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AVCO Technology Show Presentation Schedule 2011

The 2011 AVCO Tech Show brings you the latest technology presentations to help you keep up to date with the latest trends, products, and solutions. Simply find the presentations you're interested in attending, read the transcript to find the presentation details, and reserve your seat while space is still available!
Cloud-based Assessment for all students – Using SMART Response VE to deliver assessments via the cloud
Day 1 - Wednesday March 2,2011 / Day 2 - Thursday March 3,2011 / Booth
Cloud-based Assessment for all students – Using SMART Response VE to deliver assessments via the cloud

SMART Technologies announces the SMART Response VE interactive response system, a browser-based assessment tool that enables students to log in from any Internet-enabled device, such as smartphones – including the iPhone, Android, BlackBerry® – the iPod Touch, a home computer or a laptop. Students can then access teacher-created assessments, respond to questions, and receive...

The Power of Interactivity: Build more engaging lessons through SMART Notebook Software
Day 1 - Wednesday March 2,2011 / Day 2 - Thursday March 3,2011 / Booth
The Power of Interactivity: Build more engaging lessons through SMART Notebook Software

It’s time to start building on the basics today.  This hands-on session will provide a review of five basic features of SMART Notebook Software and illustrate how these tools can be utilized to build more engaging lessons and activities for your students.  Join us today and you’ll leave with a few tricks in your back pocket for tomorrow. Laptops are recommended...

Digital Math Tools in the Classroom – An Introduction to SMART Notebook Math
Day 1 - Wednesday March 2,2011 / Day 2 - Thursday March 3,2011 / Booth
Digital Math Tools in the Classroom – An Introduction to SMART Notebook Math

The many features of SMART Notebook Math Tools enable you to enhance math lessons for students with various learning styles. With SMART Notebook Math Tools, you can show a single concept in multiple ways and reach every student, whether they learn by seeing or doing. SMART Notebook Math Tools is designed for middle and secondary math classrooms, but many of its tools are ideal for primary math...

VoiceThread
Day 1 - Wednesday March 2,2011 / 10:00am - 10:45am - 1st Session / Room 01
Joanna Dunn
Joanna Dunn
Resource Teacher with the Extended Learning Opportunities and Student Support

Learn about  VoiceThread a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to comment on the posting in a variety of ways – using voice (with mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam).  With VoiceThread, group conversations are collected and shared in one place from anywhere in the world, all with no...

The Power of Playlists
Day 1 - Wednesday March 2,2011 / 10:00am - 10:45am - 1st Session / Room 02
Shannon Yeager
Shannon Yeager
VP of System Solutions

How to create rich visual instructional materials using on-demand digital media in your classroom. This session provides the basics to VOD (video-on-demand) and how to introduce other digital assets into a single cohesive lesson plan. It also shows you how with the right system, these multimedia lessons can be played back seamlessly in your classroom.

AMX SchoolView
Day 1 - Wednesday March 2,2011 / 10:00am - 10:45am - 1st Session / Room 03
Stephen Poli
Stephen Poli
Director of Strategic Sales – K12 Education

AMX SchoolView is an energy-saving technology solution which provides education administrators and teachers streamlined control and automation of multiple technologies, commonly operated independently – such as classroom control, distributed audio, video on demand, digital signage, P.A. (public address), bells, security cameras and emergency alerts – all from a single platform.

Polycom UC Intelligent Core
Day 1 - Wednesday March 2,2011 / 10:00am - 10:45am - 1st Session / Room 04
Frank Quinonez - 2011
Frank Quinonez
Senior Systems Engineer for Polycom, Inc. covering the Western Region

Freedom to collaborate over video and voice anytime from anywhere Leading organizations increasingly leverage real-time group collaboration to improve productivity, reduce costs, and align geographically-dispersed teams. The Polycom UC Intelligent Core enables you to confidently address growing demands for these services while delivering reliable, high quality user experiences throughout your...

The Nation’s First Statewide Student News Network
Day 1 - Wednesday March 2,2011 / 10:00am - 10:45am - 1st Session / Room 05
Robert Pennybacker
Robert Pennybacker
Vice President of Creative Services at PBS Hawaii

How technology and digital storytelling are connecting communities and teaching students skills for the 21st Century.

Cloud Computing and Compute Continuum
Day 1 - Wednesday March 2,2011 / 10:00am - 10:45am - 1st Session / Room 06
Intel

The growth of cloud computing, along with the consumerization of IT, is driving IT decision makers to support a compute continuum in which users will increasingly be able to access applications and services using a spectrum of client devices in a variety of form factors.  While mobile business PC will remain the primary client devices, we see an enabling of usage models to support other...

An overview of Verizon Foundation's Thinkfinity
Day 1 - Wednesday March 2,2011 / 12:00pm -12:45pm - 2nd Session / Room 01
Lynette Kam - Faith-Ishihara
Lynette Kam & Faith Ishihara
Lynette Kam - (Educational Specialist with the Extended Learning Opportunities and Student Support, School Library Services) / Faith Ishihara - (Education Specialist with the Hawaii Department of Education, Office of Curriculum, Instruction and Student Support)

Learn about an online resource that could enhance your lessons and engage your students