Sponsors of SXSWedu 2012

AMD Changing the Game enables youth to create their own digital video games to help develop critical science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) skills while becoming more globally conscious citizens.

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AVID's mission is close the achievement gap by preparing all students for college readiness and success in a global society.

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The College Board’s mission is to connect students to college success and opportunity. We are a not-for-profit membership organization committed to excellence and equity in education.

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CompassLearning – educational software that empowers teachers to unlock every student’s potential for academic growth and personal growth.

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Edmodo provides a safe and easy way for classrooms connect and collaborate, share content, and access homework, grades and school notices. Our goal is to help educators harness the power of social media to customize the classroom for each and every learner.

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Educate Texas (previously the Texas High School Project) is a unique public-private alliance dedicated to significantly improving the postsecondary readiness of low-income students with a focus on students in low-performing schools.

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Providing an integrated collaboration and eLearning environment for educational institutions seeking to increase student achievement, streamline integration with other systems, and reduce costs.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is a leading global education company committed to addressing education’s dynamic challenges through individualized content, innovative technology and a holistic approach that inspires achievement and a lifelong love of learning.

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McGraw-Hill Education is a leading global provider of educational materials, information and solutions for the Pre-K through 12th grade, Assessment, Higher Education and Professional markets.

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The New York Times Knowledge Network offers online courses with Times journalists and distinguished faculty from leading universities; the Epsilen eLearning platform; instructional design services; and a digital repository featuring content from The New York Times and other providers.

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Pathbrite ePortfolios and knowledge graph help students collect, track and showcase a lifetime of their learning and achievement, and recommend pathways for continuous success.

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Pearson is the world’s leading education company. From pre-school to high school, early learning to professional certification, our curriculum materials, multimedia learning tools and testing programs help to educate more than 100 million people worldwide.

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The Pearson Foundation is an independent, non-profit organization that aims to make a difference by promoting literacy, learning, and great teaching.

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The Shared Learning Collaborative is working to make personalized learning a reality for every U.S. student by improving the usefulness, variety and affordability of education technology. The SLC aims to accelerate the progress of public schools toward personalized learning by creating a set of shared technology services that will work better and cost less per state than what can be accomplished by each state working individually.

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The Texas A&M University System is one of the largest systems of higher education in the nation. Through a statewide network of 11 universities, seven state agencies and a comprehensive health science center, the A&M System educates more than 120,000 students and externally funded research expenditures exceed $780 million annually.

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Supporters of SXSWedu 2012

The Public Interest Division of AMS Pictures partners with state agencies, non-profits and civic-minded corporations to develop communication strategies and digital media tools that make a difference in people’s lives, and build a better society.

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CoSN is the premiere professional association for school, district and educational service agency leaders. CoSN’s members are a unique blend of education and technology leaders and decision makers from the public and private sectors. The mission of CoSN is to empower K-12 district technology leaders to use technology strategically for the improvement of teaching and learning.

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The mission of the Institute for Public School Initiatives (IPSI) is to improve the quality of academic outcomes for public education in Texas by building awareness and alignment between public schools and institutions of higher education.

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LifeSize, a division of Logitech, believes in the power of video to help people do more while traveling less. The company designs and delivers high definition video communications products that provide a productive, true-to-life experience.

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Combining the power of immersion with the rigor of data, Porter Novelli creates a deeper human insight that transforms the opinions, beliefs and behaviors of those who matter most to our clients. Part of the Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE: OMC), Porter Novelli has 90 offices in nearly 60 countries. In 2012 we are celebrating 40 years of having our hands in the clay, shaping business and moving the world forward.

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SITE (founded in 1990) is a society of the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). AACE (founded in 1981) is an international, educational, and professional organization dedicated to the advancement of the knowledge, theory and quality of learning and teaching at all levels with information technology.

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A well-respected voice for public schools and school leaders, the Texas Association of School Administrators provides support for public education through a variety of initiatives, including leadership development; impacting laws, policies, and practices to improve education; and promoting research-based decision-making.

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The Texas Association of School Boards is a nonprofit membership association established in 1949 to serve Texas public school districts. TASB is dedicated to helping school board members serve their communities and to speaking with a unified voice to decision makers to chart the best future for Texas public education.

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WeAreTeachers provides a powerful online community for teachers, combining the expertise of our member community, the resources and knowledge base of our partners and the momentum of social media to recognize and reward innovative teaching ideas.

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Sponsors of LAUNCHedu 2012

Dell listens to customers and delivers innovative technology and services that give them the power to do more. Whether you are just starting up, or already established, Dell Small Office offers unique IT and business solutions and best practices that help small businesses succeed. Dell works with students, teachers, community members and school leaders around the world to give them the power to do more in and out of the classroom. Follow Dell Education on Twitter @DellEDU. For more information, visit www.dell.com.

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Learn Capital is a venture capital firm focused exclusively on funding entrepreneurs with a vision for better and smarter learning.

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Supporting Sponsors of LAUNCHedu 2012

The EdNET Conference, the industry's premier event, gathers business and education leaders together to network, identify hot business opportunities, and discuss what's ahead for the market. Join over 550 corporate players and top education officials at the 24th annual EdNET Conference in Baltimore, September 30-October 2, 2012, for three days of networking and building new business relationships.

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The highest ranked business school in Texas and the Southwest, and a top-ranked research institution, the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin is dedicated to educating the business leaders of tomorrow while creating knowledge for industry and society. Rankings tell only part of the story of what makes McCombs so great, but it’s a good beginning. We’re one of the few schools in the country to receive top marks in nearly all the business specialty areas ranked annually by U.S. News & World Report—at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

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Over 3 million smart students have used MyEdu to significantly increase their return on education by raising graduation rates, decreasing time to graduation, balancing course workloads and improving their average GPAs.

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Top Hat Monocle is a web and mobile-based classroom response system. It leverages devices students already own to create an interactive learning environment that increases engagement, retention and comprehension.

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Trinity Education Group is a business incubator focused on growing and sustaining high-quality, research-based educational products and services. We help authentic, responsive education companies go to scale by optimizing products through the use of technology as well as core business services, we provide those authentic “voices” with a way to offer meaningful change to the education community.

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Media Partners of SXSWedu 2012

For over 30 years, Tech & Learning has been — and continues to be — the leading resource for K-12 leaders. Its publications, web sites and events provide factual and evaluative information on trends, products, and strategies to educators who purchase technology products in their districts and schools.

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The independent voice for public education in Texas for 58 years.

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The Texas Tribune is a non-partisan, non-profit media organization that promotes civic engagement and discourse on public policy, politics, government, and other matters of statewide concern. Our vision is to serve the journalism community as a source of innovation and to build the next great public media brand in the United States.

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