SANTA CLARA, Calif. - April 14, 2008 - The TechEd International Conference and Exposition, April 13 to 16 at the Ontario Convention Center, Ontario, Calif. (http://www.techedevents.org/2008%2Dupdated), will feature four sessions focusing on how schools are using FileMaker Pro. The best-selling easy-to-use database software for Windows and Mac, FileMaker Pro has helped schools enhance distance learning, comply with the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) act, track mandatory special-education compliance requirements and improve student grading systems.

A session on “Achieving Classroom Success With Media-Driven Distance Learning” will be presented 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. Monday, April 14, by Bob Barboza, California Association of Resource Specialists. Barboza will describe how Kid’s Talk Radio, the FileMaker Pro-powered distance learning course for K-12 students, enables students and teachers to become “podcasters” with their own Web radio station as a means to study standards-based curricula, while integrating technology, science, mathematics, music, art, and oral and written language course material. Barboza will also explore how Kid’s Talk Radio uses high-motivation activities to reinforce state-mandated skills.

“Enhancing Student Information Systems to Ensure No Child Left Behind” will be presented Tuesday, April 15, from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. by Greg Walker, data solutions administrator for Pinellas County Schools in Largo, Florida. Walker will describe how the Pinellas County school system responded to the NCLB challenge by implementing a database system to interact with its FileMaker Pro-based Student Information System (SIS) and expedite analysis of student data for assessing individual and grade-level performance results.

Also on Tuesday, from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., “Special Ed on Track: A Case Study in School District Compliance and Reporting” will be presented by Tim Skilton, special education compliance specialist with the Los Angeles Unified School District. Skilton will describe how the district implemented a FileMaker Pro database system to track and report on special education programs in all of its 900 schools. He will explain how the system processes more than 200,000 data points per year, and facilitates audits and reviews to ensure district-wide compliance with special education regulations. He will also review how the flexible database application simplifies reporting and enables creation of customized research reports.

And from 4:15 to 5:15 p.m. Tuesday, “Using Rubrics to Improve Grading Systems for Student Projects” will be presented by Michael Perry, business education teacher at East Paulding High School, Dallas, GA. Perry will describe how he created a rubric system by combining FileMaker Pro database technology and an automated e-mail system. Mr. Perry will also discuss how the system is used to capture and distribute student project data and more fairly grade students’ project work by comparing it to established project standards.

FileMaker database software helps schools collect, manage and report on student and administrative data. More than 10,000 K-12 schools use FileMaker in their data-driven decision-making processes to achieve greater operational efficiency, comply with federal and state reporting requirements and track student performance.

About FileMaker, Inc.
FileMaker, Inc. develops award-winning database software. Its products include the legendary FileMaker Pro product line for Windows, Mac and the Web, and the new Bento personal database for Mac. FileMaker Pro won 46 awards, more than its next eight competitors combined, from 2003-2007 in the U.S., and a total of 129 awards worldwide during this time. Millions of customers, from individuals to large organizations, rely on FileMaker, Inc. software to manage, analyze and share information. FileMaker, Inc. is a subsidiary of Apple Inc.

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