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An education publisher, Apex Learning delivers online instructional products designed to raise achievement for todayýs students.
We develop standards-based content to engage students and teacher resources to assess student knowledge, assign appropriate learning activities, and promote effective instruction.
With Online Courses, ClassTools, Assessment Tools, and Exam Review, we provide multiple approaches for integrating online learning into Advanced Placement, general studies, and foreign language curriculum.
Blackboard Inc. was founded in 1997 with the mission of helping schools, districts, and education service agencies transform the Internet into a powerful environment for the education experience. With roots in academia, Blackboard is committed to enhancing teaching and learning in K-12 institutions and to helping schools deliver exceptional student outcomes. Discover why more than 1,000 school districts in 41 states rely on Blackboard solutions to address the many challenges of NCLB and limited resources, including:
- Tracking student performance
- Delivering standards-based content
- Increasing district accountability
- Enhancing professional development
- Empowering parents and increasingcommunity involvement
- Creating virtual high schools quickly and cost-effectively
- Transforming connectivity into productivity
Epson offers a wide range of products for your school. From award winning color ink jet printers to digital cameras, scanners and multimedia projectors, we believe you will find Epson's high performance, easy-to-use products ideal for your classroom. And because they're from Epson, you are assured of their compatibility, quality, and reliability. Please visit us at www.epson.com/k12
Gateway's quality products and services, and our commitment to our customers is why Gateway is the choice for education. Gateway's mission is to build and maintain great relationships.
Gateway knows that your primary focus is on your school and your students, not technology. That's why we've created service and support programs designed to meet your specific technology needs. We are determined to help your students, staff and administration understand and feel comfortable with technology.
Call our toll-free number at 1.800.211.4952 or subscribe to our E-mail list and we will keep you up-to-date on NEW products, prices changes and special offers www.gateway.com/work/ed/index.shtml.
The Intelý Model School Program provides grants and equipment to U.S. schools To showcase the use of technology in education and how it benefits both the teacher and student and provides guidance for schools and districts to help them move down the technology path.
The Education PC Program allows teachers, staff, students, and parents to choose from a range of desktop or mobile PC packages with services, features and upgrade options offered at special education prices.
The Application Service Provider Program matches schools with companies that provide education products and services
For more information visit: www.intel.com/modelschool
netTrekker - powered by Thinkronize
netTrekker is the trusted search engine for schools that saves K-12 students and educators time. Unlike ordinary search engines, netTrekker contains only academic-focused websites that are organized around the K-12 curricula and aligned with state standards. These websites are prescreened by a team of 400 educators and librarians for academic integrity and age appropriateness, so users get high quality, contextual results, every time. And netTrekker gives educators easy access to online resources, like lesson plans and learning exercises, that link directly to their state's standards and benchmarks. These online resources enable educators to easily integrate standards into their everyday curriculum.
PLATO Learning, Inc. is a leading provider of computer-based and e-learning instruction for Kindergarten through adult learners, offering curricula in reading, writing, math, science, social studies, and life and job skills. The company also offers innovative online assessment and accountability solutions and standards-based professional development services. With over 4,000 hours of objective-based, problem-solving courseware, plus assessment, alignment and curriculum management tools, we create standards-based curricula that facilitate learning and school improvement. To learn more about PLATO Learning visit plato.com or call 1-800-44-PLATO.
SurfControl, the world's Number One Web and e-mail filtering company, is the only company in the security market offering a total content security solution that combines Web and e-mail filtering technology with the industry's largest, most accurate and relevant content database and adaptive reasoning tools to automate content recognition.
SurfControl's Internet monitoring and policy management solutions are flexible, and scaleable in order to meet the diverse needs its clients. SurfControl offers a choice of platform independent or integrated solutions, and the software can be installed in any network environment.
Free Websites & Protected Email
Think.com is an online service provided FREE to schools, without advertising. It's a world where students can learn to send email, create a website of their schoolwork, and collaborate online with other students and teachers. Think.com is a password-protected community designed for K-8 students and offers schools the tools they need to easily integrate technology into the curriculum.
Oracle Corporation provides Think.com free of charge as part of our commitment to children, education, and our future. The ability to create, communicate and collaborate online is a key life skill in the knowledge economy. Visit www.think.com to learn more.
United Learning, a leading distributor of educational content and health curricula, helps people of all ages learn and stay healthy. The company has been delivering high-quality audiovisual content to K-12 schools and public health organizations since 1954. In addition to wide domestic reach, United Learning content is translated into 20 different languages and is distributed in over 100 countries worldwide.
United Learning's newest development in video delivery is unitedstreaming??a web-based digital video delivery system which provides access to the largest and most current library of K-12 health and core-curriculum digital video available. unitedstreaming has undergone scientific evaluation and was shown to increase student test scores by an average of 12.6%.
For more information please visit unitedlearning.com
