2016 Sponsors
Presented By SponsorsWe made a name for ourselves more than 20 years ago offering the most comprehensive, high-performance network access and switching products. But if you still think “hardware” when you hear “Extreme,” it’s time to think again.
Inspired by our vision of the network’s ability to drive the connections that, in turn, drive your business, we’ve layered on a set of software tools and operating systems to control policy from a single node to every device enterprise-wide. An analytics platform correlates usage with network performance and our intelligent control plane adapts in real-time. Finally, we’ve extended control beyond the physical network to your cloud infrastructure, optimizing your network and applications regardless of where they reside. Our evolution beyond hardware into one of the leading providers of softwaredriven networking solutions means that Extreme can deliver an IT infrastructure that’s fast, resilient and can tune itself to the demands of users, applications and security threats — from wired to wireless, desktop to datacenter. Istation (aka Imagination Station) is an award-winning, comprehensive e-learning program used by more than four million students and educators around the world.
Known for its accurate assessments, engaging curriculum, and trusted teacher tools, Istation helps students in prekindergarten-8th grade achieve academic growth. Istation’s computer-adaptive assessments (known as ISIP™) immediately place students on personalized instructional paths unique to their needs. And our animated, game-like interface engages students so effectively that they don’t even realize they’re being evaluated. Along with Istation’s highly interactive digital curriculum, teachers also have access to a library of thousands of lessons perfect for instructing small groups or an entire class. Comprehensive reports are immediately available for educators, administrators, and parents. Istation offers its ISIP assessments in Early Reading, Advanced Reading, Spanish and Math; Istation instruction is available for Reading, Reading in Español, and Math. Students can also use their Istation subscriptions at home. Since its founding in 1998, Dallas-based Istation has seen tremendous growth. The company’s animated learning program now helps students in forty-four states and four countries learn and grow. Pro Computing For more than 20 years, we’ve helped schools and educators prepare and embrace the kinds of change that make a difference in their students’ lives.
The ProComputing team is dedicated to superb quality, creative design, and customer support to ensure long-term customer loyalty. Please let us know if you have any questions or feedback. Best Buy Education harnesses the power of technology to empower, inspire and support schools with end-to-end facility and ed-tech solutions. More than creating Connected Classrooms, STEM labs and BYOD programs, we provide products and services for front/back-office needs. As your single-source technology provider, we bring the latest technology from the best brands.
At Kensington we understand the link between productivity and protection. This drives us to engineer security elements into all of our products and technology platforms. Businesses, organizations, professional users and consumers each value the assurance provided by our smart. safe. simple™ brand promise, we apply it to everything we design, manufacture, and market.
Gold SponsorsLego Education We are LEGO® Education. For 35 years we have been working with teachers and educational specialists like you to deliver playful learning experiences that bring subjects to life in the classroom and make learning fun and impactful. We have a wide range of physical and digital educational resources that encourage students to think creatively, reason systematically and release their potential to shape their own future.
Our solutions for teaching and hands-on learning inspire interest from humanities and language arts to science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), targeted at preschool, elementary and middle school. In the US, close to 20,000 schools teach different subjects using LEGO Education solutions. These are based on the LEGO® system for playful learning combined with curriculum-relevant material and digital resources. With educational sets, lesson plans and curriculum material, assessment tools and teacher training and support, we can help you meet your curriculum objectives and provide you with the tools you need to make learning inspiring, engaging and effective. We believe that expanding knowledge and building academic and 21st century skills will create active, collaborative, lifelong learners. Together with educators, we aim to enable every student to succeed in education and be prepared for future life challenges. Troxell Communications makes educational technology accessible to everyone. Whether you are a computer whiz who dazzles your students with cutting-edge media tools or still seem to struggle with programming your automatic coffee maker, we can tailor a solution to suit your needs.
We accelerate the way people learn through the application and use of technology. We not only suggest and provide the necessary audio-visual equipment to achieve your specific goals, but we back up our products with support services to ensure that the technology and training is successful. Our focus is on making technology work for you. |
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All in Learning/Edusmart AXA Advisors Blackboard Bookshare BrainPOP Bright Bytes DDMC DynaNotes Education 2000 Ergotron Explore Learning First in Math Gaggle Global Asset GoNoodle GradeCam Hear Builder by Super Duper Houston Communications IXL Lamar University LightSpeed Literacy for Texas MackinVIA Math Shelf Maker Maven Micro Search Microsoft Over Drive Region 4 Scientific Minds Smart School Systems Southern Science Teacher Heaven Teachscape/Frontline Education Tietronix Code of Aegis Triumph Learning Visual Techniques Vocabulary.com Waggle Zspace "Lots of engagement and excitement with attendees....overall great exposure of OtterBox in education."
-OtterBox "All I can say is that you guys get better every year....you may have to do it at the George R Brown Convention Center! Congratulations on yet another great experience for all alike."
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edcoda is an adaptive 3D video game that engages students and delivers curriculum and content material integrated with a management platform. That content can be selected from our library of pre-built templates which includes all the mapping, lessons, and question items. As an educator, you are also equipped with the tools to customize lessons (text/image/video) and question items as well. The platform helps teachers through user-friendly authoring, mapping, and management of curriculum, as well as providing powerful analytics on student performance and trends. Watch our Discovery Channel episode discussing our game http://newswatchtv.com/2016/03/11/edcoda/
Solid IT Founded in 2001 by Oliver “Newt” Newman, Solid IT Networks is a systems integrator and IT solutionsprovider renowned and respected as the Value-Added Reseller (VAR) that truly adds value to secure network systems. Solid IT has grown into one of the major providers of secure-network sales and support in the South Central U.S. We owe this success to constant attention to the values that have gotten us here:
Integrity- With complete transparency in our vendor relationships, we can offer the ideal hardware or software for your needs, from one company or multiple suppliers. And if prices drop during procurement, we pass on the
savings to you.
Responsiveness- Solid IT is service oriented with a genuine commitment to customer satisfaction. This includes a lot of personal and onsite attention from senior executive level staff as well as the dedicated service delivery team. Our controlled growth allows us to customize our services to the exact needs of each client and also provides the necessary flexibility to structure contracts and transactions to meet customer specific requirements.
Knowledge- Solid IT’s Engineers and Technical staff are not only certified on the latest information technology products our partners manufacture, we also have exceptional expertise in a wide range of educational, governmental and business fields. We specialize in serving enterprise-class educational, business and governmental organizations of all types and sizes, from local school systems to Fortune 500 companies to major universities. We provide our customers with a full range of secure, mission- critical networking and desktop infrastructure solutions and services.
Integrity- With complete transparency in our vendor relationships, we can offer the ideal hardware or software for your needs, from one company or multiple suppliers. And if prices drop during procurement, we pass on the
savings to you.
Responsiveness- Solid IT is service oriented with a genuine commitment to customer satisfaction. This includes a lot of personal and onsite attention from senior executive level staff as well as the dedicated service delivery team. Our controlled growth allows us to customize our services to the exact needs of each client and also provides the necessary flexibility to structure contracts and transactions to meet customer specific requirements.
Knowledge- Solid IT’s Engineers and Technical staff are not only certified on the latest information technology products our partners manufacture, we also have exceptional expertise in a wide range of educational, governmental and business fields. We specialize in serving enterprise-class educational, business and governmental organizations of all types and sizes, from local school systems to Fortune 500 companies to major universities. We provide our customers with a full range of secure, mission- critical networking and desktop infrastructure solutions and services.
GroupLink was organized in 1996 to enable our customers to increase revenue, manage customer relationships and deliver world-class customer service. GroupLink's mission and vision includes the objective of delighting our customers in world class, best-practices Service Desk & CRM/SFA software. Our goal is to consistently deliver high-performance support services, support materials and products that exceed our customers' expectations and leverage their existing IT investments. GroupLink customers have seen tangible return on investment through increased customer satisfaction and loyalty, through improved metrics for tracking marketing investments and through top-line revenue growth.
SkyCentral Corporation provides solutions that help you manage and staff your assets responsively to maximize use while covering actual costs of maintenance and ownership. The SkyCentral K-12 Reservation Engine is a facilities reservations and liability management solution that helps school districts or individual schools manage all facilities reservations and facilities rentals to include maximum liability tracking and management.
Silver Sponsors
Achieve3000® provides the only patented, cloud-base solutions that deliver daily differentiated instruction for nonfiction reading and writing that’s precisely tailored to each student’s Lexile® reading level.
AirWatch® was founded in 2003 and achieved early success in managing wireless endpoints and rugged devices. In 2006, as smart devices entered the enterprise and employees required access to corporate information, the AirWatch leadership team strategically pivoted the company’s focus to manage any device in an organization’s mobile fleet. The team believed that the consumerization of IT would completely revolutionize the way companies do business – and they were right.
Read more at: http://www.air-watch.com/company/about-us/
Read more at: http://www.air-watch.com/company/about-us/
Atomic Learning understands the unique issues that schools face, and provides an online professional learning system to help address many of these issues, including: helping teachers keep up with changing instructional practices, engaging students, finding time for training, addressing college- and career- readiness, creating safety awareness, and leveraging technology. http://www.atomiclearning.com/k12
CDW is a leading multi-brand technology solutions provider to business, government, education and healthcare organizations in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. A Fortune 500 company with multinational capabilities, CDW was founded in 1984 and employs more than 8,700 coworkers. For the twelve months ended June 30, 2016, the company generated net sales of over $13 billion.
Our broad array of offerings range from discrete hardware and software products to integrated IT solutions such as mobility, security, cloud, data center and collaboration.
Our broad array of offerings range from discrete hardware and software products to integrated IT solutions such as mobility, security, cloud, data center and collaboration.
Edgenuity provides engaging online and blended learning education solutions that propel success for every student, empower every teacher to deliver more effective instruction, and enable schools and districts to meet their academic goals. Edgenuity delivers a range of Core Curriculum, AP®, Elective, Career and Technical Education (CTE), and Credit Recovery courses aligned to the rigor and high expectations of state, Common Core and iNACOL standards and designed to inspire life-long learning.
It's not just our mission; it's our passion. As a global learning company, HMH specializes in pre-K–12 education content, services and cutting edge technology solutions for today’s changing landscape. HMH creates engaging, dynamic and effective educational content and experiences from early childhood to K-12 and beyond the classroom, serving more than 50 million students in more than 150 countries. Available through multiple media, our content meets the needs of students, teachers, parents and lifelong learners, no matter where and how they learn.
It all starts with the end in mind: your children. Imagine Learning was founded in 2004 for that purpose, by a small group of educational and software professionals who saw a growing need for language and literacy solutions. Today, the Imagine Learning team continues on that path, giving students a stronger foundation to build on.
i2i Technologies focuses on (3) main solution areas: Content Distribution (Device/Screen Sharing, Digital Signage, Lecture Capture, Video on Demand, Video Streaming/Recording), Integrated Rooms (Interactive Displays/Projectors/Whiteboards, Document Cameras, Control Systems), and Video Conferencing (Room Systems, Mobile Cart Systems, Cloud Solutions). We love what we do and we can help you love what you do even more.
We provide K-12 solutions to help students, teachers, and schools excel in a digital world. Districts around the country equip their students with the digital literacy skills needed for online assessments, college, and the workforce using our award-winning digital literacy solutions. We support districts as they move to digital content with tools to build and share district-created digital curriculum.
At McGraw-Hill Education, we believe that our contribution to unlocking a brighter future lies within the application of our deep understanding of how learning happens and how the mind develops. It exists where the science of learning meets the art of teaching.
Educators have been and always will be at the core of the learning experience. The solutions we develop help educators impart their knowledge to students more efficiently. We believe that harnessing technology can enhance learning inside and outside of the classroom and deepen the connections between students and teachers to empower greater success.
Educators have been and always will be at the core of the learning experience. The solutions we develop help educators impart their knowledge to students more efficiently. We believe that harnessing technology can enhance learning inside and outside of the classroom and deepen the connections between students and teachers to empower greater success.
Nearpod is a unique mobile learning platform designed for the use of mobile devices in education. With Nearpod, teachers can create content, engage students digitally and assess them in real time. It is aimed at teachers and institutions and allows educators to very easily take their existing presentations, convert them into mobile-friendly content, and engage all users to make them part of the action. Teachers can then deliver their existing content through mobile devices and get instant feedback from students through interactive features like polls, quizzes, open ended questions, videos, drawing activities, virtual reality experiences, and others. Key industry trends are aligned with Nearpod’s vision: it can help teachers implement remedial instruction, flipped classrooms, and personalized homework to enhance the learning experience.
When they began Newline Interactive in 2012, founders Chris Bradford and Kevin Wang saw a gap in the market between state-of-the-art products and a state-of-the-art user experience. To them, the most important aspect of any great product is how easy it is to use. They set out to create products that were not only impressive in design and features, but were so simple to use that everyone can interact and enjoy the innovation behind them.
At Newline, we work each day to develop ideas and products that no one else has done yet. From our interactive displays to our award-winning software, we always focus on executing technology that is simply impressive. The overall goal of technology is to make life simpler, and we focus on technology that just does that. Simplicity is our key to creating impressive products people want to use.
The goal of Newline Interactive hasn’t changed. Our primary focus is to continue to develop solutions for our customers that save them time and help them be more successful. We are excited to help people and organizations find ways to be more successful, more efficient, more collaborative, and find more enjoyment in their work.
At Newline, we work each day to develop ideas and products that no one else has done yet. From our interactive displays to our award-winning software, we always focus on executing technology that is simply impressive. The overall goal of technology is to make life simpler, and we focus on technology that just does that. Simplicity is our key to creating impressive products people want to use.
The goal of Newline Interactive hasn’t changed. Our primary focus is to continue to develop solutions for our customers that save them time and help them be more successful. We are excited to help people and organizations find ways to be more successful, more efficient, more collaborative, and find more enjoyment in their work.
NWN helps customers solve business problems with proven, relevant IT solutions and services. We keep pace with our customers’ evolving technology needs, expanding our expertise into new and exciting solutions and applications. Our practical, cost effective solutions—from data center optimization to cloud computing—are based upon your specific needs and environment, tailored to meet your business and financial objectives.
Learning isn’t a destination, starting and stopping at the classroom door. It’s a never-ending road of discovery, challenge, inspiration, and wonder. For many people, learning is the route to a job to support their family or the skills to help them progress in their career. For others, it’s simply a passion for discovery. Learning opens up opportunity and enriches every stage of life. Helping people along this path of discovery and inspiration, Pearson cultivates a love of learning that enables a lifetime of progress. Because wherever learning flourishes, so do people.
Prime Systems offers high-quality, low-cost, and full-service on desktops, laptops, servers, printers, peripherals, and other IT products and services. Five-year next-business-day warranty on all of our products. Customized desktop computers specially designed for your applications Lenovo/IBM ThinkPad laptops, notebooks, and tablets, HP printers and imaging products, Toshiba authorized service center. Established in 1985, Prime Systems is one of the largest and most experienced system integrators in the greater Houston area.
SunGard K-12 Education software serves over 8 million students or 1 out of 6 students nationwide. We serve almost 1,400 districts including public, charter, and private schools throughout the United States. At SunGard K-12 Education many staff are former K-12 employees, including education technologists, superintendents, business managers, principals, teachers and other school employees. We’re all part of a team dedicated to providing innovative technology that’s making a difference in the lives of students every day. Our experience, combined with our ongoing commitment to technology research and development, means our customers can be assured that their investment in our products will benefit their schools and their students for years to come.
iTech Nation is a media and production team consisting of Josh Hicks, Jake Elmhorst, Meredith Mccune, Chad Cochran, Brian Kennedy and Matt Tomaselli. Together we bring you live webcasts, face-to-face training, and video productions for today's curriculum and technology needs. Feel free to contact us to request a session or other media services.
TCCA is in partnership with TCEA that is a member-based organization devoted to the use of technology in education. Our primary focus is on integrating technology into the PreK-12 environment and providing our members with state-of-the-art information through conferences, workshops, newsletters, the Internet, and collaborations with higher education and business.