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Looking for
chalkboards or
blackboards for your school, church or office? At
Worthington Direct, you'll find a variety of popular
chalkboards and blackboards in tons of styles and sizes. Choose from several great blackboards and chalkboards from trusted manufacturers like
Best-Rite and
Ghent.
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Bretford announced last week their revolutionary
Netbook32 microcomputer laptop cart, jumping on the increasing trend of schools and offices turning towards netbooks to meet their computing and budget needs. This cart includes all the features needed to charge, transport, store and protect your technology investment, 32 netbooks at a time. The new cart is currently
available for order from Worthington Direct. Riding the tidal wave of a stunning 4.9 million Asus Eee netbooks sold last just year alone, these carts are sure to be a hit with schools and IT departments trying to manage and charge their new fleet of netbooks.
Representing a significant step forward in supporting the use of technology in schools, these carts received excellent feedback at the FETC and TCEA shows. While the
Netbook32 is geared towards the education market, the modern design and anthracite black finish allows it to be used in a business or government environment where the affordable laptops are made available to employees for short term travel and other uses.
Each shelf houses eight compartments that can hold 16 mini computers, for a total of 32 netbooks. Featuring two sources of power, the first a built in
automatic timer/charger with two 16-outlet units that automatically switches the current from one charging unit to the other. The second unit provides auxiliary power on a 20’ cord for presentation purposes, powering a laptop,
overhead projector,
document camera or LCD projection unit. Coated in an environmentally safe Anthracite powder paint that resists scratching and chipping.
Are you looking for a laptop cart to hold your Dell Lattitude, 13.3” Macbook or other full sized laptop?
Worthington Direct offers a wide variety of laptop carts and charging accessories from vendors such as
Balt,
Bretford and
Luxor.
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The final $787 billion stimulus bill that President Obama is expected to sign today contains $105.9 billion for education, including $650 million for the federal Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) program.
Although encouraged by an increase of more than double its current funding level, ed-tech advocates said they were disappointed EETT did not receive the $1 billion it was slated to receive in earlier drafts of the package. In past years, EETT has been repeatedly targeted for cuts.
"The funding provides a much-needed down payment toward meeting President Obama's vision that all students receive the benefits of 21st-century learning environments, but the final level of investment falls short of funding in the House and Senate bills, and far short of what is needed by our students to compete in today's digital age," read a statement from the International Society for Technology in Education and the Consortium for School Networking.
The two groups noted President Obama's commitment to education, and urged Congress to increase ed-tech funding levels in FY09 and FY10. An estimated $9.9 billion total investment is needed to ensure that all Title I schools have effective, technology-rich classrooms, according to the groups.
The EETT funding in the stimulus bill "will provide critical support to states, districts, and schools to respond to warnings from the business community that students are not being prepared for the intellectual demands of the modern workplace," said Mary Ann Wolf, executive director of the State Educational Technology Directors Association.
"Schools are ready, willing, and able to make technology a critical component of education, so that education focuses on what students need to learn and how students need to learn to compete in the modern workforce... For a wireless nation that relies on technology for ordinary tasks and extraordinary achievements, it is time for technology to occupy a prominent place in education operations."
The stimulus package will help essential funding find its way to schools in the midst of budget deficits and "will help cash-strapped school districts avoid program cuts, prevent teacher layoffs, invest in school modernization and increase funding for Title I, special education, and other important programs," said a statement from the American Association of School Administrators.
Acknowledging that the bill does lack some key funding areas that educators enthusiastically supported, the administrators' group said that while the bill "does not include the level of funding for school construction included in the House version of the bill," it is still a solid step in the right direction.
"This is a solid recognition by Congress that the road to economic recovery runs through our classrooms," National Education Association President Dennis Van Roekel said in a Feb. 13 statement.
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Worthington Direct is proud to offer environmentally friendly school furniture from top manufacturers such as Virco, Smith System, Jonti-Craft, Best-Rite and Bretford.
Look for Greenguard Certified products that ensure improved indoor air quality (
http://www.greenguard.org/ ). Our website,
http://www.worthingtondirect.com/, features a section for “Greenguard Certified Eco-Friendly Furniture”, and the Greenguard logo can also be found throughout our printed catalog identifying participating products.
We also offer products constructed of reclaimed materials. These products include Telos classroom furniture from Virco and Rubber-Tak boards made from 100% recycled rubber by Best-Rite. New for 2009 is Best-Rite’s Green-Rite markerboard that has 30% recyclable product and is recognized for its exceptional material content and emission standards.
As a direct mail company, Worthington Direct is also environmentally aware and participates in the “Partners in Planting Program” which underwrites the planting of trees.
Worthington Direct is a very competitive furniture dealer who offers a 2% discount if you take advantage of pre-pay. Purchase orders accepted or you can order by phone, fax, or online. Receive instant shipping quotes online or request a custom volume quote from their courteous sales staff. For more information, contact the Sales Department, 800-599-6636 or
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