Tuesday, September 8, 2009

New RM Education Funding Site

Want to know more about IDEA, Title I, EETT, ARRA and other funding sources?

The RM Funding website provides information on the latest, news and updates to funding opportunities. You can receive information on our recommended products by going to the funding matrix and find product descriptions and objectives to use on your next grant application. For the latest press releases and information click on the news link. Resources for each state's funding opportunities are coming soon.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Going Green, Saving Green

"Public and private schools alike are realizing that going green is a no-brainer.” According to http://www.buildinggreenschools.org/, “If a green school saved $100,000 per year in operational costs, that's roughly enough to hire two new teachers, buy 200 new computers or purchase 5,000 new textbooks.”



In this digital age, the idea of going green seems almost impossible. The use of computers and interactive technologies is essential for exciting and engaging teaching. The downside is that it's a major contributor to electricity bills and carbon footprint. The hardware also takes large amounts of energy to produce and dispose of. RM is balancing these issues with products that reduce paper & power consumption, leave a smaller carbon footprint and can be produced, delivered, and maintained more efficiently.



RM Products For the Green-Minded

Reduce your carbon footprint with the new RM One featuring;
- Recycled plastic - c20% used in case design
- Available with ecoquiet technology to reduce your school's energy consumption
- Re-useable monitor at end of PC's life
- 'eco' mode settings to reduce the RM One's energy consumption
Learn More..

Reduce your Paper Usage with RM Ranger Print Manager
Across the US, Americans use more than 50 million tons of paper each year, and a staggering one in five pages printed remains in the printer tray, gets lost on a desk or heads straight for the trash. The environmental impact of this wastage is vast, not to mention the financial loss! With RM Ranger Print Manager, you can reduce paper wastage and closely control the costs of excessive printing, making staff and students more accountable for their resource usage. Print Manager enables you to quickly and easily forecast, control and account for printing across your network, helping you to manage associated costs more effectively.
Learn More..



to check out these and other eco-friendly products in our new electronic catalog.
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Our Commitment
There's an environmental impact in everything we do at RM, from driving to work to planning a new building. So we have plenty of opportunities to cut CO2. Saving energy, sending less garbage to the landfill, making fewer business trips - it's not just green, it makes good business sense: the more we save, the better value we offer.

Thursday, August 20, 2009

RM Education Now Has a "Sweet Tweet"!

The leader in innovative technology is taking its marketing to Web 2.0. Through this blog, our new Twitter feed and coming soon our Facebook page and iTunes podcast, customers can stay in constant contact with RM news, specials, and promotions.

Gartner Research released a report that highlights the different ways that companies are adopting Twitter for business use. Although Twitter was originally intended for communication among individuals, a number of organizations have begun to actively participate on the platform. However, not all companies are using Twitter in the same way. Some are tweeting, some are just listening, and some really savvy companies are doing both. The RM Twitter feed will include special offers to customers, and also provide a place for customers to share their needs, ideas, and concerns.



At RM, we are offering both. The RM Twitter will offer deals, specials to customers along with listening to their needs, ideas and concerns. The RM Blog updates will be announced through Twitter as well. While a recent study found that 40% of Twitter messages constituted "pointless babble" that is not so with the RM Education Twitter feed.


Since its creation in 2006, Twitter has gained notability and popularity worldwide. Did you know that Twitter is ranked as one of the 50 most popular websites? So come join us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/RMEducationUS.

Monday, August 17, 2009

Interactivity for Less

Create and Deliver Interactive Lessons at a fraction of the price.


RM Classpad +RM Easiteach for $249

Break free from the front of the classroom with the RM Classpad. Create and deliver engaging lessons with all the interactivity of a whiteboard. The RM Classpad gives you the mobility you want, allowing you to move around the classroom and engage with your students. The stylus features a built-in laser pointer to help students follow the lesson. Use it as a wireless mouse to operate RM Easiteach, and other programs including Microsoft® PowerPoint®, Microsoft® Word®, and your Internet browser.

Over 100,000 teachers across the United States have integrated RM Easiteach whole-class software tools into their curriculum. Our award-winning interactive lesson platform has now been upgraded to bring more interactive tools and dynamic content to the classroom. RM Easiteach 3.5 has been redesigned with a fresh, new look and feel and enhanced with:

» 500 new high-quality images and photographs in the multi-media bank
» 85 additional cross-curricular Daydream Education interactive wall charts including: Music, Science, Technology and more
» Upgraded Starter Content Pack for grades K-12, including select lessons from our Secondary Content pack

Offer expires September 25, 2009. Use Code BLGCP when ordering.

Friday, August 7, 2009

Califone International and RM Educational Software Form Strategic Partnership


Collaboration promotes the use of podcasting for both teaching and learning

SAN FERNANDO, Calif. (August 7, 2009) – Califone International, Inc., and RM Educational Software, Inc., have formed a strategic partnership to promote the use of podcasting for both teaching and learning.

Podcasts provide new ways for students to interact with the content matter, as well as to demonstrate their learning. By creating podcasts, students can display and extend their creativity using audio as a means of self-expression. In addition, teachers can use podcasts to communicate regularly with parents by posting school updates on their Web site. They also can publish lesson guides in a podcast format to help students who many have missed sections, or who simply need reinforcement when completing homework assignments.

“RM Podium was designed specifically for teachers and students. It provides an easy way to script, create, edit, publish, and promote podcasts,” said Gino Baffa, Channel Account Manager for RM Educational Software. “With the Califone MP3 player, students and teachers can create and share valuable content with ease. And, since the Califone MP3 Player is designed for the education market, keeping in mind the safety of students and the need for durability in the classroom, we feel that these two products are truly complimentary.”

“Podcasting is empowering students from being consumers to producers of information,” said Tim Ridgway, VP of Marketing, Califone International, Inc. “In combination with RM Podium, users of the Califone MP3 Player can participate in and create activities easily and efficiently, including science projects, book reports, interviews, homework, school news, professional development training sessions, and more.”

RM Podium and the Califone MP3 Player are especially useful in special needs and ELL classrooms, where students may need additional reinforcement or teacher guidance outside the classroom. Recording a podcast in a language learning environment can illustrate to the teacher how well a student’s pronunciation, diction and understanding have progressed over time.

Visit http://www.rmeducation.com/podium/overview for more information about RM Podium and to download a free 30-day trial.

The easy-to-use MP3 Player includes dual headphone jacks – an industry first – making it ideal for learning centers, language labs and libraries. The company’s teacher-tested 8100-HP headphones are included with the MP3 Player, which is made with rugged ABS plastic for durability and classroom safety.

To order, contact a Califone dealer. For more information on the full line of Califone products designed for the education market, and safe for school and library use, call 1-800-722-0500, or visit www.califone.com to view and download the entire Califone catalog.

About RM Educational Software, Inc.
For over 35 years, RM Education has been a world-wide leader in developing outstanding educational tools, technology and services that engage students and inspire learning. RM Education is part of the RM Group, one of Europe’s largest and most respected suppliers of technology-based curriculum products for education. Founded in 1973 as a high technology startup by two colleagues at Oxford University, RM is a pioneer in the application of technology to enhance teaching and learning. Today, RM Education is a global company supplying educational products and services to thousands of schools in six different countries including the United States.

About Califone
Califone was founded in 1947 and continues to be a leader in the design, development and manufacturing of audiovisual and supplemental curriculum products for use in education, presentation and professional markets. The company offers a complete line of audio solutions, wireless systems and multimedia products for small, medium and large presentation needs. Califone serves millions of educators and children in the Pre-K through higher education school environments, and has expanded to serve business and industry, houses of worship, parks and recreation, and other presentation markets as well.

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

RM Announces New Digital Catalog

We are pleased to offer a new digital version of the 2009 RM Education Transforming the 21st Century Classroom catalog. Browse products with the familiar look and feel of the RM printed catalog. Interact with any product by zooming in or out, flip pages, and use the embedded hyperlinks to browse rmeducation.com. Requesting a quote is easy, just click on the product part number you are interested in receiving a quote on. When you are ready to submit your quote request click “Proceed to Checkout” and fill in your contact information. This new catalog is not a pdf and it does not require any additional software to download or use, but it does help us reduce our carbon footprint by using less paper to introduce our ever expanding line of products. View RM Education’s Digital Catalog now at: RM Education Digital Catalog Link

Wednesday, May 27, 2009









RM OEM and Reseller Partners,

Don’t forget to register for RM Education’s 1st Annual Dealer Summit! Attendees will have the opportunity to secure their RM Certification (existing partners) and learn more about RM’s Partner Program (new partner prospects). The Summit will be held on June 17th from 11-6 and June 18th from 8-2, at the Hyatt Place in Orlando – just 2 blocks from Infocomm at the Convention Center! The event will be an “Open House” venue – you need not attend the entire day or both days – simply stop by for an hour or so to view the Product Showcase, attend a Break-out Session if you wish, and complete a short questionnaire…Schedule for Break-out Sessions as follows:

Wednesday, June 17th

1:00 – How Stimulus Funding Maps to RM Products
4:00 – RM Education and The 21st Century Classroom

Thursday, June 18th

9:00 – RM Education and The 21st Century Classroom
11:00 – How Stimulus Funding Maps to RM Products

BE SURE TO REGISTER FOR THE SUMMIT, then attend any time during either day – I will contact every registrant directly, to offer the opportunity for a 1:1 Consultation with RM’s Education Team during the Summit! Click here to complete your registration: www.rmeducation.com/getaccredited

Thursday, May 21, 2009

RM EasiESL Lab Helps Students Achieve Success

eSchool News recently reported on the important use of MP3 players/recorders in the ESL classroom. In the article they state that MP3 players/recorders are more than just a cool gadget, they help transform a classroom by:

• Stimulating and engaging students in the learning process.
• Enhancing instruction by making it personal.
• Increasing achievement and motivation.
• Differentiating instruction for diverse learners.
• Accommodating multiple learning styles; and
• Providing anytime, anywhere learning.

The EasiESL Lab has been designed to perform all the above along with providing the ESL teacher with supporting curriculum, resources and materials. The RM EasiESL Lab comes with RM Sonica for an exciting, engaging and motivating way for Spanish speakers to learn conversational English. EasiESL provides busy school teachers with everything needed to confidently deliver a lesson and includes a number of lessons, supporting audio and video files, and activities for individual and whole class teaching as well as extensive teacher support.

Monday, May 18, 2009

RM Education Announces the Release of RM Easiteach 3.5

Hyannis, MA - April 30, 2009 - RM Education, the U.S. division of RM, a world-wide supplier of technology-based curriculum products for education, announced today the release of RM Easiteach 3.5, upgraded to bring more interactive tools and dynamic content to the classroom!

RM Easiteach provides teachers, schools and districts with a standardized platform for all interactive technologies including whiteboards, wireless slates, digital projectors and voting devices. RM Easiteach gives teachers the ability to create interactive lessons and adapt existing lessons, including those using Excel, Word, Power Point and video. Building on the award-winning content of the previous version, the release of version 3.5 (version 1.2.5 for MAC) has been enhanced to include:

  • 500 new high-quality images and photos in the multi-media bank
  • 85 new cross-curricular Daydream Education interactive wall charts including: Music, Science, Technology and more
  • Upgraded Starter Content Pack expanded to include grades K – 12
  • Redesigned with a fresh new look and feel

“In our commitment to provide teachers with the tools they need to make the most of their interactive classrooms, we have upgraded the Easiteach software platform to offer additional tools and content to meet the evolving technology needs of teachers”, said Kevin Pawsey, Chief Executive of RM Education’s US Division. “Over 100,000 teachers nationwide currently utilize RM Easiteach to create interactive lessons that help engage and inspire students. We are dedicated to helping teachers create classroom environments that enhance teaching and provide students with the 21st century skills they need to compete in today’s global marketplace.”

For more information on RM Easiteach 3.5 please visit http://www.rmeducation.com/ or call toll-free (866) 728-6758.

About RM: Founded in 1973, in Oxford, England, RM is a world-wide leader in developing outstanding educational tools, technology and services that engage students and inspire learning. RM is one of Europe’s largest and most respected suppliers of technology-based curriculum products for education, supplying thousands of schools in six different countries including the United States. RM Education is the United States division of RM and is located in Hyannis, Massachusetts.

For More Information Contact:
Kate Wallace, Product Manager
(508) 862-0700
kwallace@rmeducation.com, or
Jeff Holden, Marketing Director
(508) 862-0700
jholden@rmeducation.com

Friday, May 15, 2009

Singin' & Singin' Recieves 2009 Classroom of the Future Impact Award


Singin’ & Signin’ received the 2009 Impact Award for Classroom of the Future on Thursday, May 14, 2009, in a celebration aboard the USS Midway Aircraft Carrier Museum in San Diego, California. Four awards were presented: The Inspire Award, The Innovate Award, The Achieve Award, and the Impact Award, which is a Best‐Of‐Show Award encompassing all three awards, and is given to one program that best embodies all three attributes: inspire, innovate, and achieve.


The Classroom of the Future Foundation recognized Singin’ & Signin’ as an innovative math program, truly impacting students. Through easily recalled childhood songs and chants, the program teaches complex concepts using accompanying signs and gestures that easily
adapts to any curriculum.


Through Singin’ & Signin’s partnership with RM Educational Software, Inc., the program is now available in RM Easiteach format, an interactive technology, which is part of RM’s award winning family of whole‐class tools.


Siegrid Stillman, co‐founder of Singin’ & Signin’, explained, “Singin’ & Signin’ changed the way I teach math. I always knew I was a good teacher, but when my students would receive their state assessment scores, they were often lower than I had expected, so my teaching partner [Ken Ostroske] and I created Singin’ & Signin’.”


When reporting the four‐year outcome data, Kristi Frisbie, Managing Director of Singin’ & Signin’, said, “I think you'll find that Singin’ & Signin’ will change the way teachers teach math forever. It is so simple, yet revolutionary, because it teaches the way kids learn!”


About Singin’ & Signin’: Singin’ & Signin’ began as a program in 2004 for sixth grade classrooms. After three years of research, a company named Singin’ & Signin’ LLC launched its program nationwide, headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The founders remain sixth grade teachers in San Diego County, California. Learn more at www.rmeducation.com/nickynote+