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The ELMO Ecosystem of Connection

Transforming Education with Boxlight

ELMO USA Corp. introduces the most comprehensive connected ecosystem for education on the market today. As the learning environment changes across the world, ELMO has advanced its technology to support and enhance its award-winning document camera line up. In-person and virtual lessons are taken to the next level with ELMO’s newest connected devices.

At the center of the connected ecosystem is the document camera, the product by which all ELMO’s connections are inspired and created. The trusted and award-winning ELMO document cameras seamlessly broadcast images and videos, allowing you to capture every tiny detail of a lesson. For an evenmore dynamic lesson, wireless document cameras allow educators the ability to capture images and videos around the room or outside the classroom. You can still have the freedom to walk around the room with the ELMO CRA-2 Writing Tablet. It allows teachers and students the opportunity to annotate while live broadcasting the notes directly on the image or board.

Next up, ELMO has supercharged the classroom with the ELMO Board. The ELMO Board is the link between students visualizing the images from the document camera, WI-FI enabled devices, and student engagement. It allows educators the ability to quickly capture ideas, share the images on screen, save quickly, and to expand further creating dynamic, memorable lessons for students. Its industry-leading intelligent touch technology responds to fingers, palms, and a stylus, so you don’t have to worry about misplacing your stylus for the umpteenth time. It’s a breeze to navigate

Boxlight technology solutions help teachers transform the educational experience with innovative products ranging from cutting-edge interactive displays and audio solutions to standards-driven STEM lessons and hardware. By empowering teachers to take learning to the next level with a robust portfolio of solutions, the learning environment illuminates the power of knowledge possible for all students.

Boxlight strives to design and develop materials, resources, and services to help create an immersive, interactive experience that connects people with potential and passion with purpose. Its turnkey solutions include the award-winning ProColor interactive display which boosts engagement via simultaneous Touch 360° interactivity.

Teachers will save time and effort with cloud drive functionality, and have increased opportunities for collaboration with software, apps, and screen-sharing tools to motivate everyone in the class.

Boxlight’s MimioSTEM solutions inspire teachers to integrate dynamic STEM instruction to foster key skills like critical thinking, perseverance, creative problem solving, collaboration and teamwork, and effective communication. The award-winning MyStemKits online lesson platform helps teachers find and use standards-aligned, hands-on lessons that spark interest in STEM topics and concepts for lifelong learning and application. MimioSTEM solutions also feature products that connect student learning with valuable tech-related skills via 3D printing, robotics, and data collection and analysis. MimioSTEM solutions are comprehensive and results-driven.

To help teachers implement educational technology successfully and with confidence,

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An interview with Philip Chesley, President – Infrastructure and Defense, Qorvo.

PC: The Qorvo team has always been driven by the possibility of discovering new technologies and advancements that make the world a better, more connected place.

For more than 30 years, we have been innovating high-performance solutions that solve our customers’ most difficult challenges. We are very excited about expanding our customer offerings in MEMS, UWB, power and automotive through seven successful acquisitions in the past 2.5 years. Today, we are advancing technologies such as Wi-Fi, Ultra-Wideband and power management that are fundamentally changing

No other organization reaches and serves the American public so visibly every day than the United States Postal Service®.

Now, it’s leveraging its vast network and reach to bring businesses what consumers are demanding: fast and affordable next-day delivery.

Since the COVID-19 pandemic started, consumer shopping behaviors have fundamentally changed. Shipping has surged tremendously as consumers moved their purchasing online. By 2025, the e-commerce share of all retail sales is expected to grow to 23 percent, more than double its share in 2019. Rather than waiting for their lunch hour or after the kids are in bed, consumers are placing orders on their mobile devices as they think of them, between video conference calls or while doing daily tasks.

At the same time, consumers increasingly expect their orders to be fulfilled and delivered quickly, with more than 30 percent saying they are frustrated when shipping takes too long. About 87 percent say the shipping experience directly impacts their decision to shop with a merchant again.

To compete and grow, businesses must adapt. The key is positioning the product closer to the customer so orders can be placed later in the day and still be delivered the next.

That’s why in February, USPS will begin rolling out USPS Connect, a suite of affordable package delivery solutions for businesses, across the nation. At its core, USPS Connect is about providing solutions that help businesses of all sizes – whether a local neighborhood business or a national shipper – grow their business through mail

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ESD: Congratulations on becoming the new Qorvo Infrastructure & Defense Products (IDP) president. What is your primary focus for IDP in this position?

PC: My goal for the IDP business is to build on the organization’s proven track record of success and further diversify Qorvo’s product and technology mix. I also look forward to strengthening our industry relationships by delivering world-class solutions for RF, power, communications, automotive, smart home, IoT and aerospace and defense customers. By working across multiple markets, we can efficiently develop advanced technology processes, products and manufacturing capabilities to innovate next-generation products more quickly.

ESD: What does “Qorvo All Around You” mean to you?

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Trafera Helps Schools Meet Challenges Schools have unique challenges. Trafera has built its business around helping with those needs. Trafera takes time to understand what’s important to you and add expertise to your corner. That’s why Trafera is one of the top nationwide partners for Chromebooks in education. But its mission to transform learning experiences through technology goes beyond pushing boxes of equipment.

Just see what customers have to say: “While I have a large IT reseller network at my fingertips, I always, easily choose Trafera to supply all of our school district’s Chromebooks! The warranty program they have is absolutely topnotch, as is their ‘White Glove’ service.

When I have had questions and requests, no matter how big or small, I am treated like I’m part of a team. There are so

many businesses out there competing for our [attention], but there is no way I am switching from Trafera. When you find a company that does such great work, provides more than enough value in products and services and has people who truly care and respect your business’s wishes, you keep and nurture that relationship.”

– Branden Strong (Technology Coordinator | Triton Public School, MN)

Trafera measures success not based on how many devices it sells to schools, but by how those devices are being used to enrich and transform student learning.

Trafera believes that all the devices, panels, and gadgets in the world couldn’t improve learning experiences until it made people its number one investment.

Providing a future-ready education requires more than just access to power-

Improve Student Engagement in Robotics, Computer Science The coming decade will bring unprecedented changes within the workplace.

From education, to retail, to hospitality and transportation, virtually all industries will be transformed by robotics and artificial intelligence.

Millions of jobs will be eliminated by technology while millions of new jobs will be created. Still millions more jobs will be transformed and students that graduate from high schools with strong technical skills (including robotics and A.I. literacy) will be significantly advantaged.

However, despite the increasing importance of robotics and computer science education, enrollment in these courses in the USA continues to lag behind many other countries.

Within American high schools, enrollment averages less than 3 percent of boys and 0.3 percent of girls. To put those numbers into perspective, a school with 2,000 students will often have less than 30 boys and 3 girls in their robotics programs. This means that 1,967 students are missing out on a

literacy that is rapidly becoming a key differentiator across a huge spectrum of jobs.

Within middle schools, the results are marginally better with 5-15 percent of students typically enrolled – still tangibly below the needed levels.

“It’s truly a crisis,” says Dennis Kambeitz, founder of Robots.Education. “Robotics and A.I. will impact all industries, but it’s only our most engineering-minded students who tend to take this type of education.

The unfortunate truth is that the students who need this education the most are often the ones who are least likely to enroll.”

Fortunately, there are solutions that have been shown to dramatically improve engagement.

Dennis has demonstrated robotics to more than 18,000 students, with really exciting results. “When we demonstrate robotics with the EZ-Robot Humanoid at high schools, we’ll typically see 25 percent to 45 percent of students indicate that they would like to learn robotics.

New Hearing Technology from Lucid Every day each of us experiences an extraordinary variety of sound that is, in many ways, personal to us. The alarm tone that wakes us up, the conversations we have with people – each of these are uniquely experienced individually and personally. While we can’t individually manage all of our aural exposure, we certainly can have our preferences.

Normal ears contain around 15,500 sensory hair cells that sit alongside a membrane that vibrates with each incoming sound. Each frequency of sound vibrates the hair cells in specific locations, which is why we are able to hear differences in sounds. While different sounds vibrate different parts of our membrane, louder sounds increase the amplitude of the vibration.

When it comes to hearing loss, the

majority is sensori-neural loss, where inner and outer hair cells have been damaged. This leads to an inability to hear soft sounds, while still being able to hear (and be sensitive) to loud sounds. So, while a person experiencing hearing loss can still have a dynamic range of hearing, it is a much smaller range than a person with normal hearing.

The standard for today’s hearing aids and amplifiers is a technology called Wide Dynamic Range Compression (WDRC). WDRC logically amplifies softer sounds more than louder sounds, in an effort to balance what the user hears. It gives the most amplification to soft sounds, less to average sounds and even less to loud sounds. Ears that are experiencing hearing loss have a decreased range of what

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ful technology. Educators need to be equally empowered with the skills they need to create an instructional shift using these tools. In response to that – on top of providing technology from best-inclass(room) manufacturers like HP, Lenovo, Google for Education, Newline, AVer and more – Trafera offers highquality professional development, readymade digital lesson plans (trails.trafera.com), and a wealth of online resources (blog.trafera.com) that helps support the meaningful integration of technology in education.

It’s simple: right technology - right support = bright future.

For more information, visit booth #3635 or go to www.trafera.com.

That’s an increase of about 1,000 percent for boys and 10,000 percent for girls. The teachers c a n ’ t believe it.”

At the middle school level, the results are even more impressive, where up to 90 percent of students will indicate that they would like to learn robotics, following Dennis’ presentations.

“There’s something about EZRobot’s Humanoid that students simply love,” says Dennis. “Schools that implement robotics programs with it see huge increases in enrollment across the entire student population - boys, girls, nerds, jocks, at-risk, SEN, gifted and even students who aren’t as academically inclined. Everybody can have success.”

What is Dennis’ secret to generating this level of engagement?

“I’ll typically demonstrate the robot for four or five minutes, and then give the students the opportunity to volunteer to program the robot. In 40 minutes, stuthey can hear and WDRC attempts to generically boost the range of soft sounds.

Lucid identified the need for a more nuanced approach that highlights and differentiates a wider range of sounds, while optimizing comfort and natural sound. Its innovative technology focuses on an adaptive dynamic range optimization approach. Where WDRC boosts soft noises the most, Lucid technology gives the same amplification to soft, average and loud sounds. It focuses on the average loudness of conversational speech and places this information within the listener’s dynamic range. So, rather than compress every sound to fit within the dynamic range, Lucid technology adapts the sounds to fit naturally within the listener’s range.

Lucid Technology creates a personal

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dents as young as 4th grade can program the robot to wave, talk, respond to their voices, recognize their faces and greet them by name. EZ-Robot is an incredibly powerful platform that is easy enough to be learned, or taught, by virtually anyone.”

To see the JD Humanoid Robot, visit the EZ-Robot team at booth #3911. See a live demonstration and learn how you can bring super-engaging robotics education to your school.

For more information, visit booth #3911, go to www.ez-robot.com or email education @ez-robot.com.

hearing ecosystem that each person can use to create their own preferred listening experience. The new LucidShape™ technology feature allows for comprehensive real-time personalization and the ability to manage acoustics across any listening environment. The app builds on the current four hearing aid preset programs and allows individual personalization that is very specific.

As the trend to personalization continues to improve through technology, in this ever-evolving world, one thing remains constant: the demand for a discreet, comfortable hearing enhancement solution that can quickly adapt to personal preferences in realtime. This level of comfort and personalization would not be possible without the continued advances of the proprietary Powered by Lucid® technology ecosystem.

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MingFeng: Turning Concepts Into Reality MingFeng has become one of the top 100 national high-tech enterprises in China.

Its mission is to turn incredible concepts into practical realities. The company provides services for brands from more than 30 industries, including jewelry, spirit and beverage, commemorative coin, watch, cigar, cosmetic, electronics and health-related products.

MingFeng’s industrial park covers an area of 230,000 square meters, with thousands of skilled staff who can handle an annual output of up to 80 million

pieces. Its new facility consolidates operations and maximizes efficiency to produce three times more than the current production capacity. MingFeng continues to modernize and utilize the latest equipment and technology that applies to the manufacturing process. Its dedicated work force assures that customers will receive products at the highest quality, on schedule and at competitive pricing.

The company believes in the great environmental importance of the planet and sustainable human development. In

Ellucian Colleague SaaS, a comprehensive, modern, and cloud-based ERP to support the institution’s digital transformation strategy that focuses on building an accessible learning environment for students. Upgrading systems will provide students with an online, self-service experience for registration and course enrollment, with easy access to grades and a holistic view of financial aid and overall financial standing. Integrated data across platforms will deliver greater insights

to campus leaders, and IT administrators will recognize efficiencies and greater security.

“Under the leadership of President Knight, we remain steadfast in our commitment to providing our students with a seamless enrollment experience, and to do that effectively, we have to improve the way we operate,” said Michael Johnson, Chief Innovation Officer, Miles College. “The decision to move forward with Ellucian Colleague SaaS provides a valuable opportunity to improve our technological infrastructure and better serve our students.”

“Miles College is an innovative leader focused on providing an envi-

Boxlight’s award-winning, high-quality offerings are designed to ensure that teachers confidently and competently integrate technology tools so that every student benefits from them.

The Boxlight mission is to be the leader of innovative and effective tech-

nology solutions with the goal of helping educators improve and enhance instructional practices so that students can take what they have learned beyond the classroom. By offering educators fully integrated products that cover every facet of the teaching and learning

Ellucian Cloud Solutions to Accelerate Digital Transformation at Miles College Ellucian, a leading higher education technology solutions provider, announced that Miles College has selected Ellucian Colleague SaaS to modernize its technology operations. A new Ellucian customer and one of the nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU), Miles College joins more than 1,100 institutions worldwide in the cloud with Ellucian and more than 500 institutions in the cloud with their full SIS/ERP. Miles College will implement Boxlight (Cont’d. from p. 1)

Boxlight-EOS Education offers a wide range of professional development and training such as self-paced, online courses, certifications, and customized programs to better meet a school or district’s needs.

ELMO (Cont’d. from p. 1)

and connects wirelessly to WI-FI enabled devices for quick sharing of information.

For hybrid classrooms, teachers can pre-record or teach a live lesson, Qorvo (Cont’d. from p. 1)

how we live and helping us all to be better stewards of our planet.

ESD: With the addition of Power, what are the implications for the future of Qorvo and power electronics?

PC: The programmable power market is growing rapidly, and these acquisitions will enable Qorvo to expand its offering and help redefine the user experience with connected devices. Qorvo’s power management products are already used to charge, power and control a wide range of consumer, commercial and industrial applications. Adding UnitedSiC’s core competencies and silicon carbide semiconductor capabilities expand our opportunities in high-power applications and USPS (Cont’d. from p. 1)

and shipping services.

A major component of the Postal Service’s 10-year growth strategy, USPS Connect capitalizes on the vast reach of

2013, MingFeng formed the Biomass Technology Company.

This division specializes in the research and development of biomass composites and its applications. The biomass composites aim at taking full advantage of the abundant forestry residues from the agriculture industry, such as straw, rice husks and wood pulps. MingFeng then uses modified formula design combined with upgraded professional equipment to pro-

sharing the screen image to all the participants effortlessly, keeping students inspired and engaged even from afar.

The Classroom Interactive Software, ELMO Classroom, allows for quick two-way wireless casting for sharing and receiving classroom content, keepenable Qorvo to deliver high-value systems for motion control, circuit protection and power conversion.

ESD: How do you think Matter will affect the smart home?

PC: At Qorvo, our goal is to elevate the consumer’s smart home experience. That means helping our customers design highperforming, compatible devices in a small form factor. A key breakthrough in this area is our unique ConcurrentConnect™ technology, which delivers full, simultaneous support for multiple open, lowpower RF protocols such as Bluetooth LE, Thread and Zigbee. With the Connectivity Standards Alliance’s open-source Matter approach, smart devices and systems will easily be commissioned and operate across different platforms such as those its unmatched physical distribution network to help businesses in every community across America meet growing consumer demand for fast and affordable delivery.

To do so, USPS is transforming and

ing the lesson rolling smoothly. One fitting example would be when collaborating as a class on a math or science problem. If working individually, students can submit their work for review and feedback from the teacher immediately. The possibilities are as limited as from Apple, Amazon, Google and Samsung. The consumer will be able to select smart home devices based on merits other than “what works with my system at home.”

Qorvo talks about Ultra-Wideband (UWB) becoming the next big wave in wireless technology.

ESD: What is it about Qorvo’s UWB that makes it such a must-have technology?

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duce different types of biomass composites, which are then extruded and molded into useful, everyday commodities.

MingFeng is eager to bring clients the latest trends in packaging products and materials, helping with creating innovative designs and offering support with its dedicated and trusted teams.

For more information, www.mingfengus.com.

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ronment that positions students for success and we are pleased to welcome them to the Ellucian customer community,” said Laura Ipsen, President and CEO, Ellucian.

“Leveraging Colleague’s SaaS delivery model, Miles College will streamline processes and modernize operations for an overall improved user experience for students, faculty and staff. We look forward to a strong partnership accelerating the institution’s digital transformation to support its growing number of students.”

For more information on Ellucian Colleague, visit www.ellucian.com/ solutions/ellucian-colleague.

experience, students are better able to navigate the challenges of a tech-driven society as resourceful, complex problem solvers.

For more information, visit booth #1743 or email marketing@boxlight.com.

your imagination. ELMO connects inspiration, creativity, engagement, and ultimately, minds.

For more information, visit booth #535, go to www.elmousa.com or call 516.501.1400. non-line-of-sight conditions where camera tracking is not possible. In addition, as it operates at very high frequencies, it offers great bandwidth and doesn’t interfere with other radio waves.

Qorvo’s advanced UWB technology opens new possibilities within mobile, automotive, industrial and consumer IoT markets. The Impulse Radio UWB technology pioneered by Decawave, which was acquired by Qorvo in 2020, enables real-time centimeter accuracy distance/location measurement and secure low-power, low-latency data communication. Also, we want to go beyond just chipsets to offer turnkey modules or building blocks, reducing design complexity and the cost to implement UWB.

PC: What sets UWB apart the most from the other technologies is its accuracy.

Unlike similar solutions, such as RFID, UWB wireless technology can both position and track objects in real-time.

Devices containing UWB technology communicate directly with each other to determine location and distance, down to a few centimeters. UWB also works in

For more information, www.qorvo.com.

realigning its network to speed package delivery so when customers place an order, they get it as quickly as possible, often the next day.

USPS is built for this because it is the only carrier that serves every home

and business six and often seven days a week. Its 644,000 employees also live, work and purchase in every community in the country. That’s why at every level, in every community, it is invested in business’ success.

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