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AN INDEPENDENT PUBLICATION NOT AFFILIATED WITH ISTE Lee M. Oser CEO and Editor-in-Chief Jules Denton Kim Forrester Sharon Kether Delaney Oser Associate Publishers Lorrie Baumann Editorial Director Jeanie Catron JoEllen Lowry Associate Editors André Gressieux Art Director Yasmine Brown Krystal Robles Graphic Designers Caitlyn McGrath Sarah Glenn Heather Canale Customer Service Managers Stacy Davis Kim Stevens Show Logistics & Distribution Mark Romero Sarah Robinson Carlos Velasquez Account Managers Enrico Cecchi European Sales EdTech Show Dailyis published by Oser Communications Group ©2016 All rights reserved. Executive and editorial offices at: 1877 N. Kolb Road, Tucson, AZ 85715 520.721.1300/Fax: 520.721.6300 www.osercommunicationsgroup.com European offices located at Lungarno Benvenuto Cellini, 11, 50125 Florence, Italy E d Te ch S h o w D a i l y Tu e s d a y, J u n e 2 8 , 2 0 1 6 4 ASSIGNFOCUS: A NEW WAY TO PERSONALIZE ASSIGNMENTS FROM DREAMBOX LEARNING MATH Teachers can now differentiate an assignment for an entire class, a small group or an individual student directly with AssignFocus™, a new feature from DreamBox Learning ® , the pio- neering software company that has enjoyed a decade of proven success with its intelligent adaptive learning platform and K-8 mathematics curricu- lum. AssignFocus marks the latest fea- ture that keeps DreamBox at the inno- vative center of the education and tech- nology industry. Informed by data, AssignFocus allows teachers to simply choose a math topic for students to focus on, and DreamBox automatically differentiates their lessons based on each student's cur- rent progress so every student gets what they need, when they need it. For Marian Rassmussen, an educa- tor from Sonoma Valley Unified School District in California, it's a must-have classroom timesaver. "I see that focused lessons can be used to help differentiate the instruction for a particular topic," she shares. "Special needs students and struggling students can be given more introductory lessons to try to catch up or front-load the les- sons. Other students will benefit from the practice lessons done in class. It's great because once they complete the focused lessons for the week, then they continue on with their own lessons. I do not have to prepare so many leveled lessons for classes." TIERTIME INTRODUCES UP MINI 2 IN 2016 Beijing Tiertime Technology Co., Ltd. (Tiertime) demonstrated its second generation of UP mini, the UP mini 2 at the 2016 International CES. As a con- sumer-oriented desktop 3D printer, UP mini 2 is not only affordable, reliable and easy-to-use like the first generation UP mini, but it also comes with many new features related to usability, porta- bility and connectivity. All of these improvements are designed to create more consumer friendly 3D printing experience. "As a world leading 3D printer man- ufacturer, Tiertime's greatest motivation is to meet the increasing demand for con- sumer 3D printers on the global market. We believe that UP mini 2 will become the best entry level 3D printing gadget for students at schools, kids at home and 3D printing fans everywhere," says Tiertime's Chief Executive Officer Allen Guo. In 2013, Tiertime introduced the fea- tures of auto-leveling and auto height detection in the UP Plus 2 3D printer, which was awarded the Best in Class: Just Hit Print by the MAKE magazine in 2013, among the 23 global desktop 3D printers in the e v a l u a t i o n . Tiertime's UP 3D printers are one of the most popular desktop 3D printers in the world. About the UP mini 2 The UP mini 2 is a fully-enclosed desk- top 3D printer designed primarily for consumer and educational use. Like its highly acclaimed and very popular pred- ecessor the UP mini, the next generation model adds features that will make it the ideal 3D printer for home, office and C o ntinued o n P age 4 9 C o ntinued o n P age 4 9