We are excited to announce an update to the AccelTest software that is included with the 2Know! classroom response system.  AccelTest 3.0 will be available December 4, 2007.  The new version will be available to existing customers as a free download and included in new systems shipped after December 4, 2007.

The 2Know! classroom response system is already a proven effective product to accelerate learning and measure success.  To enhance the 2Know! classroom response system, state and national standards have been integrated into the AccelTest assessment software.  AccelTest 3.0 enables the correlation of classroom based activities such as homework, quizzes, and tests with national standards and state standards for all 50 U.S. states, grades K–12 and for the following disciplines: Reading/Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies.  Reporting on the results of aligned assignments is available by student and class for single assignments or multiple assignments.  This software was designed to meet the needs of schools working to meet their state's educational standards.

In addition, the following enhancements are included:
Support for custom student IDs of up to 12 digits in length is available in this release.  This allows customers to use predefined numbers, such as lunch numbers, in AccelTest and students have the opportunity to use one ID for all classes.  These numbers can be imported easily with the student names to save teachers time.

An update to the student-paced session feature enables results to be automatically provided to students on the 2Know! Renaissance Responder Handheld Unit screen.  Now, students can work at their own pace on assignments created specifically for them, plus they can see their results before moving on to another assignment or practice work.  This feature can be turned on/off by the teacher.

The ability to export assignment results to a .csv format which can be opened using Microsoft Excel.  Using this feature, educators can work with the raw data to analyze individual classes or merge data together to analyze multiple classes together. 

Adobe was honored with the Corporate Achievement Award from Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. Presented as part of the 2007 National Design Awards, the Corporate Achievement Award recognizes corporations that help advance the relationship between design and quality of life. The award was presented to Adobe at a gala dinner at Cooper-Hewitt in Manhattan.

“All of this year’s honorees represent the very best of design in a broad range of fields,” said Cooper-Hewitt director Paul Warwick Thompson. “Adobe’s pioneering applications have revolutionized the way professional designers and everyday consumers approach design, and have touched nearly every type of imagery in the world today.”

The 2007 National Design Awards nominations were solicited from a committee of more than 800 leading designers, educators, journalists, cultural figures and corporate leaders from every state in the nation. A jury of experts, chosen by Cooper-Hewitt, selected finalists and winners in each category. First launched in 2000 as a project of the White House Millennium Council, the National Design Awards were established to promote excellence and innovation in design. The awards are accompanied each year by a variety of public education programs, including lectures, roundtable discussions and workshops.

“We’re passionate about great design and about giving people new ways to bring their creative visions to life,” said Adobe CEO Bruce Chizen. “Adobe has a long history of creating award-winning software that has redefined business, entertainment, and personal communications. We’re thrilled to be recognized for our contributions, and we’ll continue to push the boundaries of the digital design universe.”

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Visit our Adobe product page for a full list of products offering an educational discount.

The InterVideo DVD Copy 6 Plus (Academic Pricing) launch kicked off with a 5 out of 5 star review from CNET Download.com this week! Introduced on November 6, Corel DVD Copy 6 has received more than 20 news hits, mentions and blog entries across North America. Here are some of the initial editorial comments:
 
"Easy enough for beginners to get their feet wet, yet filled with features that should appeal to those familiar with file conversion, InterVideo DVD Copy 6 Plus

“Other programs are extremely complicated to navigate through. This is easy.” - Charlie Fulton, Videomaker

“Pretty robust for under $50. The price is astounding. I’m impressed you can do it for that price.”  - Jon Peddie, Jon Peddie Research

“Good value with a consumer-friendly price.” - Lee Rickwood, HUB: The Computer Paper

"I like easy-to-use products like InterVideo DVD Copy 6 Plus, and my readers do, too." - Tony Gomez, Camcorder & ComputerVideo is an excellent program for meeting video converting and copying needs."- CNET Download.com, 5 out of 5 Star Review

InterVideo DVD Copy 6 Plus educational discounts are available from CCV Software. 

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Honest Technology has been making a wide variety of video and DVD burning software for years. One notable new product is VHS to DVD 3.0 Deluxe. For under 80 dollars...it gives you the hardware and software you need to take your old video tape collection....and digitize the content onto DVDs or CDs. Another, perhaps more unique offering is called Claymation Studio. Managing director Jay Choi...says it is simple enough for kids....or grown-ups

"So you can use your existing photos. So you don't need other software. You can use your digital camera and take pictures, as many pictures as possible, moving the figure or clay, any figure. You can open those files in your program, and our program will create a stop motion video for you. That's one way. Another way is you can utilize your PC cam or any device the computer recognizes to capture on the spot. You can use our software to capture video also, capture pictures."

You can import audio or record your own and synchronize the clips with stop motion frames. The program lets use chroma key to change the background for your video. From there...

"You can save it in WMV format for compression and also AVI format, if you want to save it on your computer as a bigger file."

Educational discounts are available for these and other Honest Technology titles:

Honestech Backpack Journalist (Academic Pricing)

Honestech Fireman CD/DVD Burner 3.0 (Academic Pricing)

Honestech Video Editor 7.0 (Academic Pricing) 

Stationery Studio, FableVision's K-5 writing software, garnered yet more recognition this month, this time with Parents' Choice bestowing their Recommended Software Award. Our award-winning Stationery Studio software inspires kids to express themselves through writing, both on and off of of the computer.

As our friends at Parents Choice point out, "Stationery Studio is useful to those working in a wide range of handwriting styles and over several years of handwriting development. The software is easy to use, if not absolutely seamless."

Congratulations to Dr. Peggy Healy Stearns, who designed the software with the FableVision team!

Also by FableVision:

BrainCogs: The Personal Interactive Coach for Learning and Studying

Essay Express 

Sibelius Software, makers of the worlds best-selling music notation software, today announces the release of Sibelius 5.1 – a free update for Sibelius 5 that enhances the user experience for musicians using the software with Windows Vista, Mac OSX, Music XML and controller keyboards from M-Audio. The upgrade also makes it easier to audition and find the right sounds using the mixer and to get going with the wealth of new built-in sounds supplied with Sibelius 5.

Sibelius 5 users can download the free update from www.sibelius.com/helpcenter or by choosing Help > Check for Updates in Sibelius 5.

Sibelius 5.1 fully supports the Aero look and feel of Windows Vista, giving it an engaging interface on Microsoft’s new platform. On the Mac, version 5.1 enables users to locate scores using Spotlight, and preview scores using Quick Look in the new Leopard operating system (Mac OSX 10.5).

MusicXML 2.0 – the latest version of the industry-standard format to transfer scores between notation engines – is fully supported in Sibelius 5.1. This includes the new compressed .mxl format, which reduces MusicXML file sizes by around 20 times. The handling of instruments and layouts from MusicXML files has also been enhanced, and more notation than ever are imported, including unpitched percussion, multirests, guitar chord diagrams, and many more.

Users of M-Audio controller keyboards that offer extra buttons, faders and rotary controls can now easily use these to manipulate audio and other settings within Sibelius Software, thanks to a range of new input maps for M-Audio keyboards.

An update to the brand new mixer in Sibelius 5 makes it easier to identify sounds by seeing their program names, rather than just sound IDs. Users can also audition sounds and change a staff’s MIDI channel all directly from within the mixer to help find the right sounds more quickly.

Playback of rolls and other unpitched percussion effects has been enhanced and it is now easier than ever to get started with Sibelius 5’s brand new built-in sounds thanks to a default playback configuration.

Corel, a leading developer of graphics, productivity and digital media software, today announced Corel® Painter™ X has been honored with Technology & Learning's 2007 Award of Excellence. Awarded annually for over 20 years, the Award of Excellence recognizes both the "best of the best" as well as creative new offerings that help educators in the business of teaching, training and managing with technology.

"Corel® Painter™ X is part of a group of winning products honored because they reflect an impressive effort by publishers to respond to the real needs of schools," said Susan McLester, editor-in-chief of Technology & Learning. "The offerings being honored are practical, innovative and central to a variety of district and site operations."

Corel® Painter™ X is the world's most powerful natural media painting and illustration software, delivering a next-generation art studio that blurs the line between traditional and digital art like never before. Corel Painter X has become the industry standard for digital painting and illustration, with the introduction of unparalleled performance, new composition tools and the revolutionary RealBristle Painting System that provides an organic painting and illustration experience – right down to the individual bristles on the brush. Educators around the world are harnessing the power of Corel Painter to enhance the learning experience and provide students with the skills they need to succeed as leading creative professionals.

"Corel® Painter™ X helps students prepare for a future in graphic design, concept art and the photography industries by providing professional tools- including the RealBristle Painting System and the Divine Proportion composition tool - that faithfully translate traditional art techniques into the digital realm," said Rob MacDonald, Product Manager, Corel® Painter™ X. "We are thrilled and honored that Technology & Learning has recognized Corel's commitment to education with this award."

Available on both the Macintosh® and Windows® platforms, the Corel® Painter™ X Academic Pricing is available to students and educational institutions.

Check out these other offers:
Corel Painter X with Intuos3 6x8 Bundle (Academic Pricing)

Corel Painter X with Intuos3 9x12 Bundle (Academic Pricing)

Texthelp is dedicated to providing comprehensive literacy software solutions for individuals with reading and writing difficulties, learning disabilities such as dyslexia, and who are English Language Learners. Texthelp has developed a range of assistive technology software products to help individuals with reading, writing and literacy difficulties. Texthelp's premier education product is Read & Write 8.1 GOLD.

Read & Write 8.1 GOLD is an award-winning literacy productivity tool designed to help struggling students by allowing them to complete reading, writing, and research assignments as well as tests independently. The product is an easy-to-use toolbar that seamlessly integrates with widely available familiar Windows Applications such as Microsoft Word, Internet Explorer, and Adobe Reader and allows students with low reading and writing proficiency to work on their own alongside their peers in the classroom.
 
Read & Write 8.1 GOLD is available in three versions:
 
Read & Write 8.1 GOLD (for Windows and Macintosh) - is available on CD with both single user and unlimited site licenses.

Read & Write 8.1 GOLD DELUXE (for Windows only) - is also available on CD with both single user and unlimited site licenses; has all of the features of Read & Write 8.1 GOLD plus two powerful resource tools, Testmaker and PDF Accessibility Editor.
 
Read & Write 8.1 GOLD MOBILE (for Windows only) - comes on a USB flash drive and allows students to use all of the features of Read & Write 8.1 GOLD on any computer running Windows Vista, 2000 or XP anywhere, anytime with no installation required.


 

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