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DistrictAdministration 1 00 PRODUCTS TOP A+ CLASSROOM AUDIO SYSTEM Panasonic, pricing varies Panasonic offers a number of components as part of its A+ Classroom Audio system to meet different classroom needs, including a lanyard-worn or handheld wireless microphone, 20-, 30- or 50-watt ampliﬁers, an infrared receiver and ceiling-mounted speakers. A new security alert system adds a classroom surveillance camera and enables teachers to press an emergency alert button on the microphone to notify authorities. 2 0 1 1 www.panasonic.com SHMOOP LEARNING GUIDES Shmoop, Shmoop Teacher’s Editions are $7 per topic Shmoop’s online learning guides offer 12 content areas, including the newly added biology and mythology sections, and over 10,000 titles written by master teachers and top university graduate students. Shmoop’s digital curriculum and test preparation section features fun, rigorous learning and teaching materials. SCHOOLVIEW AMX, contact AMX for pricing AMX’s SchoolView product combines hardware and software on a single platform to connect and control systems and devices across a campus. It enables teachers to control a variety of classroom audio and video sources from a single touchscreen, and allows administrators to manage a school or entire district’s devices from a central location, including energysaving settings as well as surveillance cameras, school bells, public address systems and emergency alert systems. www.shmoop.com “The literature guides provided by Shmoop are hands-down the best available to students on the Web. They’re informative, witty, engaging and—most importantly—extremely helpful.” Sara Behrens, teacher, Ysleta (Texas) Independent School District www.simplifyyourcampus.com ASCEND MATH Summit Interactive, contact Summit Interactive for pricing Thanks for keeping us OnTRAC. Interactive Achievement would like to thank everyone who showed support for us and nominated onTRAC as a District Administration Reader’s Choice Top 100 Product. Summit Interactive’s Ascend Math is an individualized Web-based curriculum that identiﬁes students’ math skill gaps and uses interactive activities and practices to get students up to grade level. It is aligned with state standards and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics’ Principles and Standards for School Mathematics. www.ascendmath.com “The impact Ascend has had on our school is tremendous. Teachers can tell which students are using Ascend Math because of their improved abilities and skills in the classroom.” www.interactiveachievement.com Gil-Rey Madrid, principal, Fort Stockton (Texas) Independent School District 80 November/December 2011 District Administration http://www.panasonic.com http://www.shmoop.com http://www.shmoop.com http://www.simplifyyourcampus.com http://www.ascendmath.com http://www.ascendmath.com http://www.interactiveachievement.com http://www.interactiveachievement.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of District Administration - November/December 2011

District Administration - November/December 2011
Contents
From the Editor
News Update
Inside the Law
Administrator Profile
District Profile
CIO news
How to Update Your Network on a Budget
The Importance of IT Team Unity
Creating an Anti-Bullying Program With the Resources You Have
The Ultimate Empowerment Program for Parents
Taking the Helm in Cheating Scandals
Readers’ Choice: Top 100 Products
New Directions
Professional Opinion
Problem/Solution
Going Mobile

District Administration - November/December 2011