School Webmasters and eBackpack Partnership

PHOENIX and DALLAS — JULY 12, 2011 — eBackpack (eBackpack.com)—a secure, cloud-based location for teachers to store files, distribute assignments, and collaborate with students and colleagues—has partnered with School Webmasters (SchoolWebmasters.com), which builds and maintains highly professional websites for schools and also offers hosting and content management.

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Brainchild Offers Professional Development for Tablets

PHILADELPHIA — June 27, 2011 — Brainchild is offering new professional development options to K-12 schools implementing Kineo® tablet-based learning solutions. The PD offerings help schools successfully use tablets to deliver individualized, data-driven instruction.

Texas School Gives 35,000 Volunteer Hours Via x2VOL

HOUSTON and Katy, Texas—May 12, 2011 — Seven Lakes High School students in the “Spartans Out Serving” or SOS club, gave nearly 35,000 hours to serving the local community this school year. Over 1,500 students belong to the voluntary club, which tracks hours and connects with local service organizations via x2VOL —an online system developed by a Texas-based company, intelliVOL (intelliVOL.com).

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Brainchild Kineo Tablet With GlobalSYNC™, Just for Schools,

NAPLES, Florida— May 16, 2011 —Kineo, the seven-inch tablet and eBook Reader from Brainchild, has been shipped to ten states since being introduced at the Florida Educational Technology Conference in February. The Kineos being deployed are all equipped with Brainchild’s standards-based curriculum, Achiever!, and GlobalSYNC™ technology.

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Clark County pilots Right Back on Track to tackle truancy

CBS affiliate in Clark County, Nevada reports on the Right Back on Track Mentoring Program being piloted with 25 students. RBTM is from the Dropout & Truancy Prevention Network http://DTPNetwork.com






http://www.8newsnow.com/story/14622030/courts-offer-new-tool-in-fight-to-keep-truant-kids-in-school

Experts Available to Discuss GPS Puts Truants on Track for Class (From BusinessWire)

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As reported by the Orange Country Register, the city of Anaheim, California is taking truancy seriously. The Anaheim Union High School District has become the first in California to test GPS technology as a means of ensuring that students come to class.

Seventh- and eighth-graders with four or more unexcused absences during the school year are assigned to carry a hand-held GPS device and check in several times a day. Automated phone calls each morning remind them to come to class, and an adult coach calls them at least three times a week.
The policy has generated some interesting commentary, including these observations in the Washington Post and at MSNBC:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fasterforward/2011/02/should_schools_use_gps_to_trac.html
http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/02/18/6081656-schools-use-gps-to-track-students-who-skip

Experts include Peter Gudmundsson of the Dropout & Truancy Prevention Network (www.DTPNetwork.com)

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Technology & Learning Magazine - Kineo on Cover

Kineo from Brainchild (www.Brainchild.com) is a hot topic in K-12 education right now. This is the latest coverage by a respected education trade magazine, Technology & Learning. Coverage of Kineo (page 40) focuses on the security features that make Kineo school-safe and student-safe.