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Ultra-Rapid Growth for Tablets in 2011 and More Options

Smarty — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 04:51:25 +0000

Apple continues to dominate the tablet market in 2010 with 87% market share according to eWeek Magazine.

But rapid changes as well as blisteringly rapid growth are amongst the trends for 2011:

-New iPad 2 from Apple before end of 2011 that will help continue their leadership position

-Significant XOOM tablet by Motorola with amazing features

-Significant products by Samsung

-Enterprise tablets from Blackberry and Cisco that will integrate VOIP phones and other never seen-before features (Blackberry Playbook and Cius)

-HP Web OS in significant development (Palm WebOS) with flurry of new products months out

-5 inch form factor tablets bite the dust: Not popular

-Widely divergent quality of product

-Windows tablets not significant in market share

-Android OS Making significant gains in market share in 2011

So Cal Educators to Learn About Newest Apps, Best Innovations for Schools

Smarty — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 23:42:27 +0000

Oct. 15 Ed Tech Event at CSULA is Among the State’s Biggest

Hundreds of teachers, technology coordinators, school and district administrators, and select students from around Southern California will gather at Cal State L.A. for a special conference that will explore the innovative and effective ways technology is being used at K-12 schools.

The 21^st Century Learners Symposium, which is sponsored by the Los Angeles County Office of Education, will feature workshops by top consultants and technology specialists on successful and “hot” classroom uses, trends, services and applications. Topics will include mobile technology, digital textbooks, netbooks, open source, Google, and Web 2.0 tools. The conference is one of the largest education technology events in the state.

WHAT: The 21^st Century Learners Symposium of 2010

WHEN: Friday, Oct. 15, 2010 — 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

WHERE: CSULA Golden Eagle Conference Center, 5151 State University Dr., L.A. 90032

NOTE: Media parking available by checking in at the Welcome Center/Kiosk on

Paseo Rancho Castilla (campus map: www.calstatela.edu/univ/maps/cslamap.php)

WHO: Participants are K-12 educators, staff and students from public and private

schools throughout Southern California. Featured presentations:

All Day: Special hands-on product and demonstration sessions

All Day: Student multimedia projects by Hollywood High School (LAUSD)

and Rowland Avenue Elementary School (Covina-Valley USD)

9:30 am: Leadership keynote: Cheryl Lemke, CEO, Metiri Group

12:50 pm: Afternoon keynote: Milton Chen, George Lucas Ed Foundation

Symposium is presented by the L.A. County Office of Education’s Instructional

Technology Outreach and California Technology Assistance (Region 11) Project.

INTERVIEWS / VISUALS:

Nearly 600 attendees are expected. In addition to open interview opportunities with presenters, experts and participants, there will be numerous displays and demonstrations by product and service vendors, including Troxell Communications.

Quick Concise Video on the Blistering Speed of Convergence

Smarty — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 21:32:13 +0000

A great way to help energize your students on the need to be “learn savvy” in this rapid era of change.

Award Winning Video from LACOE’s Roger Espinosa Sheds Light on Incarcerated Students, Improving Lives & The Learning of Trades

Smarty — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 02:38:04 +0000

: Roger Espinosa, Teacher and Documentarian at Kilpatrick High School

Roger Espinosa and students produced this Digital Voice Award-winning video about a successful vocational education program for incarcerated students. The contemporary video has a personal feel, shedding insight on students’ lives while demonstrating valuable lessons on electrical trade skills.

Roger is a teacher at Camp Kilpatrick in Malibu, California. “Kilpatrick High School” is part of Education Programs at Los Angeles County Office of Education, and helps incarcerated students get an education. Roger is also a successful grant writer and recipient.

It’s teachers like Roger that contribute a great deal to the kids who most need strong insight, inspiration, encouragement and hope.

Click here to see the video.

Classroom 2.0 Seminar for L.A. School Principals

Smarty — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:31:06 +0000

How do teachers integrate 21st Century technology into a seamless learning and teaching environment? … including interactive whiteboards, document cameras, student responders and countless other tools?

It’s easy to see the benefits of many of the 21st Century learning tools & techniques, but having an effective integration plan and knowing what tools, when to use them and how to integrate it into curriculum, effectively, is not easy.

This seminar, designed for School Principals and Administrators, will host a continental breakfast.

It will be a morning of current & relevant content for the K-12 education environment in Los Angeles, which is both very demanding and very budget weary.

Tuesday March 23, 2010

Embassy Suites Los Angeles-Glendale

800 N Central Avenue

Glendale, CA 91203

8:30 -9:00 AM Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 am to 12:00 pm Classroom 2.0 Seminar

Seminar designed for School Principals, Key Administrators and Technology Leaders.

How do you define 21st Century Learning?

How can technology increase student engagement?

Are your teachers 21st Century educators?

How do you seamlessly integrate 21st Century technology into the learning environment?

Seminar for Registered Guests. Hosted by Troxell Communications & Presented by Eduscape Learning.

What is XGA, SXGA, WXGA etc?

Smarty — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:31:33 +0000

Understanding screen resolutions can be confusing at first. When you are selecting a new laptop/netbook, and document camera or a new projector/monitor, pay attention to the native screen resolution of your unit. The most inexpensive models may be a smaller native resolution like SVGA, which as time passes, will be utilized less and less. On the other hand, it does depend on what environment you are in and what type of content you are displaying.

Here is a handy chart from this wikipedia article

Quality Education Projector for under $500

Smarty — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:57:28 +0000

Wow. Projectors just keep getting better and less expensive. I remember the days of three gun projectors that cost $12000 and more. Well, here is a new model from Hitachi, long considered one of the high quality leaders in 3LCD projectors, much better than those older $12K projectors, that sells in the $400-$500 range to education clients in Los Angeles!

3 Year Warranty. New model.

This does miss a couple of bells and whistles that the latest mid and high-end models have like more powerful speakers and multiple VGA inputs, but this unit has everything a teacher needs at a price we’ve never seen before.

Long lasting lamp with eco mode, 2200 ANSI lumens, 3 Year warranty, whiteboard mode, template function and more.

Solid Hitachi reputation. 3 Year education warranty, something you don’t get from a retail store.

See http://www.trox.com

“Choose a Troxell Location” Drop Down Menu

and find Dave Boller for LAUSD and LACOE pricing.

Take Advantage of Inexpensive Tech Training with ITO Workshops at LACOE

Smarty — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:26:27 +0000

Los Angeles County Office of Education offers some very cost effective workshops to help teachers and administrators ride the technology wave. With everything from specific software and hardware products like Inspiration or iTell to Technology Integration Academy, there is a wealth of resources. This can be a great way to keep aligned with the bigger picture and keep your skills advancing. The consultants at LACOE are fun and it’s refreshing to get out and meet some progressive like-minded teachers and administrators.

http://ito.lacoe.edu/workshops/workshops_display.pl

There are also Web 2.0 classes as well as performing arts applications. There is a lot of depth in the ITO Workshop offerings and I hear they are pretty fun.

Cost effective world class tech training here in Los Angeles area

Instruction Technology Outreach – CTAP – LACOE Los Angeles