Technology & Learning - February 2008 - (Page 38) » What’s New skills. The eight online databases now have a common interface, cross-database searching capabilities, and a new filtered search option. In addition, the databases offer thousands of primary sources, including images, video clips, and maps, to make history come alive for students. Microsoft’s new pilot curriculum— Intellectual Property Rights in the software.com) line of writing and creativity titles, is part word processor, part database, offering writers the tools needed to manage the writing process. Track, tag, and filter characters, scenes, and locations with StoryMill’s outline feature. Visually and interactively display a story across time with StoryMill’s timeline view. For fiction writers, StoryMill provides word frequency counting, a cliché meter, and a progress meter to help writers meet their writing goals. Software MacKiev’s 2008 Deluxe Edition of Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing (www.mackiev.com) is the first edition of the typing tutor to run natively on Intel-based Macs. The program features three two-player competitive typing games—Pirate Race, Ride the Wave, and Road Race— that run over local networks. This edition also integrates with iTunes. Online ABC-CLIO (www.abc-clio .com) launched release 2.0 of its history, issues, and geography databases for schools and libraries. Enhancements include an Analyze section that helps students examine key dilemmas in history, grapple with issues, and build historical inquiry 38 | www.techlearning.com http://www.marinersoftware.com http://www.mackiev.com http://www.abc-clio.com http://www.abc-clio.com http://www.cosn.org http://www.cosn.org http://www.k12schoolnetworking.org http://www.techlearning.com
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