Booths 126/127: Blackboard, the world’s leading education technology company is reimagining education by challenging conventional thinking and advancing new learning models. In partnership with higher education, K-12, corporate organizations, and government agencies around the world, we help every learner achieve their full potential. Around the globe, Blackboard is helping to improve every aspect of the education experience. Clients are partnering with our consulting services, using our technology, and leveraging our Student Services, to reach more students in immediate, personalized new ways. They are helping their educators become more effective. Keeping everyone informed, involved, collaborating together, and meeting the high expectations of today’s learners and they’re doing it in a cost-effective way that helps to sustain services and programs, even as outcomes are improved over time—finally, the new generation of education is here. Follow us on Twitter at @Blackboard. http://www.blackboard.com
Contact: Rita Vela, 956.533.6459, rita.vela@blackboard.com
Booths 124/125: From day one, it’s been about changing the way the world communicates in a simple, accessible way. Some companies call themselves pioneers; at Lifesize, we just are. We set out to make video conferencing truly universal, and every day we deliver on that promise. Our video conferencing company provides solutions that are simple to buy, adopt, support and use. This is by design. Every decision we make, every upgrade we release, every new product we launch is about making connections. Whether you’re joining from the road, from another city or from the other side of the world, we’re out to create a conferencing experience that makes you feel like everyone’s right in the room with you.
http://www.lifesize.com
Contact: Brian Posey, 512.296.7872, bposey@lifesize.com
Booth 150: i2i Technologies focuses on (3) main solution areas: Content Distribution (Device/Screen Sharing, Digital Signage, Lecture Capture, Video on Demand, Video Streaming/Recording), Integrated Rooms (Interactive Displays/Projectors/Whiteboards, Document Cameras, Control Systems), and Video Communications & Collaboration (Room Systems, Mobile Cart Systems, Cloud Solutions). We love what we do and we can help you love what you do even more.
www.i2itech.com
Contact: Chris Harmon, 800.424.9887, sales@i2itech.com
Booths 101/102: Digital Resources, Inc. is a full service company with expertise in sales, service, programming, consulting, design, and system integration. We represent the finest manufacturers with products that support a variety of industry markets including Broadcast, Education, Enterprise, Government, House of Worship, Live Event, Medical, Production, and Post-Production. Our corporate office is located in Southlake, Texas which is centrally located between all the major cities in the South Central Region of the United States. Mission Statement: We believe that the success of our clients determines to a great extent the success of Digital Resources. Our role in our client’s success is driven by providing quality solutions and services in a timely efficient manner. Digital Resources is at your service!
http://www.digitalresources.com
Contact: Nanette Cook, 817.980.2336, ncook@digitalresources.com
Booth 133: Polycom provides rich, interactive visual solutions that improve all facets of education—from student administration to course development to curriculum delivery to content management. Polycom RealPresence video solutions along with our tailored education programs and content make rich blended learning a reality even for the most challenged budgets, giving teachers the tools to engage students with more interactive and innovative educational experiences. The technology pays for itself by reducing administrative costs and improving staff productivity.
http://www.polycom.com
Contact: Frank Crone, 512.466.4214, frank.crone@polycom.com
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Booth 113: Texas A&M-Kingsville is South Texas' greatest university, offering more academic programs and degrees, providing better learning and living facilities, doing more research, awarding more scholarships and producing more successful graduates than any other college or university in the region. Texas A&M-Kingsville seeks to provide quality undergraduate and graduate programs for students of all ages through a judicious blend of liberal and career education programs. The emphasis is on providing an intellectually challenging education reflecting high standards of academic performance. Texas A&M-Kingsville is dedicated to serving an ethnically and culturally diverse population. The University is committed to its mission of teaching, research, and service in South Texas for the advancement of knowledge and of regional development.
http://www.tamuk.edu/ Contact: Rolando Garza, 361.593.2863, rolando.garza@tamuk.edu
Booth 140: The digital transformation in education is making it possible for students to learn more, in new ways, in new places, with new connections to resources around the globe. Cisco is leading this new digital world in education with visionary technologies that enable students to learn without limits.
http://www.cisco.com Contact: Jeff Grant, 408.894.3705, jeffg@cisco.com
Booth 131: ClearOne is a global company that designs, develops and sells conferencing, collaboration, streaming and digital signage solutions for audio, video and data multimedia communication. The performance and simplicity of its advanced comprehensive solutions enhance the quality of life. ClearOne products offer unprecedented levels of functionality, reliability and scalability.
http://www.clearone.com
Contact: Phil Webb, 801.318.1321, phillip.webb@clearone.com
Booth 114: Installation of oilfield safety anchors, hydraulic anchor testing, well rigs - coil tubing, work-over, plug & abandon, pipeline - specialty anchors, caps & straps, service with integrity since 1982. Contact: Lupe Garza, 361.668.0941, guylineanchor@hotmail.com
Boost your earning potential and broaden your career opportunities by earning a degree from Stephen F. Austin State University! SFA ONLINE offers multiple undergraduate and graduate degrees as well as a range of certificate programs, all available online. Now you can earn the credentials you need while working, raising your family, and without the hassle of relocating. Tuition is affordable, class sizes are small, and faculty genuinely care about their students. Learn more at sfaonline.sfasu.edu
http://sfaonline.sfasu.edu
Contact: Joan Taylor, (936) 468-1735, sfaonline_marketing@sfasu.edu
Booth 108: SKC Communications designs, builds and manages technology for enterprise collaboration using video, voice and AV technologies, so that you can communicate smarter and faster. Our core specialties are UC, Videoconferencing, UC Professional Services, Cloud Based Solutions – SKC Twist, Audio/Visual Integration. http://www.skccom.com Contact: Victor Cuellar, 214.570.2815, victor.cuellar@skccom.com
Booths 122/123: Visionality, (Designs That Compute) is an audiovisual company that emphasizes videoconferencing. Since we entered the videoconferencing space we have focused on distance learning, serving many of the school districts, regional service centers and institutes of higher education in the state of Texas. With the evolution of videoconferencing, our skills have been even more valuable in the Unified Communications space. Our background in infrastructure, along with our skills in audio and visual make us the logical choice to help with UC projects. We can assist in the classroom and the boardroom and everything that connects the two.
http://www.visionality.com
Contact: Susan Barnett, 214.276.0124, susan@visionality.com MAKE AN APPOINTMENT
BRONZE PARTNERS ($1,000)
Booth 141: Sonic Foundry is the global leader for video capture, management and webcasting. Its Mediasite Video Platform is used in over 1,500 schools around the world for lecture capture, flipped and blended learning, professional development and campus events. Mediasite boosts student achievement retention, creates a unified campus video library and helps schools stay competitive with flexible programs that reach more students. Frost & Sullivan named Sonic Foundry the lecture capture leader for seven consecutive years. http://www.sonicfoundry.com
Contact: Victoria Dade, 608.338-.8037, vdade@sonicfoundry.com
Booth 139: VBrick Systems offers a complete solution for managing and distributing video across any network, to any device. Combining highly reliable, scalable media management and distribution solutions with expert professional services, we help customers improve productivity, reduce costs and fully engage their target audiences — regardless of size, distance or location.
http://www.vbrick.com
Contact: John Copeland, 832.867.9397, johnc@vbrick.com
Table T5: Automatic Sync leverages smart automation and professional transcribers to power its CaptionSync accurate, affordable web-based closed captioning services.
http://www.automaticsync.com Contact: Kara Stark, 1-877-278-7962, info@automaticsync.com
Booth 121: BioSig-ID is the world's first biometric password. BioSig-ID offers continuous authentication of a student throughout their course, providing proof that the student is indeed the registered student. Combined with BioProof-ID, our online legal ID witnessing application, and our forensic audit trail, BioSig-ID meets all new regulations for student ID verification
http://www.biosig-id.com
Contact: Jeff Maynard, 214.244.7679, jeff@biosig-id.com
Booth 103: D2L is the software leader that makes the learning experience better. The company’s cloud-based platform—Brightspace—is easy to use, flexible, and smart. Brightspace is used worldwide by learners in higher education, K–12, and the enterprise sector, including the Fortune 1000. http://www.brightspace.com Contact: Nicholas Ramsey, 519.514.0001, nicholas.ramsey@d2l.com
Booth 107: As the most usable, customizable, adaptable, and reliable learning platform (think 99.9% uptime), Canvas is adopted faster and deeper (or, is used in more ways by more users) than any other LMS. See how Canvas makes teaching and learning easier for everyone at www.CanvasLMS.com.
http://www.canvaslms.com
Contact: Estelita Young, 972.839.2490, estelita@instructure.com
Table T3: Carolina offers college science educators Distance Learning Labs that give students the same rigorous lab experience as campus students.
http://www.carolina.com
Contact: Julie Stubbs, 336.538.6393, julie.stubbs@carolina.com
Table T4: The DeVos Graduate School at Northwood University produces MBAs who go on to become leaders in today’s global, free-enterprise society.
http://www.northwood.edu
Contact: Doug Peacock, 734.674.5817, peacockd@northwood.edu
Booth 112: EthicsGame has transformed ethics education by designing interactive, practical learning tools that draw on multiple traditions and theories. Our products are experiential and teach critical thinking instead of rote memorization in order to grow wise, attentive leaders. EthicsGame's online tools fit seamlessly into a variety of classes and programs, meeting ethics education needs with engaging assignments that also support assurance of learning requirements.
Booth 144: IDSolutions is a visual communications solutions provider with video solutions for the educational, government, healthcare and enterprise industries. Our focus on visual communications technologies is built around industry leading manufacturers of video over IP products and satisfied customers across the country.
http://www.e-idsolutions.com
Contact: Carmen Olivarez, 214.364.3403, colivarez@e-idsolutions.com
InsideTrack has coached over one million students and assisted more than 1300 academic programs to reach their goals.
www.insidetrack.com
Contact: Mike Embry, 512. 657.7890, mike.embry@insidetrack.com
Booth 128: Instructional Connections specializes in providing "Academic Coaches" to institutions that offer high growth online programs and courses with a highly effective, scalable and affordable instructional support model.
http://www.instructionalconnections.com
Contact: John Forrester, 214.663.0091, john.forrester@iconnect-na.com
Table T7: LSI is a 20-year-old company that offers extensive one-on-one, web-based tutoring services to students in numerous subject areas with NetTutor.
http://www.link-systems.com Contact: Nancy Peterson, 210.617.6048, npeterson@link-systems.com
Booth 110: Panopto offers educators the most cost-effective, easy-to-use solution for flipping the classroom, lecture capture, video management, and more! Appointments may be made with both Panopto and Seneca.
http://www.panopto.com
Contact: Greg Thener, 713.410.3145, gthener@panopto.com
Booth 120: ProctorU provides distance proctoring services for institutions that offer examinations online. The service allows examinees to test from anywhere in a secure environment using only a computer, webcam and high-speed Internet connection. ProctorU offers live, person-to-person, real-time monitoring to more than 700 colleges, universities and certification organizations worldwide. http://www.proctoru.com Contact: Patrick Ochoa, 1.888.355.8043, contact@proctoru.com
Booth 138: ReadSpeaker nicely fits the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) philosophy. The seamlessly integrated TTS feature requires no downloads and works on all devices and operating systems, and can be integrated into the various LMS platforms on the market today.
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http://revolverobotics.com/ Contact: Jeffrey Goldsmith, 415.431.0774, jeff@revolverobotics.com
Booth 118: Schoology is the world’s leading user-centric LMS. It simplifies instruction for millions of students and educators in k-12 schools and universities around the world.
http://www.schoology.com
Contact: Julia Flohr, 212.213.8333 x263, jflohr@schoology.com
Booth 129: Smarter Services provides the Smarter Measure Learning Readiness Indicator which has measured levels of readiness for learning of over 3,300,000 students from over 500 schools. We also provide a Proctoring Process Management System – Smarter Proctoring. Through LMS dashboards it allows schools to track the work flow for multiple proctoring modalities.
http://www.smarterservices.com
Contact: Shirley Powell, 334.491.0416, shirley@smarterservices.com
Booth 130: SoftChalk content authoring and hosting solutions are critical to the success of eLearning initiatives, providing educators an easy, affordable way to create their own interactive content that engages students and inspires learning. Lesson content can be delivered in a LMS, on a web-server, mobile devices or in the cloud.
http://www.softchalk.com
Contact: Paul Miller, 877.638.2425, paul@softchalk.com
Booth 106: Software Secure's RPNow makes online testing secure, convenient and cost-effective. RPNow prides versatility at its core to help programs like Texas A&M University, University of Texas Austin, Collin College, and more authenticate students, protect exam integrity, and eliminate cheating while increasing convenience for students and administrators.
http://www.softwaresecure.com Contact: Mark Musacchi, 617.658.2841, markm@softwaresecure.com
Booth 111
http://thinkthroughmath.com Contact: Reid Yanchar, 440.361.1855, ryanchar@thinkthroughmath.com
Table T1: The Educational Technology Program at UTRGV offers fully online doctoral, master’s and undergraduate courses in educational technology.
http://www.utrgv.edu
Contact: Rene Corbeil, 956.882.7540, rene.corbeil@utrgv.edu
Booth 109: At Upswing, we believe student success should never be limited. Whether a student is focused on graduating, gaining workplace skills, or passing their class - we work to help every student succeed. Our software is easy-to-use and engaging, connecting students online with the right tutor, advisor, or teacher anytime, anywhere.
http://Upswing.io
Contact: Cindy Anderson, 512.294.1350, cindy@upswing.io
Table T2: WGU Texas is a nonprofit, online university expanding access to higher education in 50 degree programs for Texas residents.
http://texas.wgu.edu Contact: Anne Dapremont, 512.225.6635, anne.dapremont@wgu.edu