Science Educators Detail Funding Priorities in New Study

Beaverton, OR (PRWEB) May 15, 2010

IESD, Inc. in collaboration with K-12 STEM market expert, Daylene Long, has created the National Survey on STEM Education research report that delves into the current state of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) education in K-12 schools, as well as the issues and funding opportunities for making STEM a broader part of the educational landscape. Designed for use by science and STEM education business owners, CEOs, marketers and product developers, the study delivers science education priorities for 2010-2011.

This National Survey on STEM Education details the areas most likely to receive STEM funding for the next school year and contains a 46-page analysis of findings. For a limited time, individuals who purchase this report will receive a 35-page PowerPoint summarizing the report, as well as a special addendum containing excerpts from the Delaware and Tennessee Race to the Top applications. This addendum includes source citations perfect for helping companies formulate their RTTT marketing efforts. These two successful RTTT-winning states detail their plans for STEM education, as well as their budgets allocated to STEM.

The National Survey on STEM Education is a culmination of more than 300 surveys of STEM supervisors, school science/STEM department chairs and coordinators, STEM teachers, and other STEM opinion leaders across the country. It touches on the challenges facing STEM education, funding priorities, spending on STEM education and projections of professional development for 2010-2011.

We found that the majority of STEM leaders believe that professional development continues to be critical to broader STEM education in schools, said Daylene Long. Educators need to be given the skills to implement integrated STEM programs into the curriculum. We also discovered the types of materials and technology educators were interested in purchasing in support of STEM education.

The study looked at spending for both software and hardware including such items as eBook readers and digital textbooks. Hands-on science activities were still deemed critical to teaching science.

To view the table of contents and to purchase and download a PDF of the report along with the PowerPoint and RTTT Addendum, please go to the online store at

http://www.sellingtoschools.com/products/education-market-research--stem-education

About IESD

IESD conducts research on educational programs and products and provides a variety of consulting services related to their development, evaluation, implementation, and marketing. Clients include education publishers, technology hardware manufacturers, government agencies, non-profit institutions, and school districts. Services include both quantitative and qualitative analyses including focus groups, surveys, in-depth interviews, classroom observations, user testing, competitive landscape analysis, research literature reviews, and analysis of demographic and financial data.

IESD was founded in 1984 by Ellen Bialo and Jay Sivin-Kachala, the firm's President and Vice President. Dr. Sivin-Kachala earned his doctorate in Technology in Education from Teachers College, Columbia University. Ms. Bialo also received her graduate degree in Educational Psychology from Teachers College, Columbia University.

About Daylene Long

Daylene Long is a member of the National Science Education Leadership Association and an affiliate member of the Council of State Science Supervisors. Ms. Long is the Chief Marketing Officer for Vernier Software & Technology and has 20 years of marketing experience. Ms. Long also independently consults on market strategy for the STEM education market.

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San Francisco (PRWEB) December 3, 2008

Looking for fun things to do in San Francisco? How about a bike ride across the Golden Gate Bridge? It's free (except the bike rental). It's fun, a great way to see 15 sites in the bay area, and get a little exercise in the process? Details include: where to rent a bike, where to start the ride, and how to get back on a relaxing ferry boat ride (and a cheap bay cruise past Alcatraz too). This jam-packed adventure can take as little as a

Christopher Columbus High School Employs Singlewire InformaCast for Managing Bells, Clocks, Overhead Paging and a Classroom Emergency Call Button

Madison, WI (PRWEB) October 25, 2010

Singlewire Software, LLC, (http://www.singlewire.com), developer of network-based applications centered around secure, fast, and reliable mass notification, announces the deployment and use of InformaCast, at Christopher Columbus High School in Miami, Florida.

Christopher Columbus High School utilizes InformaCast to address the need for a unified mass communication system that allows for simple but effective communication to all corners of the school for public address announcements, bell tones for passing bells and as an emergency call button for staff to call for help. The system seamlessly integrates the schools Cisco IP phone and data networks, allowing staff to send text and/or audio messages to public address systems via their Cisco IP phones.

InformaCast provides administrative staff the ability to log into a secure web portal to set the passing bell schedules and clock times for their entire facility. For sending an overhead page to the public address system, staff logs into their IP phone, enters a PIN number to access the paging system and speaks into the phone in the same way they would leave a voice mail.

Christopher Columbus High School also utilizes Singlewires DORA, Direct Observation and Real time Alerting application (http://www.singlewire.com/dora) to enable an emergency call for help button in each classroom. If theres a problem, staff simply pushes a button and an InformaCast message is immediately sent to administrative staff.

InformaCast provided us with a unified system with ease of management that allows us to even communicate with the baseball field and the weightlifting room wirelessly, states Elena Alvarez, Technology Director at Christopher Columbus High School. Also, having the same time (displayed on the clocks) throughout the whole school has been beneficial.

Christopher Columbus High School in Miami, FL, is a private, college preparatory high school. Conducted by the Marist brothers, CCHS has been providing educational excellence since 1958 and currently has an enrollment of approximately 1,400 students.

About Singlewire Software:

Singlewire, based in Madison, WI, develops and supports innovative voice applications centered around secure, fast, and reliable mass notification capabilities. Main offerings include: InformaCast, InformaCast CK, PushToTalk, and DORA, which allow customers unprecedented control in designing mass notifications, assigning them to specific recipients, and determining the medium for dissemination IP phones, IP speakers, email, etc. all with the peerless capacity for customization to customers specific environments. To learn more, please visit http://www.singlewire.com.

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Textbook Buyback Company MyBookBuyer.com Launches Affiliate Program

Milpitas, CA (Vocus) May 18, 2010

Textbook buyback company MyBookBuyer launched an affiliate program today that will allow student organizations, website owners, and bloggers to earn money by referring customers to sell books and textbooks on the MyBookBuyer.com.

The popular textbook buyback service is giving registered affiliates to earn 10% of the value of every order they refer. Affiliates are given a customized link that they can put on their website or blog and start earning a commission on every book sold by someone who came through their link.

MyBookBuyer is specifically looking at student organizations as a group that could particularly benefit from becoming affiliates. Fraternities, sororities, clubs and all kinds of student groups have one thing in common: they know lots of students, all of whom want to sell textbooks back at the end of the semester. With the MyBookBuyer affiliate program, the end of each term could mean another golden fundraising opportunity.

There are several ways student groups can promote their affiliate link and raise money for their organization. They can encourage their own members to go through the affiliate link when they sell used textbooks, or ask their friends to support their group by doing the same. They can also promote their link in creative ways around campus, handing out fliers or even just posting the link on the board in classrooms after class.

Affiliates get paid once their account reaches $ 100. To celebrate the launch of the program the company is offering a bonus to help affiliates reach the $ 100 payout level faster. In addition to the 10% commission, MyBookBuyer is offering a $ 50 credit to every affiliate just for signing up.

Starting out half way to the payout level, it doesnt take too many textbooks for a student group to start raising some serious money for their organization.

Student organizations arent the only ones who can benefit from the MyBookBuyer affiliate program. Other content creators are welcome to join, and there is just as much potential to earn sizable commissions, especially for those whos website or blog has to do with books, textbooks or college.

The affiliate registration page is http://www.mybookbuyer.com/affilitate-mbb/

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Wolf Trap Teams up with Boeing, USO-Metro, and Artists to Honor Military Personnel and their Families

Vienna, Va (PRWEB) September 01, 2011

Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts is pleased to announce a special ticket discount for active-duty military personnel and their families and friends, on all September performances at The Filene Center. Service men and women (grades E1-E4), and up to three guests will be eligible for a 10% discount off in-house seats for September shows. Military personnel can purchase discounted tickets at the Wolf Trap Filene Center Box Office with a current military I.D.

Military discounts are available for the following performances:

New Photo Editing and Image Processing Software Named "Best of Show" at Macworld Expo

Palo Alto, CA & San Francisco Macworld Expo 2006 (PRWEB) January 13, 2006

Light Crafts, Inc. today announced that its breakthrough photo editing software LightZone has received a Macworld Best of Show Award, representing the most exciting hardware and software products announced at Macworld Conference & Expo in San Francisco.

LightZone provides a complete photo editing tool that significantly reduces the time photographers spend after a shoot, producing high quality photographs. LightZone offers photographers an advanced RAW editing experience that is easy to use while delivering a highly integrated editing environment that produces professional results.

Designed and built from the ground up for professionals, LightZone for Mac OS X is available as a free 30-day trial at http://www.lightcrafts.com. LightZone will be available for Windows in late January.

LightZone is a better way to view, manage, edit and correct digital photographs and create stunning photographic and fine art prints. Based on light values and shapes, LightZone works in the same way that photographers think about their photographs. The technology behind LightZone was first previewed at DEMOfall 2005, where it received the DEMOGod Award. Because of its multi-platform support, LightZone users will be able to quickly become productive, regardless of their computers operating system, and seamlessly collaborate and share files edited in LightZone.

"Were proud that LightZone has received recognition by the leading Macintosh conference that showcases the top creative solutions for professionals, said Dean Tucker, CEO and president of Light Crafts. LightZone is the answer for photographers who want to spend more time on photography and less time learning paint-shop software. LightZone releases photographers from the tedious technology of the past and gives them more time to express their creativity. We built LightZone with professional photographers in mind, so professionals get the power they want, yet its easy enough for avid photographers to use.

LightZone is full of pleasant surprises for first-time users, said Lars Vinberg, professional photographer and director of product management for Light Crafts. One of the surprises is its performance. While traditional photography software grinds to a halt when editing and processing large image files, LightZone rapidly hums along through the editing process.

Integrated Solution Optimizes Photo Editing, Workflow and Output

LightZone provides serious photographers with a tightly integrated digital workflow to help them make the most efficient use of their time viewing, organizing, editing, correcting and printing their photographs. LightZone provides a tightly integrated editing environment to help photographers make the most efficient user of their time viewing, organizing, editing, correcting and printing their photographs. Key features in LightZone include:

StudioZone

An innovative image viewer and file browser, StudioZone lets photographers view, print and publish their photographs using a true digital negative format. A powerful search function, with metadata search, helps you find specific images in an instant. An integrated RAW converter provides a seamless transition from camera media to LightZone.

ZoneFinder

Using patent-pending technology, ZoneFinder analyzes and displays an image in shapes and tonal values, just as photographers pre-visualize their prints.

ZoneMapper

ZoneMapper provides an easier way to control and adjust the light and tonal values of an image. ZoneMapper is the most powerful way to precisely remap tonal values for color correction, to set the optimal points for highlights and shadows, and to correct contrast.

RegionMapper

RegionMapper simplifies selecting even the most complicated regions of an image and it expertly blends the effects of the tools and transformations with the rest of the image. This simple technique provides extraordinarily precise and accurate control of the area being edited.

True Non-Destructive Editing

LightZones non-destructive image processing engine does not alter any portion of the original image file, so photographers can modify or delete changes at any point in their workflow. LightZone treats an original image as a digital negative, so the original image file is always unchanged. And the transformations made to the photograph are saved in a way that tells the application how to display or print the modified photograph. Now photographers can create multiple versions of an image without duplicating files or using up large amounts of hard drive space.

Linear Color Space

LightZone works in linear color space instead of a gamma-corrected color space, allowing more precise calculations for consistent color and predictable results on a display or on paper.

Pricing and Availability

LightZone is available for Mac OS X immediately at http://www.lightcrafts.com for $ 249.95 (U.S. Suggested List Price). LightZone will be available for Windows in late January. Customers also have the option of downloading a free 30-day trial version. LightZone for Mac OS X supports Mac OS X v.10.3.9 or later. LightZone for Windows supports Windows 2000 and Windows XP.

About Light Crafts, Inc.

Light Crafts, based in Palo Alto, develops digital photo processing software for professional and prosumer photographers. For more information, visit http://www.lightcrafts.com

Light Crafts, LightZone, StudioZone, ZoneFinder, ZoneMapper and RegionMapper are trademarks of Light Crafts, Inc. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Company Contact

Dean Tucker

CEO and President

650-331-1989

Media Contact

Mike Jackman

Jackman Communications

415-388-3216

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James Blake and Lleyton Hewitt to Return to Panasonic Presents the Tennis Channel Open in Las Vegas

LOS ANGELES, CA (PRWEB) November 21, 2006

Panasonic presents the Tennis Channel Open - the Las Vegas-based ATP tournament owned and operated by The Tennis Channel - announced today that defending champion James Blake and 2006 runner-up Lleyton Hewitt will return to the event, set for Feb. 25 - March 4, 2007, at the Amanda & Stacy Darling Memorial Tennis Center.

"We're thrilled that James and Lleyton will be back in 2007," said David Egdes, tournament director and senior vice president, tennis industry relations, The Tennis Channel. "After the success and excitement of their run to the finals in our inaugural event, we felt a sequel for both was a must, and we're glad they agree. Their participation in the new round-robin format will be an added bonus for all fans."

The fifth-seeded Blake won the inaugural Las Vegas championship on March 4, 2006, upsetting the top-seeded Hewitt 7-5, 2-6, 6-3. It was Blake's first win in seven meetings with Hewitt, and catapulted him into the best year of his career. He followed his Tennis Channel Open win with a run to the Pacific Life Open final in Indian Wells, Calif., and a title at the RCA Championships in Indianapolis. He even broke into the top five in world singles rankings at one point. Blake is currently the No. 8 singles player in world.

"I'm really excited about the opportunity to return to Las Vegas and defend my title at the Tennis Channel Open," said Blake. "The Tennis Channel put together a lot of creative ideas and did a great job with the tournament during its first year in Las Vegas. I really had a good experience and am looking forward to returning to Las Vegas for the Tennis Channel Open next year."

Hewitt is one of the most consistent performers and recognizable stars in professional tennis, and a player who was recognized by Las Vegas Mayor Oscar B. Goodman with a key to the city prior to last year's event. The Adelaide, Australia, native became the youngest qualifier in Australian Open history in 1997, at 15 years and 11 months, and quickly set about adding his name to the country's long list of tennis legends. He won the 2001 US Open and 2002 Wimbledon titles, and was a vital piece of Australia's 1999 and 2003 Davis Cup championship teams. Most recently Hewitt reached the quarterfinals at this year's Wimbledon and the US Open tournaments. He is ranked No. 20.

The 2007 Panasonic presents the Tennis Channel Open is one of five U.S. tournaments in the ATP's 2007 round-robin pilot program, unveiled in October. As one of the participants in this new fan-friendly system, the 32-player singles competition will begin Sunday instead of the traditional Monday, with an eight-match, 16-player playoff for entry into the round-robin stage. The eight winners will join 16 higher ranked players to create eight pools of three. Each player will then play two guaranteed matches against the others in his pool, with the winner of each group advancing to the single-elimination stage of quarterfinal, semifinal and championship play.

The trial format ensures that spectators and television viewers alike will have the chance to see their favorite players, including top draws like Blake and Hewitt, at least twice at the Tennis Channel Open, if not more.

"Tennis Channel Open ticket holders, TV audiences and players alike are going to love this fantastic new tournament format, which is great for Las Vegas, this event and the sport overall," said Ken Solomon, chairman and CEO, The Tennis Channel. "We're thrilled and appreciative that the ATP selected the Tennis Channel Open as the second tournament in the United States to showcase this groundbreaking tennis evolution, and the first in the world to have round-robin play on national TV. We are more committed than ever to the growth of tennis and helping to build the profile of Las Vegas as a leading player in world-class sporting events."

Individual tickets for the 2007 Panasonic presents the Tennis Channel Open will be available Wednesday, Nov. 15. Ticket packages are already on sale, with UNLV Tickets again handling ticket sales for the tournament. Fans can purchase tickets at 866-641-OPEN (866-641-6736) or http://www.tennischannelopen.com. In the Las Vegas area, tennis fans can buy tickets at Station Casinos, Fiesta Properties, Galleria Mall and the Thomas & Mack Center at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

The Tennis Channel plans for a return of the groundbreaking "Tennispalooza" tournament theme in 2007, which this year brought paddle tennis, fast-stringing contests, unique qualifier formats, live performances, motocross, air hockey and foosball to men's and women's pro, junior and collegiate tennis. The event brings the network's sports and lifestyle programming to life in an annual tennis destination set under the neon of one of the world's most exciting and fastest growing cities.

The Tennis Channel (http://www.thetennischannel.com) is the only 24-hour, television-based multimedia destination dedicated to tennis and the healthy, active lifestyle that surrounds it, and forges the personal connection between the professionals on the court and the game's millions of aficionados. The home for people who watch, play and live their passions through tennis, the network is a hybrid of comprehensive sports coverage, health and fitness programming, pop culture and entertainment access, and lifestyle and travel information. The Tennis Channel is the most concentrated single-sport network in television, with telecast rights to Roland Garros (the French Open), the US Open Series, ATP Masters Series, top-tier Sony Ericsson WTA Tour championship competitions, Davis Cup by BNP Paribas, Fed Cup and Hyundai Hopman Cup, the combination of which offer the compelling, ongoing story of the game's most dramatic rivalries, energetic personalities and emotional, yearlong journey.

For further information:

Eric Abner, The Tennis Channel, 310-314-9445

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