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Platinum Sponsors

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Expect More and Get it!
Brother answer needs in the Classroom and Beyond

  • Brother products tackle the demands of hectic school days reliably by printing, faxing and copying efficiently and affordably.
  • Schedules, reports and evaluations that need to be printed every day are completed with network connectivity and compact footprints.
    Lower Cost+ Higher Performance=Lasting Value
  • Brother strives to lower the total cost of ownership by offering expandability and adaptability with additional paper trays and network connectivity.
  • Duplex printing and advanced paper handling is standard on many models.
  • Brother offers readily available, affordable consumables.

Expect and get added value without added expense!

www.brother.com/.

Epson offers a wide range of products for your school. From award winning color ink jet printers to scanners to multimedia projectors and document cameras, Epson's high-performance, easy-to-use products are ideal for the classroom. Moreover, because they are from Epson, you are assured of great service, support, and savings. Epson representatives will help you choose the best products for your needs, answer your questions, inform you about extended warranty options and offer installation and product training support. Epson understands the challenges educational institutions face in today's environment of budget cutbacks. That's why we offer a number of ongoing incentives and special programs to qualified educational institutions. To find out more about incentive programs and promotions currently available, contact your Epson Account Representative and visit us at www.epson.com/k12.

netTrekker - powered by Thinkronize
netTrekker is the award-winning academic search engine created by educators expressly for students, teachers and librarians. netTrekker delivers only the best educational resources from the entire Internet in an organized, safe, standards-aligned format to every desktop.

  • Voted #1 for school use by educators for powerfully productive Internet searching
  • Over 180,000 educator-selected resources organized around the K-12 curricula
  • Only safe, relevant content aligned with your state academic standards, including more than 18,000 lesson plans and learning exercises
  • Helps you easily integrate technology and standards into the classroom and daily curricula

Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments is committed to helping teachers create an engaging learning experience leading to higher student achievement in math and science worldwide. TI's combination of research-based educational technology, training, and curricular materials is designed for effective instruction and improved student learning. To learn more about TI's total solution, including our TI-Navigator (tm) Classroom Learning System, visit the TI exhibit booth or online at www.education.ti.com

Gold Sponsors

Atomic Learning provides web-based software training and support. Do you need to know how to produce an outline in Word, create a web page using Dreamweaver, or use transitions in PowerPoint? Atomic Learning has the answers! Atomic Learning uses a web-based show-and-tell approach to answer the common questions people have when learning software: just-in-time, just-enough. Atomic Learning's library of 14,000 tutorials covering over 80 different software applications works great as an integral part of a professional development program or as a curriculum supplement with students. It's like having a technology specialist in every classroom.

Learning.com is dedicated to helping schools integrate technology with learning. Learning.com's EasyTech is an online instructional system that helps K-8 educators put technology to work across the curriculum to boost student performance. Available in English and Spanish, EasyTech's technology integration curriculum reinforces learning in core subject areas, showing students how to select and use the right technology tool for any project. Learning.com's Professional Development offerings help educators skillfully and confidently integrate technology with core curriculum. The company's products and offerings are being used by more than 30,000 K-8 teachers and nearly one million students to achieve true technology integration. For further information, visit www.learning.com.

Learning Point Associates is a mission-driven nonprofit organization that offers research-based educational resources, products, and services. We work together with schools, districts, and states to build capacity in afterschool programming, information systems for school improvement, and teaching and teacher quality.

Based in Naperville, Illinois, with offices in Chicago and Washington, D.C., Learning Point Associates is dedicated to sharing knowledge, providing proven strategies and tools, and helping educators achieve results that they own, understand, and can build upon.

In 1984, Learning Point Associates was founded as the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL®), which continues as a wholly owned subsidiary of Learning Point Associates. For more information, please visit www.learningpt.org.

Qwizdom
Qwizdom, Inc is a leading designer, developer and marketer of innovative, technology-based learning products and related proprietary content. Dedicated to making learning effective and engaging, Qwizdom products are designed for all age groups, in schools and corporations.

Qwizdom offers the most advanced infrared and radio-frequency classroom response technology (patents pending), a software learning system, and over 150 interactive titles that encompass over 200,000 slides of exclusive, school-only curriculum content. These interactive products are used in thousands of classrooms and corporations around the world. Qwizdom was founded in 1984 and has offices in Washington State and the United Kingdom.

Riverdeep is a leading publisher of interactive educational content that engages children and empower teachers to realize success. Our flagship offering, Destination Success, is a proven teaching approach that gives educators the award-winning tools and training they need to provide effective, individualized, standards-based instruction for each student, producing measurable results in as little as 90 days.

The Destination Success solution consists of:

  • Award-winning reading and math courseware based on sound pedagogical research
  • Powerful learning management tools to target each student's individual needs
  • Customized professional service offerings including on-site or online training and development, customer and technical support, and funding services

For more information, please visit www.riverdeep.com/.

Every day, tens of thousands of teachers around the world trust SMART's products to create an engaging learning environment. Whether in the kindergarten classroom or the university lecture hall, SMART is there. SMART products have been proven effective in increasing student engagement, motivation and learning, and in helping educators streamline lesson preparation.

SMART Technologies Inc. is both the industry pioneer and global market leader in easy-to-use interactive whiteboards and other group collaboration tools. SMART products include the family of award-winning SMART Board interactive whiteboards, as well as interactive pen displays, multimedia furniture and software. Visit www.smarttech.com for more information.

Silver Sponsors

palmOne, Inc., a leading provider of handheld computers since 1995, offers powerful handheld computers and Treo™ smartphones that are affordable, small and easy to use. palmOne ™ products address the biggest technology issue educators and parents face – equity for all students, teachers and administrators.

palmOne’s vision is simple: 1:1 computing. Its goal is to provide tools that can enrich, empower and simplify info access, teaching, learning and communicating for administrators, teachers, and students. palmOne handhelds and smartphones have the computing power that can manage institutional data, plus stimulate active, inquiry-based learning and lead to increased productivity and effectiveness. For specific terms and conditions, and information about the use of handhelds in education, visit www.palmOne.com/education.

Association Partner

In 1986, a group of approximately 30 educators met to discuss the possibility of forming a statewide organization for computer-using educators. Since its inception, ICE has steadily grown. The organization has continually expanded its membership and has shown leadership in encouraging the development growth and use of technology in all facets of the educational process. ICE has come a long way in a short time. The dedication and energy that has characterized ICE in the past will continue to make it the viable, important organization it is today.

Platinum Sponsors
Epson
Ingram Micro

Nettrekker
Texas Instruments

Gold Sponsors
Atomic Learning








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Silver Sponsors
PalmOne
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