Sponsors and Exhibitors

Confirmed Sponsors

PLATINUM LEVEL

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Duocom Canada Inc.
Supplying audio visual equipment for all sessions, including SMARTboards.

Canada's leader in audio visual solutions. Our comprehensive approach provides everything necessary to expertly showcase a presentation, training session, seminar, meeting or corporate event. Our professional, highly trained staff offers the most high quality technology in video projection, lighting, audio, and simultaneous interpretation available in the market. For educators, Duocom is the supplier for SMART Technologies and NEC and can provide you with all the latest innovations designed for the classroom.
 

Telus

TELUS Communications Inc.
Supplying wireless internet connectivity for the conference.

TELUS is committed to unleashing the power of the internet to improve the lives of Canadians at work, at home and on the move. In our aspiration of becoming Canada's premier corporate citizen, TELUS financially supports a number of youth education programs across our country. TELUS embraces online learning for our 34,000 team members across the country, and we are excited about the outcomes that "anyone, anytime, anywhere" learning can mean for students in our K-12 education system through the efforts of the Virtual School Society.



SILVER LEVEL

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Gold-Trail School District 74
Special Event Sponsor - The Launching Pad

Located in the beautiful South Central region of British Columbia, the Gold Trail School District is passionate about student achievement. We proudly support learning with technology as it allows us to enhance our delivery, globalize our classrooms and provide our students with the skills to embrace the future. For more information, visit our website.

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Genomics Digital Lab (GDL)

Award winning Genomics Digital Lab (GDL) is an online, discovery-based learning environment that allows users to experience the world of biology. Developed as a series of curriculum-aligned games, modules and interactive simulations including photosynthesis, cellular respiration, general plant biology and cellular biochemistry, GDL is designed to meets the needs of students and teachers. GDL provides lesson plans, class creation tools, integrated assessment and is fully accessible from home or school through a web browser with no downloads or installation.



COPPER LEVEL





IBM K-12 Education
Supplying lanyards for all conference participants

For over 25 years, the IBM K12 Education team has supported the effective use of technology in classrooms. This is demonstrated through the recent release of the Edmark House suite of early learning resources made available to all learners in BC. By supporting IT optimization and Teacher PD with pedagogically sound learning resources, we are a proud education partner of the VSS.

 




Confirmed Exhibitors

GOLD LEVEL



AutoSkill International Inc.
AutoSkill International Inc. creates award-winning intervention software solutions to help close the proficiency gap in K-12 schools. For over 18 years, AutoSkill’s research-based programs have helped at-risk students succeed by building fluency in the foundational skills of reading and math.



Bridges
Bridges helps people to develop effective Assistive Technology solutions for their professional, personal or education environments. Our Vision is to provide a wide offering of solutions to individuals with special needs that will facilitate their successful participation in all areas of their life; promote awareness of Assistive Technology and the impact that it has on individuals with special needs; and, promote successful implementation of Assistive Technology through professional development programs (that increase knowledge, skill and application of Assistive Technology).
 

Desire2Learn

Desire2Learn
Through extensive research and development Desire2Learn delivers an outstanding suite of products, coupled with exceptional professional services and client support. Client success is our number one priority. Desire2Learn technology is scalable to meet the needs of any eLearning program or institution. Our products are robust and fully-featured, yet are designed to be flexible and easy-to-use.




Duocom Canada Inc.
Canada's leader in audio visual solutions. Our comprehensive approach provides everything necessary to expertly showcase a presentation, training session, seminar, meeting or corporate event. Our professional, highly trained staff offers the most high quality technology in video projection, lighting, audio, and simultaneous interpretation available in the market. For educators, Duocom is the supplier for SMART Technologies and NEC and can provide you with all the latest innovations designed for the classroom.


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Odyssey Learning Systems Inc.
Odyssey’s comprehensive set of online solutions meet the diverse online learning needs of school districts, public and private institutions. Our dynamic Moodle open source platform can be customized or integrated with DL Manager, LOR (Learning Object Repository), assessment, social learning, CMS (Content Management System) and LMS (Learning Management System) tools. Odyssey provides affordable Moodle hosting, support and training and is a reseller for Grant Ashlee, COOL, NECTAR, ProActive, TurnItIn content and Elluminate.




NECTAR Foundation
The NECTAR Foundation designs, develops and markets K-12 curriculum software covering math, language arts and science. The programs are designed by educators and include these features: Engaging tutorials, Interactive explorers, Interactive content, Immediate feedback, Comprehensive coverage, Tracking system, and Resource manual.


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Rosetta Stone® Classroom
Rosetta Stone® Classroom delivers the world’s leading language-learning software to schools. Rosetta Stone® Classroom supports educators with management tools and engages students with interactive learning software for quick language acquisition. Visit our booth to discuss potential language solutions for your school and participate in a live demonstration.


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Turnitin
Turnitin is committed to building better writers. Used in over 109 countries by thousands of the world’s finest educational institutions, Turnitin’s award-winning WriteCycle suite provides a unique, web-based suite of services for students to develop better writing skills, while helping instructors increase productivity and decrease workload.




Wimba
Wimba helps educators bridge the gap between face-to-face and online education with collaborative solutions for formal and informal, synchronous and asynchronous learning situations. Our education-only focus means solutions that naturally work the way you do: they don't force you (or your students) to change what already works well.



SILVER LEVEL


eduMedia

eduMedia
Science in action: eduMedia offers teachers an impressive library of Flash interactive simulations in Science and Math. Easy to use and flexible enough to support many different teaching styles and contexts, eduMedia's animations cover most topics in middle and high school Mathematics, Physics and Earth and Life Sciences. Over 500 animations can be downloaded from www.edumedia-sciences.com.


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Elluminate Inc.
Elluminate Inc. provides award-winning, best-in-class eLearning and web collaboration solutions that help academic institutions improve the learning experience. Designed specifically for educators, Elluminate can duplicate any learning activity, from lectures and debates to small group discussions and presentations. Elluminate is changing the way educators think about the learning process.




Royal Roads University
Royal Roads University offers opportunities for educators who face a growing demand to take learning outside the classroom and beyond traditional methods. Our learning model allows you to maintain work and family responsibilities by combining on-campus delivery with online learning. Visit our booth to learn more about our Graduate Certificate and MA programs as well as our specialized courses that have been designed to meet the needs of K-12 teachers.


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virtualmuseum.ca

The virtualmuseum.ca's Teachers Centre brings museums into your classroom. Craft lesson plans that draw from museums’ multimedia content. Invite your students to learn, create and interact in a secure, intuitive and user-friendly environment. The site features bilingual, fully-accessible, copyright worry-free and custom-built content for the K-12 environment.



BRONZE LEVEL




ERAC
Educational Resource Acquisition Consortium (ERAC) is an association of BC public school districts working together to provide a range of evaluation, licensing and acquisition services for software, learning resources and videos. By working as a consortium, school districts save on staff time and are able to leverage better prices for these tools.

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CONTI Electronics

With over 30 years experience, CONTI is a Canadian leader in delivering the best audio visual equipment and presentation tools for corporate and educational environments. We work with organizations to empower you with products and services that will help you make better presentations, train more effectively, make your collaboration more effective, allowing deployment of ideas and curriculum seamless.
 



Open School BC
Over the past eighty plus years, Open School BC has been the content provider for distributed learning in the province of BC. Today, Open School BC is the pre-eminent education publisher in BC, supporting teachers and students with print and online resources and services. Our Online Consortium hosting service is the principal Learning Management System (LMS) for the schools of BC. This year we have introduced a Moodle LMS option.


SuccessMaker

SuccessMaker Canada
SuccessMaker’s comprehensive interactive reading and math software is now available in web-based version. Starting with an extremely accurate strand-by-strand placement, the student is maintained in an ideal learning zone, provided with detailed interaction and moved forward concept by concept in small bite-sized pieces based on demonstrated mastery of skills. New concepts are presented only when pre-requisite skills are in place. Detailed reports are provided to the student and teacher to show that real learning is taking place. As SuccessMaker builds foundation skills, students become more successful with their regular schoolwork.


COPPER LEVEL

Blackboard

Blackboard Inc.
Blackboard Inc. provides K-12 schools and districts with a central online hub for teaching, learning and developing professional learning communities. Highly scalable, easy-to-use and focused on student engagement and achievement, the Blackboard learning and content management platform uses an extensive set of Web 2.0 tools and interfaces. Teacher productivity and learning management and the educational experience are transformed preparing students for the 21st Century. For more information visit our website.




Music Educators Institute (MEI)
The Music Educators Institute (MEI) offers the best, easy to use Distributed Learning Music Courses for grades 8-12. Educators love how MEI systems streamline registration, student assistance, exams and distribution of final marks. Parents are excited and students are inspired by the fun of learning guitar and piano. Learn more and register at our website.


Refreshing Education

Refreshing Education
Refreshing Education has a new series of Visual Art 10-12 Online courses, offering two in one: excellence in art education and an effective personal empowerment program. The first of their kind, these courses come with visuals, video demonstrations, audio interpretation samples, intriguing projects, auto mark quizzes and a Mentor. Developed by an artist & teacher, Cea Winter uses her training in Mindfulness-based counselling to facilitate engaging, effective & powerful learning experiences for students.

 


Remote-Learner
Remote-Learner is the largest official Moodle Partner worldwide and has data centres in Waterloo ON, Kansas and Delaware with 24/7 specialized Moodle support. Remote-Learner provides four key services: Hosting and Support, Training, Custom Development, and Instructional Design, with a broad team of professionals in each area.

 

 

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