Back - to - School Roundup

Summer vacation is over, and your students are heading back to start another school year soon. We have rounded up a wide selection of new products and services to help get your new school year off to a great start and on the right foot.

Numonics' Digital Presentation Appliance
Numonics' Digital Presentation Appliance (DPA) is an entry-level interactive whiteboard designed for the average user who wants to benefit quickly from interactive presentation technology without a steep learning curve. The DPA uses fast and accurate electromagnetic digital technology that becomes a powerful tool for teaching, collaborating and presenting when connected to a computer and a data projector. As a Windows-based interactive whiteboard, the DPA has the features teachers need to create informative and entertaining lessons.
www.interactivewhiteboards.com

ErgoStack Classroom Chair from McCourt
For good seated posture, the S-shaped curve of the spine should be maintained in the sitting position. This is best accomplished by sitting all the way back in an ergonomic chair with built-in lumbar support and at a height that allows the feet to rest flat on the floor. ErgoStack Classroom Chair is the ergonomically correct stacking chair manufactured by McCourt. The ErgoStack features a lumbar support to maintain proper back alignment while sitting and working at a variety of tasks.
www.mccourtmfg.com

Storage Options at US Markerboard
With the ever-increasing need for more storage space in the classroom, US Markerboard has introduced the Max Storage Cart.  This new addition to their growing line of classroom storage options boasts triple the storage capacity of the average classroom cart, yet requires no additional floor space in the classroom. The Max Storage Cart comes standard with four heavy-duty 3-inch casters, magnetic whiteboard writing surface, six small book tubs, eight open tubs, two divided tubs and a four position Ultra Safe locking bookshelf. 
www.usmarkerboard.com

IDville
Say goodbye to print-and-fold laminate IDs – with a PVC ID card printer you'll save time and money. The systems make student registration a breeze. Design your cards and print your finished product right then and there. You will add to your school's security efforts by making ID cards harder to duplicate. For schools big and small, the Single-Side Streamline System gets a high recommendation. At 1,000 cards, your cost is just $0.52 per ID. Within the first year you'll save on labor costs alone – not to mention the money you'll save on reprinting ruined IDs.
www.IDville.com

Audio Enhancement
Technology is the language of today's youth. Panasonic + Audio Enhancement offer the Engaged Classroom technology solution as a powerful new educational tool. Together, they deliver an integrated technology-driven system combining Panasonic's core digital video, computer and display expertise with Audio Enhancement's leading classroom audio systems. The Engaged Classroom solution allows teachers to more efficiently capture students' attention, maintain their interest, engage them in proactive thinking, and instill new ideas – making education more relevant and enjoyable.
www.AudioEnhancement.com

Southern PikNik tables by Southern Aluminum
Southern PikNik tables by Southern Aluminum offer the industry's only Lifetime Guarantee. Manufactured from recyclable aluminum, these picnic tables will not rust, crack or warp from extended use or exposure to sunlight or moisture. The Southern PikNik table is available in three sizes and with optional accessories. A smaller version, the Lil' PikNik, is available also. Choose from 10 powder-coat finishes. 
www.alulite.com

Scratch-Art Light Catcher Inspired Designs Group Pack
Scratch with the wood stylus and create dazzling "stained glass" window art. Personalize each Light Catcher with unique decorations and drawings. Hang in a window, and let the sun shine through. Pack includes everything to complete 12 projects. Kit features 12 Design Frames (three each of four designs), 12 sheets of Scratch-Lite "stained glass," 12 heavy-duty wood drawing styluses and instructions. Designs include Angel, Cross, Heart & Hands, and Noah's Ark. They are safe, easy, clean and fun.
www.scratchart.com

Copernicus Reading/Writing Centers
Are you a classroom-less instructor who needs to haul supplies wherever you go?  Copernicus had your needs in mind when they developed the Royal Reading/Writing Center. This mobile classroom-on-wheels provides storage as well as visual surfaces, making the job of both transport and instruction easier. Features include four removable plastic tubs on sliding racks for easy accessibility, an adjustable and removable double-sided magnetic lined dry erase board, metal shelf with built in marker trays, as well as snap-on chart paper and accessory hooks. All features easily roll from classroom to classroom on four locking casters.
www.churchpartner.com

Sheldon's Focal Point Teacher's Demonstration Desk
Sheldon Laboratory Systems' Focal Point Teacher's Demonstration Desk is the first science teacher's desk to accommodate integrated multimedia video presentation and state-of-the-art hidden wire management. In addition to standard service fixtures, the Focal Point allows for the routing of a range of teaching components, including a computer, VCR, LaserDisc/DVD player, Elmo and flex cameras through an LCD projector for large-screen classroom viewing. All the necessary presentation tools are in one package, complete with a single remote control to operate all the equipment.  The Focal Point is available in a variety of configurations.
www.sheldonlabs.com

MIKASA Squish Series Volleyball
The MIKASA Squish Series Volleyball is available from NASCO. This is absolutely the softest game volleyball in the world. These official-size volleyballs with no-sting playability are 25 percent lighter and feature a pillow-soft panel composite cover. This is an excellent introductory volleyball that's great for the gym. NASCO carries a full line of athletic and physical education products.
www.eNasco.com/physicaleducation

PaperDirect
Inspire your students, impress their parents and motivate your associates with printed materials that instantly convey quality, professionalism and caring. It's as easy as changing the paper in your desktop printer. PaperDirect papers are more substantial than ordinary office-supply store papers, and they come in hundreds of exclusive, full-color designs. Available in more than 20 formats like brochures, certificates, tickets, letterhead, and postcards, PaperDirect papers will give all your written communications that essential look of excellence. With the PaperDirect, Kudos by PaperDirect, and PaperDirect Events catalogs, you don't need to shop anywhere else for educational papers.
www.paperdirect.com

StageRight Corporation
For every event, StageRight Corporation has versatile, lightweight staging. Assembly is easy with no tools required. With Choral and Band Risers, ADA Ramps and Portable Access Lifts, Graduation Stages, Pit-Fillers, Acoustical Shells and Ceilings, they can assist in all your staging needs.  
www.stageright.com

DEMCO Colorful Cutout Bookends
Add pizzazz to your library or classroom with DEMCO's charming bookends. Choose from Noah's Ark, airplanes, trains, boats, animals and birds to bring color and a sense of enchantment to your shelving tops and tables. Made of Scandinavian birch, these bookends are durable and finished with non-toxic acrylic stain. Heavy-duty bases and nonskid padding ensures they stay in place and books stand upright. They are sold in your choice of 7-inch-high or 9-inch-high pairs.
www.demco.com

Mobius Climber from Landscape Structures
The Mobius climber is a looping, twisting play event that could pass for modern art, but every inch was designed to delight and challenge kids. The Mobius comes in four twisty configurations – 3-Panel, 6-Panel, 7-Panel and 12-Panel. You can even choose from two shimmering panel colors – natural aluminum or bronze. The surface of the Mobius is built from corrosion-resistant anodized aluminum, which refracts sunlight and stays cool to the touch. Many kids of different ages can enjoy the Mobius climber at the same time.
www.playlsi.com

Pilot Rock Bike Racks
Secure bicycle parking is a necessity for all schools. Bike rack styles to fit your students, landscape design and budget are also needed. That's why Pilot Rock brand bike racks come in seven different styles, with parking available for three to 20 bikes. Group the racks to provide the number of parking stalls needed. Bike rack finishes include the simple hot dip galvanized or the colorful powder-coat paint. Because the racks include heavy gauge steel and welded construction, they are resistant to use and abuse by students and nature.
www.pilotrock.com

Dyna-Chrome Wire Trucks
Transport and store a multitude of items in the classroom, office or maintenance area on these wire carts. Open wire design improves visual checks of contents, permits light and air flow, and will not accumulate dust like solid shelving. Shelves adjust in 1-inch increments along double-notched posts. Various shelf sizes, styles and heights are available. They feature five-inch rubber swivel casters, two with brakes. The trucks have a 1,200-pound capacity.
www.chdist.com

Vanguard Modular
Vanguard Modular provides award-winning space solutions for churches and church schools. They offer temporary or permanent buildings for offices, classrooms, fellowship halls, daycare facilities and even sanctuaries. Their experienced sales team makes it easy for you to create your own unique solution. They can custom-design buildings to visually match your existing facilities' exterior or create the specialized floor plan you need. If you're looking for a faster and more cost-effective solution, take advantage of their in-stock, Ready-To-Roll pre-leased units that are continually refurbished and prepped for quick delivery.
www.vanguardmodular.com

Gift Bricks 
Gift Bricks offers engraved bricks, tiles and other media, including marble, granite, slate, glass and bronze for donor recognition and fundraising. Gift Bricks epoxy-filled or Laserblasted engraving adds clarity to the lettering and protects the material from chipping, cracking or filling with debris, the company says. Gift Bricks engraving processes allow the capability to engrave copy, artwork, logos and signatures. Gift Bricks also offers marketing, manufacturing and installation services
www.giftbricks.com

Special-Lite
Special-Lite heavy-duty doors, panels, and framing products are ideal for the demands of today's educational environment. Their entrance products are GREENGUARD Indoor Air Quality Certified, including the stringent new GREENGUARD Standard for Children and Schools.  Their durable finishes never need to be painted or refinished, which reduces maintenance costs and eliminates associated health risks. When compared to hollow metal doors, Special-Lite doors provide superior thermal performance, longer service life for the entire entrance, and lower life-cycle cost. Whether you're considering new construction or renovation, they can match any architectural style.
www.special-lite.com

HEC Reading Horizons
For more than 30 years, Discover Intensive Phonics for Yourself has taught thousands of children and adults to read. In schools nationwide, students of all ability levels have advanced several grade levels using this revolutionary approach. Through direct instruction, logical sequencing and multi-sensory techniques, it accomplishes the primary goal of phonics instruction: learning to recognize words rapidly and automatically. Discover Intensive Phonics for Yourself is an effective explicit, systematic phonics program. HEC Reading Horizons, publisher of the Discover Intensive Phonics for Yourself curriculum, has released new additions to the non-consumable direct instruction materials and the Discover Intensive Phonics version 4.0 software.
www.readinghorizons.com

 We the People: The Citizen & the Constitution 
The We the People: The Citizen & the Constitution elementary text, developed by the Center for Civic Education, features critical thinking exercises, problem-solving activities and cooperative learning techniques that help develop intellectual and participatory skills. The We the People curriculum increases students' understanding of the institutions of American constitutional democracy and fosters attitudes that students need in order to participate as effective, responsible citizens. The culminating activity, a simulated congressional hearing, provides every student the opportunity to demonstrate the depth of their understanding of the principles and practices of responsive democracy.
www.civiced.org

SchoolDude's ITAMDirect
Streamline all aspects of IT asset administration from monitoring and reporting to planning and life cycle costing with ITAMDirect from SchoolDude. The Web-native system gathers and reports information about computer assets on your network, including hardware, installed software and software utilization – providing an accurate database. Assets are monitored at the component level, and alerts are automatically generated for missing assets. ITAMDirect also tracks software licenses and usage for optimum license management and compliance, as well as automatically generates alerts for license agreement violations. Additionally, the system generates alerts when unauthorized software is discovered.
www.schooldude.com  

Pasaporte al español from BJU Press
Both teachers and students will love Pasaporte al español from BJU Press. Teachers will love the flexible lesson schedule as well as the indispensable Teacher's Edition that makes interactive teaching easy and fun, even for non-fluent teachers. Students will love the colorful teaching charts, fun songs, and especially their new friend Choco, a hedgehog puppet who learns Spanish right along with them. Pasaporte al español builds both recall and comprehension, giving students a deeper understanding of Spanish.
www.bjupress.com

Games from JAX
JAX, the fun and games people, is recognized for its exceptional games, including the long-time favorite SEQUENCE game. JAX games are designed with the idea of providing interaction with an educational flair. While the majority of their games are designed from ages seven and older, games such as SEQUENCE FOR KIDS, PEGS IN THE PARK, and HOW TALL AM I? are all designed specifically for children between the ages of three and eight.
www.jaxgames.com

Atomic Learning
Atomic Learning, Inc. provides award-winning Web-based software training for educators, students and parents. Available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, Atomic Learning allows learners of all experience levels to master hundreds of popular software applications, such as Word, PowerPoint, iTunes, and Dreamweaver.  This unique training breaks down software applications into manageable tasks, then explains each task through a one to three-minute tutorial movie—perfect for visual and auditory learns alike. Atomic Learning helps educators feel confident in integrating technology in the classroom and preparing their students for their future careers. 
www.atomiclearning.com

Multi-Media Cabinet from Flexible Furniture
Flexible Furniture has introduced its Multi-Media Cabinet, which features rugged steel construction, lockable door, tempered glass window, removable back for ventilation and wire access, surge-suppressed multi-outlet power strip, and two sliding, height-adjustable shelves. The unit is mobile with locking casters. Flexible Furniture is an ideal choice for high-quality, cost-effective, versatile products to meet your school's needs.
www.flexiblefurniture.com

Powerheart from Cardiac Science
Cardiac Science Corporation develops, manufactures and markets Powerheart brand AEDs. Comprehensive Program Management services include implementation surveys, AED/CPR training, medical direction and data management tools that facilitate successful deployments.  Offering a full line of AEDs, the Powerheart brand meets both public-access defibrillation needs with the Automatic and Semi-Automatic models, as well as highly trained professional user requirements with the Professional model. 
www.Powerheart.com

Academic Edge
Lizard crashes, Cave Art, Rizzo, A "wave" party, Anthro Hut, CR 'Chutes--they are all part of one rocking island. The inhabitants are prepping for an annual festival. Along the way, learners play increasingly difficult arcade games and participate in quiz shows, make drawings on a cave wall, analyze social problems, build museum exhibits, and solve conflicts. Learners who have used Harmony Island demonstrated a significant increase in knowledge of conflict resolution, an increased ability to analyze social problems and to propose solutions, and the learners and teachers found the curriculum to be engaging, realistic, and usable. The Academic Edge creates innovative, media-rich learning environments to support children, adolescents, and adults.
www.academicedge.com

XLERATOR from Excel Dryer
Excel Dryer has introduced its revolutionary new hand dryer, the XLERATOR.  XLERATOR completely dries hands in 10 to 15 seconds. The new XLERATOR dries hands three times faster and uses 80 percent less energy than conventional hand dryers. XLERATOR represents a 95 percent cost savings versus paper towels and eliminates their maintenance while improving hygiene in the restroom. XLERATOR is also GreenSpec approved and qualifies for LEED credits. XLERATOR uses a focused high-velocity air stream and a specially designed nozzle, and breaks up the layer of water vapor between the air and the skin, causing it to evaporate more quickly than it would using a conventional dryer
www.exceldryer.com

MathPoint
MathPoint combines the speed, ease of use, visualization and experimentation that dramatically accelerates learning for all math students. This full suite of math tools, perfect for grades 6-12, includes color graphing, TI-equivalent calculator, interactive solving, an open library for lessons and activities, and easy classroom integration. MathPoint engages students, providing a complete set of math tools that helps students quickly investigate and experiment with math concepts. Today's tech-savvy students need access 24-7. Delivered across the Web and available for Windows, Mac and Linux systems, MathPoint gives students the power to learn, whether in class, the lab, the library or at home.
www.infinitysw.com

Infrared Classroom Amplification Systems by LightSPEED Technologies
Infrared Classroom Amplification Systems by LightSPEED Technologies is a simple and effective way to improve the learning curve for all students. The teacher wears a lightweight wireless microphone. The voice is amplified, and the instruction is heard clearly by all students throughout the entire room. Research has shown that reading, early child literacy and English language learning is greatly enhanced with Classroom Amplification. Classroom amplification is a proven, effective way to increase academic performance, improve classroom management and keep students focused on learning, all this without changing curriculum or instructional methods. Today, thousands of general education classrooms are amplified and several states have mandated Classroom Amplification in every new school.
www.lightspeed-tek.com

Joyful Noise Books  
Joyful Noise Books and Gifts, Inc. is a family owned and operated Christian business working with many publishers to offer cash-and-carry book fairs to private schools all across America. They are currently working on international fairs as well. Their book fairs are offered as a fundraiser for your school or church. Their selection and quantity of books cannot be beat. They have introduced a new line of classics to their inventory, and they are continually adding to their inventory.
www.joyfulnoisebooks.com