Hop! Study provides them with tools to handle and process information.

Hop! Study was mainly designed for high-school level students. It can be used in school settings and at home to help with studies. At the elementary level, it can be used in grades five and six with the teacher's guidance. It is also a great tool for parents who want to help their children and provide them with efficient strategies. At the elementary level, it can be used in grades five and six with the teacher's guidance. It is also a great tool for parents who want to help their children and provide them with efficient strategies. Finally, it is a remarkable tool to plan and supervise home-schooling activities.

Nearly 85 percent of teachers who use Vision classroom management software to teach with technology report that it increases their interaction with students and gives them more time to focus on individual student needs, a GenevaLogic survey of teachers, technology coordinators and school library media specialists revealed. A white paper, "Classroom Technology & Student-Teacher Interaction," featuring the results of this survey is available from the GenevaLogic Web site.

Founded in 1996, GenevaLogic is a privately held company whose Vision classroom management software is used in more than 50,000 classrooms worldwide. Vision is the easy-to-use classroom management software that empowers teachers and trainers to guide and supervise student computer activity from the instructor’s computer screen. Teachers use Vision to enhance learning, supervise student progress, monitor or prevent Web browsing, share computer screens and remotely control student computers.

In responding to the survey, teachers shared the way that Vision has "revolutionized" teaching with technology.

Molly Brog, a teacher at La Grande High School in Oregon, said, "Vision has revolutionized instruction in a lab setting. Kids are engaged in learning, and they are able to see lessons and other supplementary materials at close range."

Christa Varacalli, a teacher at Hamilton West High School in New Jersey, was among those who said Vision gives them more time to personalize instruction. "Students seem much more excited about their work when they know it is being viewed," she said. "They try harder, knowing I could see their work at any time. Students in the far reaches of the room can now get as much attention as those in the front areas."

Tamille Buckell, a computer lab instructional aide coordinator at Santa Fe Middle School in Monrovia, Calif., also said that teaching with Vision has transformed her computer lab. "The tone of this lab has changed from a place where students call out questions and get frustrated with my inability to help them all to a place where instructions, methods and techniques are modeled first. It’s a lot more productive."

To extend the opportunity to see the way that Vision can transform teaching with technology, the GenevaLogic Foundation recently announced the GenevaLogic Visionary Grants. Four GenevaLogic Visionary Grants, designed to recognize teachers who have an innovative vision of the ways that instructional technology powered by Vision classroom management software can improve teaching and learning, will be awarded in January 2008.

Successful applicants are eligible to receive either a Vision Class Kit or a Vision School Kit. In addition, all grantees will also receive a personal membership in the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), which includes many valuable benefits, such as a subscription to one of the organization’s leading publications, discounts on books and materials, and discounted registration for the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC). The deadline for applications is Dec. 28, 2007.

Symantec Corp. has announced the new Mac OSX 10.5 Leopard compatible version of Norton AntiVirus 11 for Mac:

• Features new vulnerability protection technology, delivering protection where the majority of today’s attacks occur – at the Web application layer
• Automatically detects and removes viruses, scans and cleans downloaded files and e-mail attachments, and protects against software vulnerabilities
• Detects and removes viruses and worms, prevents virus infected e-mail from spreading and protects against attacks
• To address the growth of multi-platform PC and Mac environments, Norton AntiVirus 11 for Mac scans for both PC and Mac vulnerabilities, viruses and macro viruses
• Includes performance and engine improvements to ensure better compatibility and less impact on system startup and resource usage. Product, virus definition, and vulnerability protection updates are automatic
• A new Norton AntiVirus dashboard widget gives a quick summary of system protection and status. Features a “snooze button” scan, if you are in the middle of watching a movie on the computer, the virus scan can be rescheduled for a more convenient time
• Norton AntiVirus 11 for Mac features can be accessed via the Terminal, allowing power users to bypass the application completely and add antivirus scans and other capabilities to their own custom scripts.
• Norton Confidential for Macintosh, also compatible with Mac OS X Leopard, works with other security solutions like Norton AntiVirus 11 for Mac to keep you safe while shopping, banking or conducting other transactions on the Internet.

On Wednesday, Dec. 12, Renaissance Learning began shipping an updated version of AccelTest that is included with the 2Know! classroom response system.  The new version will be available to existing customers as a free download and included in new systems shipped.

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 Renaissance Responder 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.

Google Earth & GPS Classroom Activities- Intermediate Science:  Grades 5-8
Aligned with ISTE Standards

Based on Google Earth and Geocaching (the exciting GPS adventure where players find real-life hidden “treasure”.)  The innovative activities in this book will introduce, reinforce, and enrich concepts taught in life, earth, and physical sciences.  Lessons include teaching procedures, standards alignments, student activity sheets, product samples, answer keys, and lesson extensions.  Each lesson is customizable by modifying the files on the CD-ROM.  Grades 5-8

Features:
 -Multimedia Resources
 -Interactive Geocaching activities
 -Customized Google Earth files
 -Comprehensive teacher instructions
 -Lesson plan extensions
 -Answer keys and sample student projects

Benefits:
 -Real-world problem solving
 -Motivate your students with real-life, problem solving scenarios
 -Bring the sights, sounds, and information of the world to your students
 -Students travel the world, collecting and analyzing information to solve real-world problems
 -Engage students in highly motivating “treasure” hunts to acquire science skills and knowledge
 -Invigorate your lessons with trips around the world
 -Tap into billion dollar military satellite technology to teach your students science concepts

Total Training, Inc., an award-winning pioneer in engaging and innovative video-based training, today announced that the company is seeing a 40% jump in Total Training Online subscribers. Total Training Online is an on-demand library of educational and entertaining video tutorials for learning Photoshop, Flash, Flex, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, Microsoft Office, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Expression Studio, and more. Create magazine just awarded Total Training with two Gold Awards in the Production/Post Production category for Total Training for Dreamweaver CS3: Essentials and Total Training for InDesign CS3: Essentials. These awards represent the highest category of distinction from Create magazine.

Renaissance Learning, Inc. has announced an agreement with Machine Dreams, Inc, a leading provider of interactive meeting services, to distribute a private labeled version of the Renaissance Responder. The Renaissance Responder is the hand-held device included in Renaissance Learning’s 2Know! classroom response system. The system uses two-way radio-frequency communication to send and receive data between the hand-held devices and the presenter’s computer. Renaissance Learning makes available a Software Developers Kit that enables other K-12 software development companies to integrate the Renaissance Responder. The large LCD screen, two-way communication, and numerous response options of the Renaissance Responder make it an essential component of interactive assessment and presentation solutions.

Fortres 101 is the solution to malicious or accidental destruction of computers, problems with inconsistent interface, and inconsistent printing behavior. Fortres 101 has successfully secured computers for years and is voted the best desktop security software for Windows.  Fortres 101 is an innovative security agent that resides invisibly between the computer and the user. Every computer action is quietly monitored to determine if that action is permitted or not. As a systems administrator for one or one thousand computers, software security is a must.  Protecting not only the software and hardware applications, Fortres 101 also protects time and money by preventing damage to files and programs. You will no longer waste time re-imaging, ghosting, or reinstalling software because of accidental or mischievous deletions and errors. 

Fortres 101 provides complete control over every aspect of Windows operations. Prevent users from interrupting the boot process; exiting Windows; accessing a command prompt; adding, moving, or deleting icons; altering anything about the appearance of Windows; installing, copying, or downloading software; running any programs not specified by the administrator; using low-level system tools; changing printer configurations; changing screen saver configurations; accessing unauthorized Web sites; erasing important system files; saving files on the hard disk; and even accessing files on the hard disk.  The effortless configuration Fortres 101 offers is ideal. Fortres 101 can automatically configure many applications that require special attention, easing administration. A number of applications, typically legacy antivirus types, do not treat the file system in a way that is compatible with the default configuration of Fortres 101. Fortres 101 will look for these known applications and make special accommodation so the applications can function as designed while Fortres 101 security is active. Nothing is required of you but to install Fortres 101.

Looking for ideas to jump-start your festivities? Thanksgiving Day and Veteran's Day are among the additional holidays included in FableVision's Stationery Studio Fall Add-On Pack.

With the Add-On Spring and Fall Bundle Pack, the number of activities supporting math, science, social studies, and language arts jumps by 30% from 39 to 51, and the quantity of designs and borders increases by 35% from 226 to 306.

We've heard from several teachers who use Stationery Studio for more than great stories at holiday time. Their students use the fun art in Stationery Studio to create laminated place mats, notes of thanksgiving, and dinner place cards.

Imagine you’re working away at your PC when suddenly a message pops up. Using menacing language, it claims that hackers have taken control of your computer and are currently holding all of your files – photographs, personal documents, financial information, everything – hostage. You can access nothing. The message may even threaten to make your information publicly available. To have your data safely returned, you must pay several hundred dollars to a specified account.

Just as thieves kidnap people and then demand payment for their safe return, ransomware is an extortion scheme in which hackers take control of the victim's computer files and then demand a sum of money for the restoration of the data.

According to a July 2006 report by IT security experts Kaspersky Labs, “holding user data hostage is one of the most dangerous and rapidly evolving types of cyber crime.” And Secure Science Corp. estimates that in the past eight months, 152,000 victims have been infected with ransomware.

But how is it possible for someone to remotely hijack your PC?
Here’s how it works: malicious code is used to seize control of the victim's computer and its files, and the files are then encrypted by this code – thereby rendering them unreadable and unusable. There are several variations on this basic premise.

The good news is you don't need special ransomware products to protect yourself or your company. You may already be employing all the measures you need to stay safe: basic IT security procedures like using firewalls, having up-to-date anti-virus and anti-spyware software, keeping your browser and system software up-to-date with the latest patches, and not opening/downloading unknown files, software or attachments.

If you or your business receive a threat of data encryption or destruction, remember that most hackers have no way of truly hijacking or encrypting your files, and are simply trying to extort money from you.

However, if a Trojan horse has already encrypted your files, you may have a more serious problem. Never pay the ransom, as you have no way of knowing if the hacker will actually restore your data. The most critical defensive tactic you can employ is one you’ve likely heard dozens of times: regularly back up your data. Store secure backups of critical files somewhere that isn’t exposed to the Internet. If you’ve not taken this defensive step, you’ll need to contact a security specialist who may be able to help you recover your encrypted data.

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