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Children Learn Responsibility and Decision-Making Skills through Play

Let’s Choose™ releases Choice-a-Quence and Centsible Kids games to help impact social skills, behavior and language development using hypothetical situations

CHICAGO, IL, August 7, 2013 – To help teach children that actions have real-life consequences and how they can better make informed decisions, Let’s Choose™, the developer of games that build a common language for teaching decision-making and consequences, introduces two hands-on decision-making games -- Choice-a-Quence and Centsible Kids. These easy-to-play games encourage children to use their knowledge and their best judgment to make good choices during simulated situations.

Epson Selects Innovative Classroom Teachers as Winners of the ‘Epson Document Camera in the Classroom Contest’

Four Teachers Share Creative Ways of Using Document Cameras in the Classroom and Win an Epson DC-20 for Their Schools

LONG BEACH, Calif. – Aug. 6, 2013 – Epson, the number-one selling projector brand worldwide1, has selected four winners of the “Epson Document Camera in the Classroom Contest,” all of whom will receive an Epson® DC-20 document camera. The following teachers won by sharing their creative ideas for using a document camera in the classroom – Renee Kurtz, French teacher at Alder Avenue Middle School in Egg Harbor Township, N.J.; Paula Giran, fifth grade teacher at Hillcrest Intermediate School in North Huntingdon, Pa.; Rachel Perkins, math teacher at Barren County High School in Glasgow, Ky.; and LeeAnne Ewaldsen, fifth grade teacher at Appling County Elementary School in Baxley, Ga.

TeacherLists.com School Supply Lists Powering Back-to-School Shopping on Soap.com

First of its kind partnership making it easier than ever for parents to get exactly the supplies teachers and schools require.

Wrentham, MA (August 5, 2013) – TeacherLists.com – the largest and fastest-growing free online service for posting and sharing school supply lists and teacher wish lists with parents – is now feeding school supply lists directly to Soap.com to help Soap.com shoppers save time and money this back-to-school season. Through this first partnership of its kind for TeacherLists.com, parents can now access more than 275,000 current school supply lists directly through the Soap.com site and then easily purchase all of the products on their lists.

LRMI Launches Free Monthly Newsletter

PHILADELPHIA, PA, August 5, 2013 – The Learning Resource Metadata Initiative (LRMI) has launched a monthly newsletter, titled LRMI Update, to keep the education community up to speed on the latest LRMI news. The project, which has developed an education-focused extension of the Schema.org metadata framework, aims to make it easier to publish, discover, and deliver quality educational resources on the web.

Teachscape Selected as a Performance Evaluation System Vendor for The Cooperative Purchasing Network (TCPN)

Teachscape to offer TCPN members award-winning teacher observation and assessment tools

SAN FRANCISCO, August 1, 2013 – Teachscape, the leader in delivering Web-based solutions and expert services to improve teaching practice, has been approved as a teacher performance evaluation system vendor for The Cooperative Purchasing Network (TCPN). The more than 35,000 TCPN members will be able to purchase Teachscape’s award-winning teacher effectiveness platform using a significantly streamlined procurement process.

TeacherLists.com Honors Educators with a Nationwide Teachers Lounge Makeover Contest

One winner will be chosen to receive $5,000 in cash to makeover their school’s teachers lounge

Wrentham, MA (July 31, 2013) – To give teachers a chance to revamp their shared workspace, TeacherLists.com – the largest and fastest-growing free online service for posting and sharing school supply lists and teacher wish lists with parents – has launched a nationwide Teachers Lounge Makeover Contest. The contest will reward the winning school with $5,000 in cash to completely redecorate and reorganize the teachers lounge for utility and comfort. The contest ends August 31, 2013.

LRMI to Host Free Education Metadata Workshop in September

Denver workshop to coincide with EdNET Conference, cover best practices and hands-on tagging experience

PHILADELPHIA, PA, July 31, 2013 – The Learning Resource Metadata Initiative (LRMI) will host a free Education Metadata Workshop prior to the start of EdNET 2013, an annual educational networking conference held this year in Denver, CO. The workshop will take place on Sunday, September 22, 2013, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and attendees will enjoy a continental breakfast that begins at 8:00 a.m. Participants will get first-hand experience on the tagging process, as well as hear from publishers that have extensive experience tagging their content with LRMI metadata.

Vernier Launches its 2014 Engineering Contest

Vernier honors three STEM teachers who will each receive $5,500 in prizes for innovative uses of Vernier sensors in teaching engineering concepts

BEAVERTON, Oregon, July 30, 2013 – Vernier Software & Technology is now accepting applications for its 2014 Engineering Contest that recognizes STEM educators for introducing students to engineering concepts and practices through innovative uses of Vernier sensors. A middle school teacher, a high school teacher, and a college instructor will each win prizes valued at $5,500.

2013 Mobile Technology Survey Shows Surge in K-12 Adoptions

Business Edition of the Report provides keen insight into education market leaders, best price points for educational apps, and shifts in BYOD

New York—July 22, 2013— As anyone who attended this summer’s International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference can attest to, mobile technologies have exploded onto the education market. The 2013 National Survey on Mobile Technology for K-12 Education – Business Edition, published by IESD, Inc. in collaboration with STEM Market Impact, LLC, offers business leaders keen insight into the significance of the mobile technologies industry as it impacts the education market.

eBook/App Turns Child’s First Hospital Visit into an Enlightening Experience

Multilingual ‘Luca Lashes® Visits Mommy in the Hospital’ helps parents and caregivers alleviate a child’s fear of making a first trip to the hospital

Chandler, AZ July 18, 2013 – When a family member takes ill and gets admitted to the hospital, it is imperative to prepare a small child for that visit in order to alleviate the fears they may have and to make the visit the best it can be for both child and patient. Luca Lashes® LLC continues its efforts to turn children’s “fearful firsts” into educational experiences with the release of its eighth multilingual eBook and app for children in this series. Entitled Luca Lashes® Visits Mommy in the Hospital, the book helps young children and children with special needs better understand the many facets of visiting someone in the hospital. The main character of the book, Luca, is a boy who has magic eyelashes that give him special powers and make him brave.