Type to Learn 3 has an animated space journey theme that appeals to kids of all ages.  Once children land in their chosen area, the program is easy to use.  Also, Type to Learn 3 includes a dictation section for oral typing practice—a plus that few typing software programs offer.

Ease of Use:  

Navigating Type to Learn 3 will be easy for computer-savvy teens, but young children will need extra help. The program works well for large groups—such as a typing class—as well it works for individuals.  In a group situation, the typing teacher can set up program preferences, choose typing goals for students and track progress easily.

Feature Set:  

This typing software takes children on an imaginary space journey.  The 25 lessons and additional drills prepare kids for time-travel mission assignments.  Much of the typing text focuses on social studies or historical facts, so kids learn more than just typing.  You can also import your own typing material for practice.

Type to Learn 3 includes a dictation section so that students can practice typing what they hear instead of just what they read. This typing software doesn't offer 10-key lessons, however.

Ease of Installation:  

Installing Type to Learn 3 was easy and trouble-free.

Help/Support:  

There is no help section available in this typing software, but there are voice instructions throughout Type to Learn 3; this means a sound computer card is required for accurate navigation. The manufacturer, Sunburst Technology, offers telephone and email technical support.

Summary:  

Type to Learn 3 is a fun, educational method for older children to learn typing. This typing software will be a little more challenging for younger kids. This typing software costs more than most of the programs we reviewed, but is worth the price.

Sunday, December 16, 2007
AL FASOLDT TECHNOFILE

I get asked a couple of times a week how to convert video tapes to DVDs. Every now and then a veteran of the pre-VHS years asks how to transfer old home movies onto DVDs, too.

Let's start with home-movie transfers.
You can do it if you have a camcorder and are willing to turn part of your home into a projection studio. Basically, you clean the lens and film path on your old projector - or rent one just for the occasion - and hang a sheet on the wall.

Place the projector about three feet away from the wall and project one of your movies onto the sheet. Put your camcorder onto a tripod or a steady surface and zoom it in so the movie fills the viewfinder.
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The fifth major update to Mac OS X, Leopard, contains such a mountain of features — more than 300 by Apple’s count — that it’s difficult to boil this operating system release down to a few easy bullet points. Mac OS X Leopard 10.5 is, at once, a major alteration to the Mac interface, a sweeping update to numerous included productivity programs, a serious attempt to improve Mac OS security, and a vast collection of tweaks and fixes scattered throughout every nook and cranny of the operating system.

As with every OS X update since version 10.1, there’s no single feature in Mac OS X Leopard 10.5 that will force Mac users to upgrade immediately. Instead, it’s the sheer deluge of new features that’s likely to persuade most active Mac users to upgrade, especially since this is the longest gap between OS X upgrades — two and a half years — since the product was introduced. Sure, some items on Apple’s list of 300 features might seem inconsequential, but if even a handful of them hit you where you live, that will be more than enough motivation for you to upgrade.

As part of an ongoing effort to bring educators and students the newest technology to meet the needs of 21st century classrooms, RM Education offers the RM Tuff Cam, RM Podium, and RM Bee Bot.

The RM Tuff Cam is an ultra simple, purposely designed, child-friendly 3 mega pixel digital movie/still camera.  The RM Bee Bot floor robot is a perfect starting point for teaching control, directional language and programming to young children.  RM Podium is PC-based and designed specifically for the education market. It is an easy-to-use piece of software that allows students of any age to create, edit and publish podcasts all from the same simple interface.

RM Education is well known for its RM Easiteach program that helps educators transform the classroom teaching and learning experience by combining RM Easiteach software and interactive technologies to deliver fast-paced, interactive and highly differentiated lessons.

 

Just as the hardware award above honored third-party products, this one was open to any piece of software made by any developer other than Apple.

The Nominees: Adobe Photoshop CS3 image-editing software from Adobe, Merlin 2 project management software from Project Wizards, Parallels Desktop 3.0 for Mac virtualization software from Parallels, Toast 8 Titanium disk-burning software from Roxio, VMware Fusion virtualization software from VMware, and WireTap Studio audio recording software from Ambrosia Software

And The Winner Is…: Parallels won the 2006 Software of the Year honor from our readers with its debut virtualization effort on the Mac. And now, it’s pulled off a repeat win in 2007 with Parallels Desktop 3.0 for Mac, though not without some spirited competition from Adobe Photoshop CS3 and fellow virtualization program VMware Fusion.

Cupertino, California – January 30, 2008 – Trend Micro Incorporated, a global leader in Internet content security, announced today that its consumer product, Trend Micro Internet Security 2008, top scored in a comparison testing of 28 other antivirus products conducted by a leading, independent testing organization. 

With Trend Micro Internet Security 2008, consumers get proactive, seamless protection from threats that compromise their personal digital identity and the private, important files and images stored on their computers. The product features: antivirus security, anti-spyware protection, personal firewall, fraud defense, wireless network monitoring, home network control, and advanced parental control.

Pokémon Learning League delivers an engaging and motivating instructional tool that captures students’ interest while reinforcing core curriculum.  The Northern California Media and Technology Consortia partnered recently with Pokémon USA to provide educators and students with access to Pokémon Learning League.  The awards that Pokémon Learning League has received since its debut – Distinguished Achievement Award from AEP, BESSIE Award from ComputED Gazette, and 2007 Outstanding Product Award from iParenting Media – is further confirmation of its educational merit and the need for such a product in classroom learning and at home.  

The Pokémon Learning League Online Annual School Subscription is available from CCV Software.

 

Six Grand Prizes of an AVerVision Document Camera and $1000 cash to be Awarded to Winners of AVerVision Lesson Plan Contest

MILPITAS, CA - (January 29, 2008)
AVerMedia® Technologies, Inc., the leading provider of digital multimedia and presentation technology, announced today the launch of the AVerVision Lesson Plan Contest for North American K-12 and Higher-Ed classrooms. Teachers and educators are asked to submit a lesson plan relating to one of six subjects including a document camera as the primary technology or demonstration device. One new AVerVision document camera and $1000 will be awarded to the winner of each subject category. Subject categories include: Mathematics, Science, English/Language Arts, History/Social Studies, Art/Music, and Other.

The contest will officially be open between January 25, 2008 and April 18, 2008. Winners will be chosen and announced by May 2, 2008. The lesson plan itself should relate to one lesson or demonstration topic, in only one subject. A document camera must be the primary demonstration device or piece of technology used to conduct the lesson. Only one lesson plan will be accepted per teacher, and it must be submitted through the official contest webpage on the www.avermedia-usa.com/presentation website.

Lesson plans submitted will not only be entered into the contest, but will be made available on the AVerMedia website as a resource for other educators to find fun and effective ways of using document camera technology in their classroom. Grand Prize winners will receive a new AVerVision CP300 Portable Document Camera, as well as $1000 to be used for additional classroom technology purchases. Lesson plans will be judged on originality, creativity, and effective use of a document camera in the lesson itself.

“This latest contest is not only a way for AVerMedia to award exceptional teaching methods, but will also make those resources available to others,” says Grant Woods, Marketing Communications Manager for AVerMedia Technologies, Inc. “By displaying these lesson plans online, teachers and educators can easily reference the most creative and effective ways of using a document camera.”

For a full description of the contest, rules and submission requirements, visit: http://www.avermedia-usa.com/presentation/lessonplan . For more information about AVerMedia’s full line of academic pricing of Document Cameras and Visual Presenters, or any of AVerMedia’s other digital multimedia products, visit www.ccvsoftware.com.

Check out the AVerMedia AVerVision 300AF Plus Document Camera academic pricing on our website! 

Tech4Learning is thrilled to announce the release of Pixie 2! Pixie 2 includes a simplified interface that clears the way for student creativity while providing even more tools and options. Students can share their creations through expanded print options, video, HTML export, and more!

Pixie 2 also includes a new Whiteboard Toolbar to make using the program on a whiteboard even easier. The Whiteboard Toolbar gives you access to all the tools and many of the menu items right next to the options panel so you can work with the program without having to move in front of the board.

Other Tech4Learning software to help you unleash your creativity! 

ImageBlender 3
Imagination Suite

MediaBlender 3
WebBlender 2

NetSupport, Inc., FETC Booth 1306, announced the beta launch of NetSupport Notify, a desktop alert mass notification system at the FETC 2008. NetSupport Notify is a specially developed solution allowing instant and reliable delivery of notifications and alerts across a LAN or WAN to both Windows and Mac desktops.

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