As of April 1, school students and staff will have access to software discounts of up to 85% with the NEW! Iowa Educators Consortium (IEC) Software Store powered by Journey Education. Partnerships with Microsoft, Adobe, NUANCE and Inspiration have been made which extends fantastic discounts to Iowa K-12 students, teachers and school staff. In addition, thousands of other software programs as well as computer hardware, books, bags and more are available at discounted prices!
Journey Education products can be ordered online at http://www.JourneyEd.com/Select or by calling (800) 874-9001. Any product ordered will be shipped directly to the customer’s home.
Pricing examples:
• Microsoft Office Standard 2007 - Retail $399, IEC Price $59.98
• Microsoft Office Professional 2007 - Retail $499, IEC Price $89.98
• Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Standard K-12 – Retail $1,399, IEC Price $219.98
• Adobe Creative Suite 4 Production Premium - Retail $1,699, IEC Price $319.98
• Dragon Naturally Speaking Preferred 10.0 Student/Teacher Edition - Retail $99, IEC Price $49.98
• Inspiration Kidspiration 3 Student Single - IEC Price $29.98
Friday, April 10, 2009
Buying Textbooks and NIMAS Guidelines
NIMAS guidelines for providing print-accessible textbooks are outlined at http://trueaim.iowa.gov. It is recommended that the following paragraph be inserted in all textbook purchasing contracts. It requires the publisher to send a NIMAS fileset to the NIMAC.
By agreeing to deliver the materials marked with "NIMAS" on this contract or purchase order, the publisher agrees to prepare and submit, on or before ___/___/_____ a NIMAS fileset to the NIMAC that complies with the terms and procedures set forth by the NIMAC. Should the vendor be a distributor of the materials and not the publisher, the distributor agrees to immediately notify the publisher of its obligation to submit NIMAS filesets of the purchased products to the NIMAC. The files will be used for the production of alternate formats as permitted under the law for students with print disabilities. Please note that the delivery of print versions should not be delayed in cases where the NIMAS fileset has yet to be validated and cataloged by the NIMAC.
Heartland AEA's World of Media
Make sure to take a look at Heartland AEA's April edition of the World of Media newsletter which included some technology and 21st century research and reports. You will find full articles of the below summaries and more at http://wom.aea11.k12.ia.us.
The annual SpeakUp survey from Project Tomorrow shows that students feel restricted using technology when they enter school and suggests that this signals weakness in U.S. global competition. Survey results are linked and highlights from the survey are summarized.
The Horizon Report 2009 was released in March. It identifies six emerging technologies that will have a huge impact on education in the next 1-5 years: collaborative environments, online communication tools, mobile devices, cloud computing, "smart" objects and the personal web.
Check out Web sites that explore how cell phones can be used in the classroom. Different areas of usage include simple text messaging voting, GoogleText, audio blogs, real-time sharing of audio and video, etc.
See demonstration and lecture videos posted online by an Urbandale High School chemistry and physics teacher.
YouTubeEDU includes special channels for university and college lectures and demonstrations--similar to what Urbandale High School is doing.
The annual SpeakUp survey from Project Tomorrow shows that students feel restricted using technology when they enter school and suggests that this signals weakness in U.S. global competition. Survey results are linked and highlights from the survey are summarized.
The Horizon Report 2009 was released in March. It identifies six emerging technologies that will have a huge impact on education in the next 1-5 years: collaborative environments, online communication tools, mobile devices, cloud computing, "smart" objects and the personal web.
Check out Web sites that explore how cell phones can be used in the classroom. Different areas of usage include simple text messaging voting, GoogleText, audio blogs, real-time sharing of audio and video, etc.
See demonstration and lecture videos posted online by an Urbandale High School chemistry and physics teacher.
YouTubeEDU includes special channels for university and college lectures and demonstrations--similar to what Urbandale High School is doing.
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