Back from ISTE 2011

This conference was chock-full of new products for students, teachers, administrators, with an emphasis on:

- going web-based all across the board (heard from a school principal:” servers are so yesterday”)
- opening the classroom to the global learning world (a simple idea that goes a long way: any wiki, blog, ning, or other social platform can be used to connect learners and teachers from different areas and countries)
- individually customized, connected tools such as tablets, ipads and the like are becoming the new standard for learning, communication and creation.

Here is a short list of products that I found especially interesting. Demos (webcasts, trial periods etc) can be arranged for any of them. Just let me know if you’d be interested.

multimedia: safarimontage.com

Library and reading:
e-library (very comprehensive):www.overdrive.com and www.gale.com/gvrl (for reference books)
Online library resources and references: www.getcicero.com and www.aihe.com
Student resources: igotta addition to nettrekker (See also: nettrekker.com/teach)
Plagiarism prevention: Turnitin.com
Reading evaluator: totalreader.com

SIS (Student information systems):
Renweb.com (modular), oncoursesystems.com (also offers PD)
www.sharpschool.com (pretty comprehensive array of functions)
Edmin.com
Customonline.com
Pinnacle at www.globlscholar.com (with different modules,also includes classroom mamagement.
www.rediker.com: the web-based version of admin plus and gradequick is 100% mac compatible. It can also include a student eportfolio module.
Note:all web-based SIS and curriculum management system are 100% Mac and PC compatible

Curriculum management system:
www.rubicon.com (atlas@rubican uses UBD approach)

Online curriculum:
www.Edoptions.com
aventalearning.com
www.lessonplanet.com

Curriculum planning:
www.lessonplanet.com
Classroom management:
www.Lanschool.com

Online Professional development
www.plpnetwork.com/infosession

As a tech coordinator, I was very interested in this one, which combines automatic inventory and softwaredistribution and management for entire pools of computers like Profile’s one:

www.netsupportdna.com

On the green side, this company offers cash for recycling:
www.fundingfactory.com

A product that baffled me, a foretaste of tomorrow’s web:
www.vushi.com: (second life for education)


…And a potpourri of interesting products:
www.thinkfinity.com
gaggle.net (safe apps)
edugeek.net (good resources for IT people)
www.plascotrack.com (tardy management)
www.csioutfittes.com/ver3 (hosted communication and collaboration tools)

For more, go to ISTE 2011
Jude