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AN INDEPENDENT PUBLICATION NOT AFFILIATED WITH FETC Kimberly Oser Publisher Jules Denton-Card Senior Associate Publisher Lorrie Baumann Editorial Director JoEllen Lowry • Jeanie Catron • Karrie Welborn Associate Editors Yasmine Brown Art Director Jonathan Schieffer Graphic Designer Caitlyn McGrath • Sarah Glenn Customer Service Managers Jay Watson • Hannah Stefanovich Show Logistics & Distribution Marcos Morhaim Senior Account Manager Adrian Chacon Account Manager Tara Neal Director of Operations Enrico Cecchi European Sales EdTech Show Daily is published by Oser Communications Group ©2018 All rights reserved. Executive and editorial offices at: 1877 N. Kolb Road, Tucson, AZ 85715 520.721.1300/Fax: 520.721.6300 European offices located at Lungarno Benvenuto Cellini, 11, 50125 Florence, Italy www.osercommunicationsgroup.com Lee M. Oser Founder EdTech Show Daily Friday, January 26, 2018 4 MackinVIA Wins an Amazing Seventh Award The multiple award-winning MackinVIA recently received a third Award of Excellence by Tech & Learning maga- zine and has been hailed as one of today's most prestigious education technology products. Adding to this accomplishment was the equally respected Best of Show winner at ISTE 2015, 2016 and 2017. Rounding out the list of accomplish- ments was a recent 2017 and 2018 Platinum Award from the esteemed Modern Library Awards. When Mackin set out to create a dig- ital content delivery system for its cus- tomers, the top priority was to make it user-friendly and robust for students and educators alike. With a catalog of over 1.9 million digital titles, over nine mil- lion students with access to MackinVIA, and having recently received multiple accolades, MackinVIA has proven that those efforts have now been validated. MackinVIA is being hailed within the industry as the best digital resource management solution available for schools K-12. Users can access their dig- ital products including eBooks, online databases, videos, audiobooks and more f r o m a l m o s t a n y mobile d e v i c e or desktop computer. Teachers can use the system to align resources to their cur- riculum and educational standards, and librarians and administrators can pur- chase and manage the digital inventory all in one place. MackinVIA boasts a number of study features including a personal and conven- ient Backpack for each student that lets them store their favorite resources, and affords them the ability to create and access notes and highlights within those Classroom Collaboration with ELMO's Huddle Space Technology is more present in the class- room than ever before. K-12 schools across the country are moving towards 1:1 learning models with all kinds of hands-on learning devices being used, many of which are brought by students from home. Schools are then tasked with adapting to the evolution of education technology without worrying about stretching their budgets. ELMO's Huddle Space Collaboration Hub was designed with these ever-changing technology needs in mind. The Huddle Space is an education- al teamwork tool that fosters a collabora- tive classroom environment, provides new learning opportunities and ensures that every student has the chance to par- ticipate and share his or her ideas. The Huddle Space is a simple 8 HDMI input connection source that allows users to switch seamlessly between plugged-in devices and share their screens with the rest of the group, so students can effortlessly work together on projects and group discussions. Switching from one device to another is as simple as pressing a button – no plug- ging and unplugging is necessary. Huddle Space is perfect for schools with tight budgets, stressed AV departments and limited WiFi bandwidth. Huddle Space doesn't require any software installation or internet connection, and it connects to any HDMI compatible device – iPad, Chromebook, Windows, Mac, iPhone, Android, even your favorite ELMO Document Camera – making it the perfect solution for 1:1 and BYOD classrooms. Continued on Page 21 Continued on Page 21