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K12 Guide to audio/visual solutions Kramer TOOLS™, Kramer solutions are extensive. You can find Kramer in a wide variety of applications – from simple solutions to complex integrated systems – from commercial applications to residential uses. Kramer prides itself on making connections…through our product and our people. TELECONFERENCING SOLUTIONS GovConnection 732 Milford Road Merrimack, NH 03054 800-800-0019 Fax 603-683-0374 PO Box 451 32845 Cleveland Street Rockwood, MI 48173 734-379-9100 Fax 734-379-7004 contactus@completecurriculum.com www.completecurriculum.com Complete Curriculum – the Digital Curriculum Solution We offer affordable, easy to access, digital K-12 textbooks and lessons. We also give teachers comprehensive, webbased tools for creating customized learning plans that engage students and enhance the classroom experience. Our visually engaging format is more portable than a traditional textbook, never goes out of stock, and is always up to date. Our Subscription Website is the ultimate teaching tool – a host of digital learning materials that include audio and video elements as well as digitized text. Mix and match lessons and create customized lesson plans with just a few clicks. Complete Curriculum STREAMING & WEBCASTING VIDEO EDITING & PRODUCTION Broadcast Pix 3 Federal Street Billerica, MA 01821 978-600-1100 Fax 978-663-2811 Leightronix, Inc. 2330 Jarco Drive Holt, MI 48842 800-243-5589 Fax 517-694-8000 sales@leightronix.com www.leightronix.com Freshi Media 4531 Empire Avenue, Suite 200 Burbank, CA 91505 877-295-8988 Fax 818-847-1184 VIRTUAL LEARNING RM Education 310 Barnstable Road Suite 101 A&B Hyannis, MA 02601 866-728-6758 Fax 877-861-0770 info@rmeducation.com www.rmeducation.com RM Education is a world-wide leader in developing outstanding educational tools, technology and services that engage students and inspire learning. RM’s technology products are designed specifically for the K-12 classroom and are scalable, enabling schools to add components as desired or bundled into a customized solution that will maximize your technology investment. RM eVision is the premier package for end-to-end delivery of content for K-12 institutions. It simplifies the delivery of broadcast throughout a school and across a district, as well as the provision of video-on-demand content within classes and to students at their leisure. The heart of this easily scalable system is a server that detects the type of end-user computer requesting a video – whether Windows, Macintosh or Linux – and immediately sends both the video and player software to the user for instant viewing, eliminating the need to install software on the end-user’s computer. Adventure Science Center 800 Ft. Negley Boulevard Nashville, TN 37203 615-862-5177 Eon Reality, Inc. 39 Parker Street, Suite 100 Irvine, CA 92618 949-460-2000 Fax 949-460-2004 Bronx Zoo / Wildlife Conservation Society WEB APPLICATIONS 2300 Southern Boulevard Bronx, NY 10460 718-741-1693 Fax 718-364-2225 Cambium Learning Group Google, Inc. One Hickory Centre 1800 Valley View Lane, Suite 400 Dallas, TX 75234 888-399-1995 Fax 214-932-9373 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043 www.google.com/a/edu Google Apps for Education is a free suite of hosted communication and collaboration applications designed for schools and universities. Google Apps includes Gmail (webmail services), Google Calendar (shared calendaring), Google Docs (online document, spreadsheet, presentation, and form creation and sharing), Google Video (secure and private video sharing – 10GB free) and Google Sites (team website creation with videos, images, gadgets and documents integration), as well as administrative tools, customer support, and access to APIs to integrate Google Apps with existing IT systems. AV 14 January 2011 DistrictAdministration.com http://www.completecurriculum.com http://www.completecurriculum.com http://www.leightronix.com http://www.leightronix.com http://www.rmeducation.com http://www.rmeducation.com http://www.google.com/a/edu http://www.google.com/a/edu http://www.DistrictAdministration.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of District Administration - January 2011

District Administration - January 2011
Contents
From the Editor
Letters
News Update
Administrator Profile
District Profile
Conversations
Crisis Response
Going Mobile
Online Edge
Professional Opinion
K12 Guide to Audio/Visual Solutions
Product Focus
What’s the Value in Value-Added?
The Politicization of Bullying
Holding On to Parent Voices
Tough New Issues Refocus Health Education
New Products
Books

District Administration - January 2011