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VSS 2011 Exhibiting Diamond Sponsors
Advanced Academics - Booth 18/19
Advanced Academics provides a customizable option for schools and districts looking to start their own online program for grades 6-12. Our solution includes access to state certified teachers, comprehensive online curriculum, and a technology platform designed specifically for the K12 market. We are utilized in a variety of ways, including full-time virtual schools, credit recovery, dropout prevention and recovery, curriculum expansion, teacher shortages, remediation, and acceleration.
Blackboard, Inc. - Booth 73/74/75
As a global leader in education technology, Blackboard works with states, K-12 districts and virtual schools to expand educational opportunities, create collaborative learning communities and increase engagement for students, teachers, parents and administrators. Blackboard's online, mobile, synchronous and mass communication solutions help educators deliver personalized and connected learning experiences for the 21st century classroom. For more information, visit blackboard.com/k12.
K12, Inc. - Booth 13/14, 60
K12 Inc. is the largest provider of proprietary curriculum and online education programs for students in kindergarten through high school in the U.S. K12 provides its curriculum and academic services to public and private online schools, traditional classrooms, blended school programs, and directly to families. The K12 family of brands includes Aventa Learning by K12, A+, Middlebury Interactive Languages, and powerspeak12. For more information, visit k12.com/educators.
Lincoln Interactive - Booth 33/34
The National Network of Digital Schools is the exclusive provider of Lincoln Interactive, a leading K-12 online curriculum used in traditional classrooms and online schools across the country. Lincoln Interactive is a series of standards-based, engaging courses for elementary, middle and high school students designed to maximize academic success. It is a high-tech, high-touch comprehensive learning package that provides flexible, dynamic and adventurous learning opportunities for students.
VSS 2011 Exhibiting Emerald Sponsors
Accelerate Education - Booth 38/39
Accelerate Education provides Online Courses, Credit Recovery Courses, Blended Learning Objects, Digital Curriculum, Mobility Enabled Systems and Tools to increase educational opportunities and achievement to students and teachers in grades K-12. In addition to curriculum, we also offer hosting, instruction and training for schools. Our curriculum and services are flexible and can be tailored to meet your school's specific needs.
Connections Learning - Booth 1/2
Connections Learning, a division of Connections Educations LLC, is an online learning provider that delivers a full range of quality, affordable, and turnkey digital learning solutions to institutions and individuals. Bringing personalized and flexible learning to students everywhere, Connections Learning products combine a proven curriculum, the latest instructional tools, certified teachers skilled in online instruction, and state-of-the-art technology.
Desire2Learn - Booth 58/59
Desire2Learn is transforming teaching and learning with its online learning products and services. Desire2Learn® Learning Suite for Schools is assisting educators to engage learners at all levels (5 million and growing), extend their classrooms, improve communication and reporting, collaborate with colleagues, and showcase student success. To learn more visit http://www.desire2learn.com/learningsuite/k12/.
ODYSSEYWARE - Booth 15/16
ODYSSEYWARE® is a leading provider of online curriculum for charter, public, and virtual schools in more than 945 districts across the United States. Founded on research-based educational models, ODYSSEYWARE's customizable curriculum includes core courses and a variety of electives for students in grades 3-12. More than 30 years of experience have enabled the ODYSSEYWARE team to lead the industry in creating an engaging, technology-rich learning environment for the digital generation.
Pearson - Booth 3
Pearson, the global leader in education services, technology and school solutions, provides innovative digital programs for personalized learning, student information and learning management systems, teacher professional development, testing and assessment tools and more. For over 40 years, Pearson has set the standard for digitally-driven, online and blended learning and has empowered millions of students and teachers alike at every level of instruction to reach their highest potential.
Plato Learning - Booth 53/54
PLATO Learning is a leading provider of high-value, comprehensive online solutions supporting educators in their mission to successfully transition learners from one stage to the next in their educational endeavors. PLATO offers a wide variety of options to cover multiple program areas focused on learner achievement and educational success. Through our K12 and post-secondary solutions, learners are able to upgrade their skills, increase their self-confidence and become more self-sufficient.
VSCHOOLZ - Booth 76/77
VSCHOOLZ provides a turnkey digital solution for schools or districts to launch virtual programs or to support a blended learning environment. An industry leader in the development of digital courseware, VSCHOOLZ works with multiple publishers and technology experts to create courses with fully interactive and engaging activities. The integrated, customizable platform incorporates collaborative tools, message boards, digital drop boxes, chat, teacher file sharing and analytical reporting.
VSS 2011 Exhibiting Topaz Sponsors
Brain Honey - Booth 45
BrainHoney® LMS won the 2011 CODiE award for Best K-12 Course or Learning Management Solution, but BrainHoney® is much more than an LMS. With a modular architecture and open programming interface, BrainHoney® can be leveraged to build unique learning solutions better, faster, and cheaper than ever before. Come see ten BrainHoney-powered solutions and search the Bee Friendly™ Partner Program for content, solution, and service providers that work together to achieve your academic vision today.
Calvert Education Services - Booth 32
Since 1906, Calvert has delivered proven curriculum solutions to more than 600,000 students around the world. Calvert Partners takes that experience and expertise to the classroom, enabling hundreds of public and private school administrators to address the challenges they face in today's education environment: declining enrollment, loss of funding, and loss of control. We are committed to providing an academic experience that inspires the best in students and maximizes teacher effectiveness.
EdisonLearning - Booth 44
EdisonLearning is a leading education services provider with experience in partnering with schools and organizations to help them achieve lasting gains in performance. Our solutions include school turnaround services, dropout prevention and recovery centers and online education. eCourses, online courses designed for the 21st century learner, are an integral part of all our offerings, supporting virtual high schools, supplemental high school curriculum and blended learning programs.
EdTech/Boise State - Booth 17
Earn a master's degree and/or doctorate with specialization in Online Teaching from Boise State University, one of the largest and most respected trainers of online teachers in the country. Or get a three-course graduate certificate in Online Teaching. Our curriculum-recently called the most innovative in America-has been entirely online since 1999, and our tuition is one of the best buys you'll find in graduate education. Regionally and NCATE accredited. Stop by our booth or call 208-426-1966.
Education2020 - Booth 64/65
Education2020 provides a powerful learning experience with student-centered instructional content for grades 6-12. Comprehensive courses and content for instruction, tutoring and test preparation support students' academic success. e2020 delivers a variety of virtual, blended, and hybrid programs for district credit recovery, credit accrual, acceleration, intervention, remediation, summer school or other programs.
eDynamic Learning - Booth 78/79
eDynamic Learning publishes online electives that provide an exciting and academically meaningful online student learning experience. Our expert team of curriculum writers and instructional designers work with schools to provide a low cost/high quality curriculum solution. All of our courses include next generation instructional design, professional audio narrations and engaging interactive activities. Schools across the country have discovered the eDynamic Learning difference!
Florida Virtual School - Booth 24
Florida Virtual School (FLVS) is an established leader in developing and providing virtual Kindergarten - 12 education solutions to students in all 67 Florida districts, 49 states, and 46 countries. A nationally recognized e-Learning model, FLVS was founded in 1997 as the country's first, state-wide Internet-based public high school. Today, FLVS serves students in grades Kindergarten - 12 and provides a variety of custom solutions for schools and districts to meet student needs.
Genius SIS - Booth 5/6
Genius SIS is the next generation of web-based Student Information Systems for online schools, supporting online registration, rolling enrollments, customized reporting and much more. Genius SIS offers a student portal and integrates with most LMS, keeping your admission, registration, enrollment and performance data in a single platform using an intuitive, user-friendly interface. Visit us at www.geniussis.com.
PresenceLearning - Booth 25
PresenceLearning is the leading provider of live online speech therapy services. The company offers web-based access to a nationwide network of highly qualified speech therapists via live videoconferencing using the latest in evidence-based practices. PresenceLearning delivers large cost savings while improving student outcomes. PresenceLearning is an ASHA-approved continuing education provider and a U.S. Department of Education grant-winner, dedicated to the highest clinical standards.
SAS - Booth 4
Available at no cost, SAS® Curriculum Pathways® provides interactive digital content in English language arts, math, science, social studies, and Spanish for grades 6 to 12. SAS Curriculum Pathways® • Engages students of varied abilities • Offers over 1200 individual lessons, virtual labs, and interactive teaching tools • Includes formative and summative assessments • Maps to all state and Common Core State Standards • Is utilized by nearly 200 online schools. To learn more visit www.sas.com/engage.
uBoost - Booth 21
uBoost is an award-winning, online rewards and recognition platform utilized by K-20 schools and education companies to increase the frequency of desired behaviors like attendance and logins to achieve dramatic gains in course completion and student retention. uBoost partners with education companies (Kaplan, Scientific Learning, Connections Academy) to deliver customized programs that enhance student motivation, improve classroom behavior, and encourage parent engagement.
Other VSS 2011 Exhibitors
A.D.A.M. Education - Booth 51
A.D.A.M. Education is the leader in innovative content and curriculum resources in classrooms around the world for teaching and learning about the human body. With teams of educators, industry professionals and subject matter experts we've developed products providing in-depth, compelling information and curriculum to increase retention for difficult subject matters.
ALEKS Corporation - Booth 37
ALEKS is a unique, web-based program that provides precise mathematics assessment and personalized learning correlated to all 50 states' standards and the Common Core standards. Through an artificial intelligence engine and adaptive questioning, ALEKS accurately assesses a student's knowledge and delivers individualized instruction on the exact topics the student is most ready to learn.
American Virtual Academy - Booth 52
American Virtual Academy offers a full suite of technology and curriculum to address the various demands of online education. With over 10 years of experience, AVA now offers a turn-key online solution (FlipSwitch), teacher training/professional development, and consulting services.
Amvonet - Booth 72
AMVONET is an e-learning solutions company that provides solutions for both synchronous and asynchronous learning environments. AMVONET brings a fully integrated approach to the e-learning environment to allow educators a seamless experience when conducting online classes. Its integrated toolset, live classes or lectures may be recorded, edited to be interactive, and published as a SCORM compatible file. AMVONET enables organizations to provide a fully integrated, interactive e-learning platform.
Apex Learning - Booth 57
Apex Learning® publishes digital curriculum that serves all students, from those not prepared for grade-level academic challenges to those capable of advanced coursework. With Apex Learning's comprehensive, standards-based online courses - and utilizing multiple course pathways - teachers are able to effectively differentiate instruction and spend more time working with students to address individual needs as they transition from middle school to high school and progress toward graduation.
AquaPhoenix Education - Booth 50
AquaPhoenix Education is experienced in working with virtual academies, educational distributors, and publishers with their customized kitting needs. Our excellent customer service, international sourcing, private labeling and fulfillment services allow us to manufacture and ship quantities from 1-100,000 custom kits a year. Stop by our booth and see what we can do to help with your specific customization needs.
Association of American Educators - Booth 12
The Association of American Educators is the largest, national, non-union professional educators association. AAE advances the teaching profession through personal growth, professional development, and teacher advocacy so that education professionals receive the respect, recognition and reward they deserve. AAE does not spend members' dues on political issues or candidacies and does not take positions on controversial agendas unrelated to education. AAE is a nonpartisan non-profit organization.
Backpack for Microsoft Dynamics CRM - Booth 56
The National Network of Digital Schools Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of The National Network of Digital Schools Management Foundation. The NNDS Corporation will continue to leverage its investment in Microsoft technologies, such as Backpack for Microsoft Dynamics CRM, to bring sustainable software solutions to its K-12 education customers across the globe.
BocaVox, LLC - Booth 29
Maestro Student Information System by BocaVox, powers ONLINE and BLENDED LEARNING institutions across the USA, enabling them to automate critical tasks, streamline operations and achieve maximum ROI. User friendly, customizable, and scalable to millions of enrollments, Maestro combines the latest technology with BocaVox's exemplary customer support. From admissions and registration to reports and transcripts, we deliver superior results to states, districts and individual schools nationwide.
Carone Fitness - Booth 66
Carone Fitness is an accredited supplemental school and provider of online health and PE courses for grades K-12 and higher education. Carone products include 20 different semester-based courses, as well as summer, credit recovery, and homebound course options. Carone Fitness can enroll students directly for course credit or partner with schools to provide health and PE curriculum options. Since its inception in 2006 Carone Fitness has served over 30,000 students in hundreds of schools.
CK-12 Foundation - Booth 10
CK-12 Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing access to quality educational materials for K-12 students all over the world. CK-12 offers free, high-quality, open content in STEM subjects. Offerings include FlexBooks® digital textbooks, an SAT prep site, and an interactive Algebra curriculum, all of which can be customized and matched to the needs of the student, educator, or school.
Class.com, Inc - Booth 63
Class.com partners with schools throughout the nation to provide online secondary courseware for credit recovery, alternative education, virtual schooling, and blended learning. Class.com equips educators with tools that help every student succeed by providing high-quality learning solutions that cater to the needs of 21st-century schools. Our catalog of research-based, standards-aligned courses integrate cutting-edge technology and help teachers differentiate instruction and expand capacity.
Compass Learning - Booth 23
CompassLearning creates curriculum and assessment solutions that motivate today's students to engage, think & learn. Kâ12 schools use our Odyssey system to personalize instruction, improve test scores, and increase graduation rates. Our solutions are based on current and confirmed research on how 21st century students acquire knowledge. Teachers and administrators benefit from our custom implementations, excellent customer support, and professional development coaching, mentoring, and modeling.
DriversEd.com - Booth 80
DriversEd.com-the Online Drivers Ed Solution for Virtual Schools. As the leading online drivers education provider in the nation and the exclusive provider for the Florida Virtual School and the Texas Virtual School, DriversEd.com offers virtual schools a turnkey drivers education solution. DriversEd.com is the only driving school in America to be accredited by the Driving School Association of Americas and the Road Safety Educators Association.
Epsilen - Booth 49
Serving over 600 institutions, the Epsilen Environment is a hosted online eLearning solution that focuses on learner engagement and the teaching and learning experience. It situates a robust set of learning tools within a learning community, offering the advantages of both. Epsilen offers clients exclusive access to The New York Times Knowledge Network Content Repository, a collection of digital resources and learning objects. Epsilen is majority owned by The New York Times Company.
eScience Labs - Booth 61
eScience Labs Inc. is the leading provider of comprehensive hands-on science kits and supports online education and traditional courses that are looking for a laboratory solution. Our products include lab kits, materials, lab manuals, full Learning Management System integration, and professional development for science educators. eScience Labs Inc. offers solutions for Biology, Physics, Anatomy & Physiology, Chemistry, Environmental Science*, Forensics*, Microbiology*, and Allied Health*.
e-Tech Academy - Booth 62
Empower Your Kids Through Dynamic Vocational Education. e-Tech Academy â putting Vocational Education back in your school, virtually. e-Tech Academy provides introductions to career fields and the soft skills necessary to get and keep a job. Classes are offered in live web-conferencing or by recorded on-demand. Classes available are Workplace Essentials, Computer Office Skills, Retail, construction trades and more.
Evergreen Education Group - Booth 9
Schools, districts, and consortia that are creating online and blended learning opportunities for students can benefit from unbiased, independent guidance and assistance. If your organization doesn't have the expertise in-house, we can help. Our expertise comes from decades of combined operational experience in leadership roles within online education, educational technology, and digital publishing.
Follett Software Company - Booth 46
Combining proven thought leadership with digitally powered, K-12 technology solutions, Follett Software helps sustain a rich, collaborative, 21st century learning environment that supports student success. Follett's integrated educational technologies, training and services help districts achieve better results by maximizing resources-from library materials, digital content, textbooks and other assets, to school and student data.
FYI Online, Inc. - Booth 47
FYI Online's course catalogue consists of 107 semester-based courses including core, honors, electives, credit recovery and a unique ESOL program. FYI Online has built research based, multimedia rich content for the next generation of high school students. Our Teacher Space ® platform allows teachers to engage students by adding their own content and Web 2.0 functionality directly into the lessons. FYI licenses our full catalogue or can build courses to meet your needs.
i-Edit inc. - Booth 43
i-Edit's mission is to produce innovative educational products to enhance learning at every educational level. ZENLIVE, our web-based conferencing platform, brings this to life. The customizable platform ensures complete privacy between instructor and student. Tools allow for dynamic teaching sessions using video and presentations. The white board allows students to view problem-solving techniques in real time. ZENLIVE is an excellent teaching tool which can be used from anywhere, at anytime.
Indiana University High School - Booth 40
Indiana University High School (IUHS) is a virtual high school affiliated with the Indiana University School of Continuing Studies. IUHS offers accredited distance education correspondence and online high school courses, advanced placement courses, as well as a diploma and honors diploma program that can be earned entirely through virtual education. Email: http://www.iuhighschool.iu.edu Phone: 800.334.1011
Knewton - Booth 31
Knewton has developed the world's first Adaptive Learning Platform™, which customizes educational content to create a uniquely personalized learning path for every student. With learning solutions powered by Knewton, colleges across the country are improving readiness rates, increasing student enagagement and retention, and providing students with the learning tools required for optimal student performance.
KP Education Systems - Booth 48
Can students learn Culinary Arts and Food Science online? Yes they can! The leading educational software for foods is now online. Over 24 hours of technical video instruction is embedded into the lessons, along with the most up-to-date content in the Culinary and Food Science industries. With the KP Compass LMS, students can access materials and take tests anytime, anywhere, and from any mobile device... even iPads. It's time to 'get cooking' with some fresh elective course offerings!
MediaSpark GoVenture - Booth 22
Engage students, improve test scores, and increase enrollments with the most realistic educational games and simulations ever available for BUSINESS, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, ACCOUNTING, PERSONAL FINANCE, INVESTING, HEALTH and more. GoVenture software simulations are used in schools throughout the US and internationally. Add to existing courses or create new ones to enhance student learning and increase adoption. We also develop custom games and simulations to fit your needs.
Mercury Online Education - Booth 81
The mission of Mercury Online is to provide a rigorous, high quality K-12 academic program that utilizes the best aspects of a blended online and classroom learning experience. Our online programs feature world-class content and college-preparatory skill building with compelling inquiry-based learning that is designed to spark students' intellectual curiosity. Mercury's balanced approach combines high-tech online learning with high-touch classroom-based instruction.
National Repository of Online Courses - Booth 26
The National Repository of Online Courses (NROC) is a member-driven, non-profit effort to develop and deliver quality, curricular content that is affordable, adaptable, and media-rich. NROC's library of Open Educational Resources is funded by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and by sustaining members of the NROC Network. Visit www.montereyinstitute.org/nroc today! Learn more about our recent release, Algebra 1-An Open Course, at NROCmath.org.
Pepperdine University Graduate School of Education and Psychology - Booth 67
Pepperdine University's Graduate School of Education offers a wide range of master's and doctoral degree programs in areas such as Learning Technologies, Organizational Leadership or Educational Leadership, both online and at campuses across Southern California. gsep.pepperdine.edu/ 800.347.4849.
Performance Learning Systems - Booth 7
Over 40 years of experience providing high-quality professional development, graduate courses, and consulting services for districts, schools, and educators means that Performance Learning Systems' international network of top-level trainers, consultants, and program designers are available to take your program to the next level. Online, onsite, and blended training is available for classroom teachers, online teachers, and those making the move from face-to-face to online teaching.
PhET Interactive Simulations - Booth 8
Advance your science and math online courses - with innovative, research-based, interactive simulations from the PhET Interactive Simulations project at the University of Colorado Boulder. Our collection of over 100 simulations are all freely available at http://phet.colorado.edu. These simulations provide animated, interactive, game-like environments in which students learn through scientist-like exploration. Our website also includes over 500 classroom activities.
Michigan Virtual University (MVU) - Booth 36
MVU serves the K-12 community through the Michigan Virtual School for students and Michigan LearnPort for educators. We have the capacity to host your learning management within our online portals, offering affordable solutions that allow you to maintain your brand in custom platforms. We can provide a variety of hosted services. Visit Booth #36 for a demo. Our high-quality, accredited courses are also available to non-Michigan customers.
School Specialty Curriculum - Booth 30
School Specialty Curriculum provides K-12 learning solutions that build core skills and close the achievement gap in reading, math and science. Visit booth #30 to see presentations of award winning programs -iNeo/SCI™ Virtual Labs from Frey Scientific, and the Academy of READING & the Academy of MATH from EPS, all part of the Curriculum Division of the School Specialty Family.
Science Kit & Boreal Labs - Booth 68
Helping teachers make a world of difference, Science Kit offers innovative products that are easy to teach and fun for students to use. Our exclusive "teacher developed, classroom tested" products are proven successful in classrooms just like yours. Plus, we offer custom kitting to meet your individualized needs.
Smart Horizons Career Online Education - Booth 35
Smart Horizons Career Online Education (SHCOE) is the first private, national online school district in the United States. Our core competency is designing, building, and managing affordable, career-based online high schools for students around the world. For additional information about SHCOE please visit www.shcoe.org.
Smart Tuition - Booth 69
Smart Tuition is the largest privately-owned provider of comprehensive tuition management services focused exclusively on K-12 schools.
SmarterServices - Booth 20
Our mission is to organize and analyze data that empowers people to make smarter decisions. SmarterServices analyzes data about students, faculty, teachers, employees, and courses. We provide SmarterMeasure- an online learning readiness indicator; SmarterSurveys- our end-of course survey management service; SmarterFaculty- an extensive database of online faculty; and SmarterProctors- a database of test proctors.
SoftChalk, LLC - Booth 55
SoftChalk software provides the ultimate solution for creating engaging, interactive and professional looking online lesson content for the e-learning and smart classroom. With the intuitive software educators create content that will engage students and reinforce learning with interactive media, web-based widgets, comprehension questions, formatting features and flash-based activities.
Texthelp Systems Inc - Booth 42
Texthelp Systems provides award-winning literacy software solutions. Read&Write GOLD's customizable toolbar integrates with mainstream applications to support individuals with reading and writing difficulties, learning disabilities or English Language Learners. Fluency Tutor is an innovative online solution for developing and measuring oral reading fluency. Released in January 2011, Read&Write 10 GOLD!
Total Education Solutions - Booth 71
Total Education Solutions provides innovative online and face-to-face therapy services to individuals with exceptional needs. In homes, communities, schools, clinics, and online, we foster opportunities for success. Our multidisciplinary team maximizes an individual's potential by providing an array of services, including speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, behavioral support, school counseling, and resource specialist services. Visit www.tesidea.com or call (877) TES-IDEA.
Tutor.com - Booth 11
"Awesome!" is the description students use most to describe Tutor.com, the number 1 online on-demand tutoring service for school districts, libraries and the Department of Defense. Students connect to live, subject-expert tutors and, without an appointment, get help 24/7 with homework and test prep. Tutor.com features a secure online classroom and shared, interactive whiteboard. Visit our booth for a demo and see how well Tutor.com can work with your online and blended learning programs.
University of Missouri High School - Booth 27
Why do more than 1,100 schools nationwide choose MU High School? Comprehensive Selection. 200-plus courses in grades 3-12, including core, gifted, AP® and dual enrollment options. Flexibility. Online self-paced and semester courses, as well as a regionally accredited online diploma. Quality. National award-winning student services and courses. Value. Discounted tuition available to schools with group enrollments. http://muhigh.missouri.edu 1-800-609-3727.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Independent Study High School - Booth 28
Experienced, Accredited, Available Online: The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Independent Study High School offers over 100 core, elective and AP courses to choose from. Open enrollment, no minimums, low tuition ($210 + textbook per course). Award winning curriculum, certificated teachers and full administration of courses provided by our school. Learn more: http://highschool.unl.edu.
VLN Partners - Booth 82
VLN Partners assists K-12 school districts in transforming their own curriculum into interactive virtual learning opportunities. Whether your school wants to establish its own blended learning programs, reintroduce itself to home schooling candidates, enhance brick-and-mortar classroom teaching, or add flexible online learning to students, VLN Partners brings your curriculum to them - with guaranteed savings.
Wilkes University - Booth 70
Wilkes University, one of the largest providers of graduate education in Pennsylvania, is growing nationwide. Wilkes offers innovative and practical master's degrees, including online programs in Online Teaching and Instructional Media, which teach ed-tech trends that improve online instruction and the use of technology in teaching. Wilkes also offers other online master's degrees, a doctor of educational leadership, and several letter of endorsement programs. www.wilkes.edu/GradEd.