PG Music Inc. has released PowerTracks Pro Audio 12 (Academic Pricing).  PG Music Inc. President Peter Gannon said, “We're excited about this release of PowerTracks. The new Audio Chord Wizard in PowerTracks Pro Audio 12 (Academic Pricing) is amazing; it figures out the chords from .mp3 or .wma files. Just open up an .mp3 file, tap in the tempo for a few bars, and you have the chords to the song! RealDrums instantly creates drum tracks, in many styles, from authentic audio drum recordings instead of MIDI drum patterns. This sounds so much better than MIDI drums; you’ll likely never want to hear MIDI drums again!”

PowerTracks Pro Audio 12 (Academic Pricing) continues to offer unique features seldom found on similar programs at any price. PowerTracks Pro Audio 12 (Academic Pricing) is loaded with features found in top studio programs, and adds even more features of its own. Here are just a few of the new features in PowerTracks Pro Audio 12 (Academic Pricing):

• Audio Chord Wizard Version 2.0 automatically finds chord symbols from .wav, .wma, .mp3, or CDs
• RealDrums generates authentic drum tracks, by using real recordings of drummers
• Rearrange existing .mp3 files (sync up the bar lines, and then add new instruments or RealDrums
• which follow the tempos in the original .mp3 file)
• Floating point tempos (like 121.545 beats per minute)
• Enhanced notation and audio editing
• Support for the TranzPort Wireless DAW Controller
• …and more!

Other great versions of PowerTracks Pro Audio 12 (Academic Pricing):

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Young typists can now conquer the keyboard while exploring Typer Island in search of the mysterious Typer Island Castle. Typing Instructor for Kids 3, by Individual Software (the same makers of the popular Typing Instructor Deluxe) is our “TopTenREVIEWS Gold Award Winner.”

This amusing and engaging typing software covers all keyboarding basics including proper hand positions and speed increasing drills. This program offers 40 practice stories and over 30 timed challenges delivered through children's classic literature.

Ease of Use: 

Typing Instructor for Kids 3 is a themed typing program with a helpful tour guide to lead kids through their journey. This program is kid-friendly. Additionally, the guide gives audible instructions and if children have any questions, they can simply click the "Say Again" button. Keep in mind you will need a sound card and speakers or headphones for this program.

Feature Set:  

Typing Instructor for Kids 3 leads kids on a journey through Typer Island in search of Typer Island Castle. Along the way, kids must pass through five unique lands—this is where typing skills are taught and improved upon. After each land is mastered and kids finally arrive at Typer Castle, they'll find several fun-filled and interesting activities to help them refine their keyboarding skills.

Typing Instructor for Kids 3 contains 40 practice stories from children's classics, literature, nursery rhymes and fairy tales with age–appropriate content. It also includes advanced skill–building lessons, over 30 challenges, timed challenges, advanced level exams, graphic hand guides, unique drills and interactive exercises.

This program supports multiple skill levels and kids can change settings to increase or decrease their WPM goals, the size of text and the degree of difficulty. They also can choose standard or split keyboards and whether or not they want to listen to music.

Typing Instructor for Kids 3 has many feedback features including WPM scores, accuracy percentages, results calculated from all activities, results tracked for five typists. It also provides performance assessments for key, finger, hand and row as well as full-color progress charts and graphs. Kids can even print their results and achievement certificates.

Typing Instructor for Kids 3 also offers 11 action–packed games with beginner, intermediate and advanced levels and games for learning the 10–key.

Ease of Installation:  

We didn't have any trouble installing Typing Instructor for Kids 3.

Help/Support:  

The tour guide in Typing Instructor for Kids 3 is excellent and the program is logically designed and easy to navigate.

The manufacturer, Individual Software, offers phone support and a FAQs page.

Summary:  

Kids will enjoy the journey, challenges, activities and characters of Typing Instructor for Kids 3. This program offers rewards for every step of progress and teaches basic keyboarding and speed typing through an attention keeping, castle-seeking adventure.

Individual Software has mastered kids typing software with this product.

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To see all Individual Software products, visit their product page listing. 

LightWave 3D 9 with PDF Manual (Academic Pricing) delivers further enhancements to new camera tools, node editor and global illumination


San Diego, CA – SIGGRAPH – August 8, 2007 -- NewTek, Inc., manufacturer of industry-leading 3D animation and video products, today announced the availability of LightWave 3D 9 with PDF Manual (Academic Pricing), during SIGGRAPH 2007, August 7th -11th. This is the second in a series of free updates to the Emmy®-award winning 3D application. LightWave 3D 9 with PDF Manual (Academic Pricing) provides improvements in rendering technology, including: the ability to render lines with photorealistic motion blur; two new sub-surface scattering shaders that are significantly faster than earlier shaders, and higher quality as well; various performance enhancements throughout the product; as well as numerous maintenance improvements. Other improvements in LightWave 3D 9 with PDF Manual (Academic Pricing) include advancements in the LightWave software developer’s kit and scripting language to provide greater access to third parties and artists for creation of custom plug-ins and effects. LightWave 3D 9 with PDF Manual (Academic Pricing) is available free to all registered owners of LightWave 3D 9 with PDF Manual (Academic Pricing).

“LightWave 3D 9 with PDF Manual (Academic Pricing) represents the continuation of the course we established with the initial release of LightWave 3D 9 with PDF Manual (Academic Pricing),” said Jay Roth, President, NewTek, Inc. 3D Division. “We envisioned a course for the development of LightWave v9, providing continual updates, improvements and enhancements to 3D artists throughout the process. We’re delivering free updates frequently and openly so that LightWave artists do not have to wait for the next major product release to enjoy the benefits of our development efforts.”

NewTek, Inc.'s 3D Division delivered LightWave 3D 9 with PDF Manual (Academic Pricing) closely after the release of LightWave v9.2, which offered enhanced performance in a number of areas including improved global illumination with higher quality and faster rendering, expanded OpenGL capabilities with new depth of field preview, advancements in the new camera tools and the node and materials editing system. Visual effects artists made use of LightWave's world-class rendering system and other capabilities in recent major film projects such as 300, The Guardian, The Da Vinci Code and Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Among television productions VFX Emmy-nominated Battlestar Galactica and other hit ser

Four AVerVision Document Cameras to be Awarded to Winners of Document Camera Video Application Contest

MILPITAS, CA - (August 23, 2007) – AVerMedia® Technologies, Inc., the leading provider of digital multimedia and presentation technology, announced today the launch of the AVerVision Video Contest for North American K-12 and Higher-Ed classrooms. Teachers, administrators, or students are asked to create a 10-20 minute video describing original and interesting classroom lessons and applications with their document camera. Classes without a document camera can submit a video describing the difficulty of using traditional presentation technology in the classroom. Four new AVerVision document cameras will be awarded, one to each of the third, second, first and Grand Prize winners.

The contest will officially be open between September 1, 2007 and November 15, 2007. Winners will be chosen and announced by December 15, 2007. The video itself should be no longer than 20 minutes, and must showcase classroom applications and lessons using a document camera, or the difficulty of using traditional presentation technologies. Only one video per classroom will be accepted, and it must be submitted on a CD or DVD, and mailed to AVerMedia® Technologies in Milpitas, CA.

The Grand Prize winner will receive an AVerVision SPC300 Premium Document Camera (Academic Pricing). 1st Prize will receive an AVerVision 300AF Document Camera (Academic Pricing), 2nd Prize will receive an AVerVision 150 Document Camera (Academic Pricing), and 3rd Prize will receive an AVerVision 130 Document Camera (Academic Pricing). Videos will be judged on originality, creativity of production, and creativity of the actual classroom lesson plan or application represented.

“This contest is a fun and exciting way for AVerMedia to award new and comprehensive classroom presentation technology designed to increase effectiveness of visual learning and teaching,” says Grant Woods, Marketing Communications Manager for AVerMedia. “It will also allow AVerMedia to display the winning applications for other teachers to use as a resource for fun and effective ways to use their own document cameras.”

For a full description of the contest, rules and submission requirements, visit: http://www.avermedia-usa.com/ppd/media/videocontest.html .

Oliver Grillmeyer, Ph. D., U. C. Berkeley
Sarah Chance, Ph. D., U.C. Santa Barbara

Report on Hotmath 1 Year Subscription for One Class (Academic Pricing)

Introduction

What is the best way to teach math to high school and college students? Conventional classroom teaching has included explanation of the subject matter accompanied by a limited number of examples, after which students are assigned unsolved problems to work out. Recent research has investigated the effect of increasing the use of "worked out" examples of math problems, and the results have revealed that this teaching method produced more effective results (Carroll, 1992 & 1994; Ward, & Sweller, 1990; Pass & Van Merrienboer, 1994). This manuscript includes (1) a brief review of research findings suggesting that providing students with worked out examples is more effective than the conventional math instruction method (2) a discussion of the probable reasons for this effect (3) comments on what this body of research suggests for teaching today's math students, with specific consideration of a recently developed math-learning resource, Hotmath.com.

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Dr. Toy recognizes WhisperPhone for Grades 5th to Adult and WhisperPhone for Grades K to 4th in the Summer 2007 Resource Program

July 10, 2007 (MINNEAPOLIS)—WhisperPhone for Grades 5th to Adult and WhisperPhone for Grades K to 4th an educational tool by Harebrain Inc., received a Summer 2007 Best Products Award from Dr. Toy’s Resource Program. Stevanne Auerbach Ph.D., known as Dr. Toy, is a national expert on children’s products including toys, learning tools and computer software.

“Congratulations on your product’s selection. It was a great pleasure to evaluate [WhisperPhone] for national and international recognition. Thanks to you and everyone in your company involved with [WhisperPhone],” said Auerbach.

While MTCO’s previous hosted anti-spam service was doing a basic job of filtering spam and fighting DoS (denial of service) attacks, new image-based spam was slipping through. This spam was choking their email delivery. Service interruptions would bring inbound email to a complete stop, then flood and overwhelm MTCO mail servers when service resumed. In addition, the inbound filter service provider didn’t offer outbound security, requiring a separate appliance-based vendor. That meant the added paperwork inherent in two suppliers, plus the extra effort and dual monitoring to eradicate spam emanating from zombie PCs. While spam statistics were available, they didn’t provide detailed data to help MTCO systems engineers diagnose and solve problems. MTCO found a lot of their time and resources were spent managing spam instead of providing more value for their customers. It was time for a change. MTCO turned to Red Condor as the email security provider to get them the full service they needed.

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