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EdTech Show Daily Thursday, January 25, 2018 6 FileWave: A Tool for Busy IT Administrators FileWave is an international leader in multi-platform unified endpoint man- agement, providing users with an easy- to-use software designed to ease the woes of IT teams. Its all-in-one, highly scalable software solves the many chal- lenges of managing a diverse and grow- ing population of users, devices and content by ensuring IT teams have a comprehensive solution that supports both client (desktop) and mobile devices across Windows, macOS, iOS, Chrome OS and Android. Whether an organization has 50 or 50,000-plus devices, FileWave's multi- platform, robust and scalable manage- ment suite delivers. Combined with FileWave's cross-platform imaging solu- tion and its classroom management and collaboration tool, Engage, FileWave offers a complete toolkit of solutions to cover all current and future management needs. With FileWave, IT teams can effi- ciently secure and support their organiza- tion from one easy-to-use console, mak- ing even the most daunting projects, such as BYOD or large 1:1 initiatives, man- ageable and highly-effective. Key components include: enterprise level multi-platform device management (Windows, macOS, iOS, Chrome OS and Android); integrated inventory and license management – complete asset management; patented deployment – fast, reliable and efficient deployments; self-service options to eliminate the guess work out of deployments; cross- platform imaging from a single inter- face, site-based/over- the-air; integrated patch management to ensure endpoints remain up to date; secu- rity management to ensure content stays the way institutions want it; remote man- agement to ensure admins are maximiz- ing their time instead of running from site-to-site; booster technology – maxi- mum scalability with minimal network traffic; and Engage for EDU – modern classroom management and collabora- tion. Christina Devitt, Head of Technology at Jakarta International School in Jakarta, Indonesia, stated in an interview, "We find FileWave to be a crit- ical tool to the success of our 1:1 laptop and iPad implementations. The product is full-featured, always improving, and cus- tomer support is excellent." A d d i t i o n a l l y, Dr. Scott Smith, Chief Technology Officer of Mooresville Graded School District in North Carolina, USA, remarks, "Through FileWave, we're able to reach out and touch 4,000 machines at one time, so it's not the human infrastructure that we're having to invest in. That's a huge cost-savings in terms of IT and total cost of owner- ship in terms of what's going on techni- cally in our department." For a full breakdown of FileWave features and benefits, visit www .filewave.com. For more information, go to booth #1223, visit www.filewave.com or call 888.FileWave. Mackin Marches into Makerspace with MackinMaker After just one year, MackinMaker ® has successfully grabbed great attention from the maker community around the world. As an international success, MackinMaker offers customers hundreds of maker-related books, products and professionally curated kits, designed in- house and created for the novice, all the way to the experienced Makerspace prac- titioner. "This form of experiential learning is so fresh and vital to helping students learn in a more exciting and impactful way, we decided that now is the perfect time to tap our knowledge-base and pro- fessional expertise to create this new division," states Randal Heise, co-Owner of Mackin. Director of MackinMaker Services, Ethan Heise remarked, "We have sourced some of today's most creative and influ- ential products and made them the foun- dation of this growing new site. To date, we have 11 professionally curated kits and hundreds of essential products with hundreds more ready to come on-line before the end of the year." A growing list of maker consultants and experts, including Laura Fleming, Todd Burleson, Kristina Holzweiss, Heather Lister, Ross Cooper and Travis Lape have joined the MackinMaker movement and continually offer cutting- edge insight on all things maker. Content is growing on a daily basis and currently features scores of popular, maker-related items for schools to build their own custom collections. For those looking for fast entry into the maker movement, MackinMaker also features thoughtfully pre- pared kits aligned for all grade or skill levels. All maker items and kits found at MackinMaker are curated from many leading brands known throughout the industry. This penchant for acquiring quality educational material is a hallmark characteristic of Mackin that has natural- ly made its way to their new division. For more information about MackinMaker or Mackin, visit www.mackinmaker.com or www.mackin.com. About Mackin For nearly 34 years, Mackin has provided library and classroom materials for grades PK-12. Known the world over for exemplary service and a stringent atten- tion to detail, Mackin has access to more than 18,000 publishers and a collection of nearly three million printed titles. Additionally, Mackin features a robust selec- tion of more than two million eBook titles, audio books, databases and video resources, all available through its free, state-of-the- art digital content management system, MackinVIA. This highly sought-after digital content management tool was recently awarded three distinctive awards; Best of Show at ISTE 2015, 2016 and 2017 and was named winner of a 2015, 2016 and 2017 Awards of Excellence by Tech & Learning as well as the prestigious Modern Library Awards Platinum Award for 2017 and 2018. Today, the free MackinVIA is found in thousands of schools and is accessible to more than nine million stu- dents around the world. For more information, go to www.mackin.com or stop by booth #1723. ASHA Raises Concern about the Potential Impact of Popular Tech Overuse and Misuse on Hearing The American Speech-Language- Hearing Association's (ASHA) Healthy Communication and Popular Technology Initiative focuses upon the potential dan- gers of popular technology overuse and misuse. What is the concern with respect to hearing? Previous polling by ASHA indicated that many young people are using popular technology for hours daily, every day, at high volume. That sort of usage could produce hearing loss. Additionally, for years ASHA has put on "safe listening" concerts in middle and elementary schools to encourage safe listening to popular technology. Again and again, educators embraced the message and understood the need for it based on what they observe daily and know about their students' usage habits. What are the consequences of hearing loss? Hearing loss can have severe effects on a child's development. It can delay other communication skills, impede academic achievement, cause social isolation and even affect future employment. Children with hearing loss develop their vocabulary more slowly, and have more trouble learning abstract words or words with multiple meanings. Also, the vocabulary gap between them and children with normal hearing widens with age. What are some tips for enjoying technology while avoiding dangers to hearing? The most effective step is to keep the volume down. Regularly listening to music over 75 decibels for extended periods can cause hearing loss over time. A good rule of thumb is to keep the volume level on a device at no more than half. It is also important to set parameters that encour- age things like listening breaks, and tech- nology-free times and zones at home. Parents should also model healthy tech- nology usage themselves. For more information, go to www.asha.org. SecuRam SmartEntry with Waterproof Finger Vein ID Technology SecuRam Systems, a leader in electronic security, is pleased to introduce SecuRam SmartEntry front door lock incorporating the latest biometric authentication – Finger Vein ID. Finger Vein ID technology goes well beyond fingerprint scanning – it analyzes the blood vessel or vascular pattern below the epidermal layer of your finger and then using its unique matching algorithm, validates entry to only enrolled users. One of the great deficiencies associ- ated with fingerprint biometrics has been its inability to work in outdoor condi- tions. With its invention of waterproof Finger Vein ID, SecuRam has delivered the absolute security of advanced biomet- ric access to virtually any installation con- dition. Finger Vein ID was already a remarkable advance; SecuRam has per- fected it even further. With customers and applications ranging from home access to banking and automotive security, SecuRam remains the reference standard in authentication technology. Blood vessel patterns are unique to each individual, as are other biometric data such as finger- prints or the patterns of the iris. However, unlike some biometric systems, blood vessel patterns are almost impossible to counterfeit because they are located beneath the skin's surface. Biometric systems based on fingerprints, depending upon Continued on Page 11