Offering Delivers Complete Set of Resource Tools for Teachers, Parents and Students to Create a Learning Community in the Classroom and Beyond
Toshiba's
Digital Products Division (DPD), a division of Toshiba America
Information Systems, Inc. today announced a new Education Solutions
Program, a suite of software offerings for teachers, students,
administrators and parents designed to address the needs of all the
stakeholders in a student's education rather than focusing on fulfilling
an individual requirement. The software available through the program
addresses five key elements important to K-12 educational institutions:
Creation, Collaboration, Investigation, Validation and Protection.
"Students, teachers and parents face evolving challenges in education,
including new learning standards and legacy information management tools
that aren't optimal," said Patrick Mani, vice president of B2B field
sales, Toshiba America Information Systems, Digital Products Division.
"By identifying products designed to address the needs of all the
stakeholders rather than focusing on any one individual requirement, we
are able to use technology to motivate and excite students while
validating that they are gaining the required knowledge that meet state
and federal standards."
Create: Teacher and Student Tools for Building Ideas, Thoughts and
Work
Microsoft® Office Home & Student 2013 includes the latest versions of
the essential Office applications—Word®, Excel®, OneNote® and
PowerPoint®—enabling students and teachers to create, work, plan and
share more easily at home and at school. Developed specifically for
education, Microsoft Office Home & Student is essential to equip
students and teachers to be creative and productive.
Collaborate: Teacher, Student and Parent Tools That Create a
Learning Community
Designed for whole-school and district-wide use, ePals Learn365™ offers
a complete learning environment with the tools and resources educators
can use to implement project-based learning and STEM-related educational
experiences in their classrooms. Learn365 enables students to
participate in authentic social learning experiences which develop
digital literacy skills and prepare them for college and the modern
workplace. The system is easy for administrators to deploy, manage and
scale through robust integration with major SIS systems and control
panels provide safety and privacy settings that ensure COPPA, CIPA, and
FERPA compliance even as districts integrate popular services like Gmail
and Google Drive. New enhancements also embed into Learn365 world-class
projects and resources that align to Common Core and other state and
national standards, and integrate classrooms from around the world
through the ePals Global Community.
Investigate: Reinforce Learning through Self-study Tools
Highly detailed and interactive, SOLARO™ Study Guides feature an
overview of all curriculum concepts and comprehensive practice question
sets with full solutions for students to self-study and fully test their
knowledge. The Bing™ search engine is also available for students to
research and find information on any topic.
Validate: Curriculum-aligned Lessons, Activities and Exercises
That Meet State Requirements
The SOLARO Validation Tool offers state-specific and Common Core
standards-aligned lessons, activities and exercises that validate the
evolving required learning standards for greater student success. It's
designed for grades 3 through 12 and provides tens of thousands of
lessons in mathematics, English language arts, science, biology,
chemistry, physics and earth sciences. Teachers can create
automatically-scored online or print practice assignments from SOLARO's
database of standards-aligned questions with full solutions and students
can practice and review anytime, anywhere through web and mobile access.
Protect: Secure Student Content, Ideas and Personal Information
Online and Off
Norton™ Internet Security defends a school's digital community against
viruses, malware, spyware or unauthorized access, protecting student
assets, personal information and other school resources. The system uses
multiple layers of security that work together to proactively block
attacks and remove threats and all downloads, files and applications are
checked before use.
The Toshiba Education Solution Program is ideal for Toshiba's line of
tablets and ultrabooks, including Toshiba Excite® tablets and the new
Portégé® Z10t Detachable Ultrabook™. Toshiba Excite tablets are durable,
thin, stylish and perfect for the classroom. They feature HD AutoBrite®
Displays, NVIDIA® Tegra™ 3 Super 4-PLUS-1™ Quad-core Processors, and run
on Android™ 4.1 Jelly Bean. The Portégé Z10t Detachable Ultrabook is an
11.6-inch Full HD, touchscreen display with digitizer and pen that
connects to a detachable keyboard to become a feature-packed Ultrabook
for greater versatility. Powered by the latest Intel® Core™ processors
with vPro™ technology and equipped with all the ports needed for a
"dongle free" environment, the Portégé Z10t delivers excellent speed and
performance.
Toshiba will be demonstrating these solutions on its latest PCs and
tablets at the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
conference June 23-27, 2013 in San Antonio, TX.
Availability
The software applications can be purchased a la carte or bundled
together on new Windows-based Toshiba PCs and tablets.
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About Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. (TAIS)
Headquartered in Irvine, Calif., TAIS is comprised of three business
units: Digital Products Division, Imaging Systems Division, and
Telecommunication Systems Division. Together, these divisions provide
digital products, services and solutions, including industry-leading
portable computers; televisions, TV/DVD Combination products, Blu-ray
Disc™ and DVD products, and portable devices; imaging products for the
security, medical and manufacturing markets; storage products for
computers; and IP business telephone systems with unified
communications, collaboration and mobility applications. TAIS provides
sales, marketing and services for its wide range of products in the
United States and Latin America. TAIS is an independent operating
company owned by Toshiba America, Inc., a subsidiary of Toshiba
Corporation. For more information on TAIS visit us.toshiba.com.
About Toshiba Corporation
Toshiba Corporation is a world leader and innovator in pioneering high
technology, a diversified manufacturer and marketer of advanced
electronic and electrical products spanning digital consumer products;
electronic devices and components; power systems, including nuclear
energy; industrial and social infrastructure systems; and home
appliances. Toshiba was founded in 1875, and today operates a global
network of more than 490 companies, with 203,000 employees worldwide and
annual sales surpassing 6.3 trillion yen (US$77 billion). Visit
Toshiba's web site at www.toshiba.co.jp/index.htm.
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