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eChalk, Thinkronize Partner for Online Learning

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At the Texas Computer Education Association (TCEA) conference in Austin this week, education technology developer Thrinkronize announced several new initiatives, including an education partnership with eChalk and integration with Lightspeed Systems' Total Traffic Control security system.

The partnership with eChalk will "offer schools nationwide a safe and secure online learning environment with standards-based digital content," according to the two companies. eChalk is the developer of the Online Learning Environment, which provides a Web-based suite of communications, learning, management, administrative, and collaboration tools. The new partnership with Thinkronize, which grew out of the companies' relationship through Texas' Technology Immersion Project, users of eChalk's Online Learning Environment will be able to access Thinkronize's netTrekker d.i. education-focused search engine directly using a single login.

Thrinkronize also announced a new integration deal with Lightspeed Systems for its Total Traffic Control version 7.0. You can read a separate article about the deal with Lightspeed by clicking here.

Finally, the company also announced this week that it's passed a new milestone: More than 11 million students have now used the service. That's an increase of 1 million students since fall 2007. The safe search engine is also being used by 600,000 teachers and 20,000 schools in the United States.

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About the author: David Nagel is the executive editor for 1105 Media's online education technology publications, including THE Journal and Campus Technology. He can be reached at [email protected].

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David Nagel is the former editorial director of 1105 Media's Education Group and editor-in-chief of THE Journal, STEAM Universe, and Spaces4Learning. A 30-year publishing veteran, Nagel has led or contributed to dozens of technology, art, marketing, media, and business publications.

He can be reached at [email protected]. You can also connect with him on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidrnagel/ .


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