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Happy Leap Day! This is a day that comes only once every four years. Why not spend it doing something spectacular! If you are in or around the Chicago area, chttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifome visit us at the ICE 2012 conference in St. Charles, IL. For more information please read this news release.

Education Technology Events for March 2012

ICE Conference - St. Charles, IL

Ice Conference 2012
Innovate - Collaborate - Educate
February 28 - March 2, 2012

http://www.iceberg.org/ice_conference


MACUL 2012 Conference - Grand Rapids, MI

2012 MACUL Conference at DeVos Place in Grand Rapids, Michigan, March 7-9
Empowering Innovation

MACUL will host our 36th annual conference at DeVos Place in Grand Rapids. Join 4,000 educators from throughout Michigan, neighboring states, and Canada. Conference participants will learn about innovative, technology-related programs and have access to an extensive exhibit area which highlights hardware, software, computer-related materials, and other educational technologies.

http://www.macul.org


Brainstorm 13.0 - Wisconsin Dells, WI


The BrainStorm Conference is for K12 techs to network with their counterparts from all over the Midwest and to connect with technology vendors who tailor their products for the K12 community. The focus is on infrastructure, servers, storage, security, networking, hardware selection, system management and other related technical areas. Curricular use of technology is supported through other conferences.

META invites attendees that come from the Midwest, with a concentration (to date) from Wisconsin , Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and Michigan to the BrainStorm Technology Conference (for K12 Techs, by K12 Techs) at Wisconsin Dells, WI hosted at the Kalahari Resort and Convention Center. The annual conference is held in late February or early March.

http://www.brainstormk12.com/


Take Control of Classroom Technology with CrossTec SchoolVue - Web

Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/884539832

CrossTec Corporation invites you to attend a 45 minute web presentation on March 15th!

Learn how to maximize learning in your school and streamline IT management by leveraging the most modern classroom management technology. CrossTec SchoolVue puts teachers, lab instructors, and corporate trainers center stage in networked classrooms. This newest generation of classroom management software facilitates the seamless transition, from teaching to groups to interactive one-on-one instruction, and ensures that the teacher is in full control of classroom technology at all times.

Is your school looking to do wireless classrooms but has not found the proper management software? CrossTec SchoolVue is the leader in classroom management in a 1:1 environment.

Sign up for this free live webinar. You can join us for this interactive event from anywhere in the world.

Learn about best practices, tips and tricks
See SchoolVue in action
Ask a product specialist questions
Hear how other users are benefiting from the solution

Space is limited so register today.

Title:
Take Control of Classroom Technology with CrossTec SchoolVue
Date:
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Time:
3:00 PM - 4:00 AM EDT

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.

System Requirements
PC-based attendees
Required: Windows® 7, Vista, XP or 2003 Server

Macintosh®-based attendees
Required: Mac OS® X 10.5 or newer


21st Century Classroom Technology Virtual Workshop

Join us for a Webinar on March 22

You’re invited to attend our Virtual Workshop on March 22nd!

Learn how to maximize learning in your classroom by leveraging the most modern classroom technology. This webinar will give you an overview of some of the latest teaching trends and how you can easily and effectively implement it the newest technology on the market into your classroom without bursting your budget.


You should attend this event if you:
- Want to keep up to date with some of the most modern teaching trends incorporating technology
- Want to enhance learning through technology in your classroom
- Want to see how interactive lesson plans can be implemented in your classroom. See how you can leverage an interactive whiteboard.
- Are interested in 1:1 technology and have implemented it in your school or are looking to in the future.
- Interested in saving money through green technology and virtualized classroom solutions.

Space is limited so register today.

System Requirements
PC-based attendees
Required: Windows® 7, Vista, XP or 2003 Server

Macintosh®-based attendees
Required: Mac OS® X 10.5 or newer

Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/974986608


Software Metering & Cost Savings with CrossTec EMS

Join us for a Webinar on March 27















Is your organization looking to cut costs but does not know where to start? What if you could save money without making a significant change to your operations or staff? Join us on March 27th to find out 9 ways CrossTec EMS will save your organization money.

This webinar will feature an overview of all of the money saving features that EMS has to offer in addition to an interactive demo showing how EMS can help you streamline your IT Management.

Some of the many features of EMS include:
- Hardware Inventory
- Software Inventory
- Event History
- Alerting
- Energy Monitoring
- Inventory Management
- Application Management
- Software Distribution

See how you can seamlessly integrate EMS into your IT system and start saving money today!

Title:
Software Metering & Cost Savings with CrossTec EMS
Date:
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Time:
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EDT

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.

System Requirements
PC-based attendees
Required: Windows® 7, Vista, XP or 2003 Server

Macintosh®-based attendees
Required: Mac OS® X 10.5 or newer


Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/758712808

Happy Digital Learning Day!

As many of you may know, today is Digital Learning Day. Education has been turning more and more towards the digital front and many schools are starting to implement more technology every year. It is important to seek cost savings mechanisms to keep your costs down, such as using MultiSeat Desktop Virtualization versus buying standard PCs. Another thing to consider is that you will need to implement a Classroom Management solution to keep all of your new technology in line and managed.