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An interview with Mike Ruprich, Chief Executive Officer and President, Troxell Communications. ESD: Tell our readers about your company. What's your main line of business? MR: Troxell offers a full range of today's leading technology brands to accommodate varying education technol- ogy initiatives. But we don't stop there. Our dedicated account executives make TROXELL OFFERS 1:1 LEARNING SUITE & MORE FOR THE CLASSROOM An interview with Richard Miller, Director, Epson America. ESD: What excites you about projection display technology today and why should educators be excit- ed? RM: Technology is changing rapidly in projection display. It is an exciting time. For example, here at ISTE Epson is launching its first laser interactive dis- play for classrooms. This is important DreamBox asked teachers to weigh in on why they use D r e a m B o x Learning ® Math in their classrooms. Here's how they responded. 1. Adapts to Each Learner Intelligent Adaptive Learning™ technol- ogy enables seamless integration of instruction and assessment – before, dur- ing and after each lesson. "I explain to students that DreamBox is constantly taking their key strokes, strategies used, It's not about the technology. This defiant mantra is still prevalent in education. But why? While learning should be the leading driver for all discussions and decisions that impact student success, the topic of technology continues to taint our conversations. In order to support the individual needs of all learners, we must spend our time and resources wisely – not letting technology limit us or drive our deci- sions. Instead, we should allow the tech- nology, specifically the device, to be a An interview with Darri Stephens, Director of C o m m u n i t y Marketing. ESD: What is the Wonder League Robotics Competition? DS: Wonder Workshop (www.education/ makewonder.com) gives kids the oppor- tunity to solve programming and design challenges with Dash and Dot through our annual Wonder League Robotics Competition. Despite the name, our Continued on Page 25 An interview with Randal Heise, President, Mackin. ESD: Tell our readers about Mackin and what the company has to offer. RH: Mackin is a 34-year- old company offering high-quality edu- cational resources, including printed books in all bindings, eBooks, audio- books, databases and videos along with professionally curated classroom and leveled libraries, new school collections, curriculum materials and more for Continued on Page 25 Continued on Page 29 EPSON LAUNCHES LASER INTERACTIVE DISPLAY AT SHOW TOP SEVEN REASONS EDUCATORS CHOOSE DREAMBOX WONDER LEAGUE ROBOTICS COMPETITION BRIDGING GENDER GAP MOVE BEYOND THE TECHNOLOGY MACKIN OFFERS FREE CMS MACKINVIA & MORE Continued on Page 22 Continued on Page 25 Continued on Page 22 Oser Communications Group San Antonio Monday, June 26, 2017 An interview with Helen Thomas, co- Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Touchjet. ESD: What does Touchjet have to offer to classrooms? HT: With Touchjet's latest hardware, the WAVE™, we can transform flatscreen TVs into giant touchscreens to enable teachers and students to collaborate digi- tally in the classroom. Safeware's Chief Executive Officer, Bryan Schutjer, shares insight about technology deploy- ments and recent device trends. ESD: Tell our readers about Safeware. BS: Safeware is a leading provider of product protection and extended warran- ty solutions in the K-12 space. Working with thousands of K-12 schools and school districts, Safeware understands Continued on Page 22 TOUCHJET TRANSFORMS FLATSCREEN TVS INTO TOUCHSCREENS SAFEWARE: OWN WITH CONFIDENCE Continued on Page 29 AN INDEPENDENT PUBLICATION NOT AFFILIATED WITH ISTE