Technology & Learning - February 2008 - (Page 36) » What’s New Get up to speed on the latest product releases in the education market. Hardware Vicon Industries Inc. (www.vicon-cctv.com), a digital and IP video surveillance system provider, has expanded its Roughneck V910 line of impact-resistant camera domes. Three new IP models offer poweroverEthernet (PoE), including one model featuring wide dynamic range (WDR). A new analog model also offers WDR, providing the best possible image in highly contrasting light conditions. The V910 is designed to mount directly to wall or ceiling; camera position can be adjusted horizontally and vertically; and the varifocal lens allows for lens adjustment capability. All models are compatible with ViconNet versions 3 or 4 digital video management software. The new Epson PowerLite 400W projector (www.epson.com) is the first threechip (3LCD) short-throw product to offer WXGA native resolution for use with widescreen computers and interactive whiteboards. Ideal for use in small conference rooms or classrooms, the PowerLite 400 can project an 87-inch image from only 3.4 feet away. The projector features a 10-watt speaker, closed-caption abilities, optional wall mount, and network monitoring and control. Software Ignite! Learning (www.ignitelearning .com), an educational company offering middle school classroom curriculum solutions, now lets schools choose a delivery platform that meets their specific needs when purchasing the Ignite! Math, Science, or Social Studies curriculum. Along with Ignite!’s COW (Curriculum On Wheels), The Brick, which houses the Ignite! curriculum on an easy-to-use USB device, will deliver the company’s standards-aligned, research-based curriculum to classrooms. K–12 teachers and administrators can track and monitor student progress through netRTI, a Webbased “response to intervention” management solution offered by Netchemia (www.net chemia.com). netRTI helps districts gauge intervention effectiveness, improve student achievement, and assist struggling learners. The netRTI system allows teachers to manage and measure goals, and progress, and to create individual learning plans. StoryMill 3.0, the latest release in Mariner Software’s (www.mariner Lenovo (www.lenovo.com) and SAS (www.sas.com) have partnered together to bring SAS Curriculum Pathways educational software and the Lenovo ThinkPad notebooks to students in K–12 classrooms. In schools where one-to-one computing is becoming the norm, SAS software allows students to fully incorporate multimedia and the Internet into their learning, while ThinkPad notebook PCs ensure a secure learning environment. Redesigned and built for Leopard, Mariner Software’s MacJournal 5 (www.mariner software.com) allows users to add any kind of content, PDFs, QuickTime movies, images, and text. In addition, bloggers can now upload video to their blog on Blogger, WordPress, LiveJournal, or a .mac account. MacJournal 5 also introduces Smart Journals, which allow specific criteria to be searched upon: assign each entry a rating, status, and priority, and sort any journal by those values. 36 | www.techlearning.com http://www.epson.com http://www.vicon-cctv.com http://www.netchemia.com http://www.netchemia.com http://www.ignitelearning.com http://www.ignitelearning.com http://www.marinersoftware.com http://www.lenovo.com http://www.sas.com http://www.marinersoftware.com http://www.marinersoftware.com http://www.techlearning.com
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