Attending Content in Context LRMI Workshop
May 20, 2013
Thor Prichard will be attending the Content in Context Learning Resource Metadata Initiative (LRMI) workshop, June 5, 2013. This is a project co-led by the Association of Education Publishers (AEP) and Creative Commons to define and publish the necessary metadata to enable easier search of education specific content on the Web. To learn more about how LRMI will dramatically improve the findability of educational resources, follow the Read More link to view an introductory video. Read more...
Clarity Hosting Drupal in Education Social During DrupalCon
May 15, 2013
Clarity is excited to host a get together with food and drink to celebrate, connect and bond with those that use Drupal for all things related to K12 and higher education. The informal meetup takes place Wednesday (5/22) evening, during DrupalCon (the national Drupal conference, taking place here in Portland). Details here:Read more...
Volunteering at the Intel ISEF Science Fair
May 14, 2013
Volunteering at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF) in sunny Phoenix, Arizona, is Julia Fischer, one of our active Professional Development Consultants. She will be assisting with a hands-on workshop for educators, introducing them to the concepts of the Intel® Teach Elements: Inquiry in the Science Classroom.Read more...
Amazon Web Services Summit 2013
May 3, 2013
Our Technology & Engineering Manager Jon Fronza snuck off to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Summit 2013 last weekend for the important topic of “Navigating the Cloud”.
By attending these technical product and solution sessions Clarity gains more insight to dive deeper into the services we already use to maintain our performance, security, and architecture best practices.
If you are interested in what was covered at AWS, feel free to contact us! We’d be happy to discuss the takeaways with you.
Find us at the 2013 SIIA Ed Tech Industry Summit
April 16, 2013
To continue the conversations with colleagues and share some of Clarity’s latest projects, Thor Prichard and Ileana Rowe will be attending the 2013 SIIA Ed Tech Industry Summit May 5-7th in San Francisco. The theme this year is “Navigating Next” to support the changes that schools want and need in a post-PC world. This is very much aligned with Clarity’s focus on infrastructure, products and services that explore content development for multiple platforms, emerging best practices for mobile learning, and strategies for adapting Web based applications for mobile devices. If you are attending and would like to chat more about any of these topics, or just say hello, please contact us!
Join us at AdobeMAX, The Creativity Conference
April 15, 2013
Clarity Innovations will be attending the AdobeMAX Creativity Conference to collaborate with and learn from the world’s most creative minds. As we continue designing online learning to communicate in print and digital mediums, we find increasing inspiration and ideas using Adobe's toolsets. In keeping with tradition, our Content and Research Manager, Steven Burt, will be attending the AdobeMAX conference in Los Angeles, CA, May 4-8, 2013. If you plan to attend, and would like to meet while there, please contact us .
DrupalCon
April 8, 2013
Greg Watson, our lead web applications engineer and Drupal ring-leader at Clarity, will be attending this year’s DrupalCon here in the heart of Portland, May 21-24, 2013. His focus will be to connect with fellow Drupal developers, attend sessions and contribute his skills to the development sprints for Drupal 8. If you want to discuss more of these details, contact us!
Attending the Intel Education Visionary Conference 2013
April 2, 2013
Steven Burt and Julia Fischer will be attending the 12th Annual Intel Education Visionary Conference in Washington, DC, April 24-25, 2013. The focus of this year's conference is about taking educators and school leaders from "talking the talk" to "walking the walk" in regards to innovative, collaborative and globally connected classrooms. In addition, there will be discussion on how to move from research to reality. If you plan to attend, and would would like to meet part of the team, please get in touch!
Clarity Launches Third App for Building Mathematical Computational Skills
March 26, 2013
Number Pieces, by The Math Learning Center, is a new elementary math app that 
helps students develop a deeper understanding of place value while building computational skills with multi-digit numbers. Young learners manipulate virtual base 10 pieces to represent multi-digit numbers, regroup, add, subtract, multiply, and divide. Number Pieces also gives them a drawing tool to label representations and show their understanding.Read more...
