpoint as parents are made responsible for the devices when they are issued to the students. With SAM, MPS knows who is responsible for any single device at any given time when it is assigned to a school/department/pro- gram, student, teacher or repair shop and when it changes hands for any reason, or when a teacher changes schools. After spearheading a highly suc- cessful pilot program in the U.S. over the past year on behalf of U.K.-based Results Squared Limited, Troxell now offers School Asset Manager to all K-12 and higher education administrators nationwide. For more information, visit www .etroxell.com or www.schoolassetmanager .com or call 800.352.7912.