Technology & Learning - September 2008 - (Page 46)

WHATSNEW SynthaSite (www.synthasite.com/tutorials/publishing_your_site) is unveiling new, free templates for teachers to quickly and easily build and host Web sites. SynthaSite’s free Web site builder allows anyone with little or no programming skills to create and publish a Web site. With the new templates for preschool, and K-12, educators can easily populate lesson plans, schedules, helpful tips and much more into an easy-to-navigate Web site. SynthaSite’s user interface allows teachers to quickly update and refresh their pages. Whether it’s sharing math worksheets with colleagues around the world or helping parents prepare for an upcoming field trip, teachers now have a tool to do it quickly and for free. The new AVerVision SPB350 Visual Presenter (www.avermedia-usa.com) combines a 5 megapixel camera sensor and 1080p HD output with 20X AVer OpticalTM Zoom, interactive software, network sharing capability, and more. The 5 mega pixel sensor produces extremely clear, sharp, live images. A high-speed, full-motion frame rate ensures moving objects can be viewed with little or no distortion. The 20X exclusive AVer Optical Zoom provides exceptional clarity when zooming on small details or text, with a total zoom capability of 160X. The networking capability of the SPB350 allows users to connect to and view a live presentation through a location’s local area network. Presenters even have the option of allowing the features of the document camera, such as annotation, zoom, or image capture, to be controlled by remote LAN participants. Ability USA (www.ability-usa.com) features all the functionality of traditional office suite software like Microsoft Office, at a fraction of the cost. It is now available for purchase in three different suites: Ability Office Business, Ability Office Home, and Ability Graphics. The Ability Office Suite updates include fresh icons, toolbar styles, and task panes in keeping with the Vista operating system. It maintains a small footprint once installed, meaning its consumption of system resources is light. The application can read .doc files, for instance, and save them back as .doc files using Ability’s Write module. Since the layout is similar to that of Microsoft Office modules, the learning curve is very short. The graphics module goes further than just Microsoft’s Paint, as it is similar to Adobe Photoshop. Vivitek (www.vivitekcorp.com) announced its first products for the projector market—the D326MX and the D326WX. Both units use the latest DLP technology from Texas Instruments, projecting sharp displays with good image quality. The 720p HDTV format brings 720 lines of vertical resolution transmitted at one time, so the HD projectors produce more clarity for fast-motion events such as sports events. The D326MX and D326WX DLP projectors are dust- and filter-free design, minimizing maintenance and replacement needs and keeping the projector running at top energy efficient levels. Both projectors also have an Eco-Mode lamp setting enabling up to 4,000 hours of lower-energy performance. 46 | TECH & LEARNING http://www.synthasite.com/tutorials/publishing_your_site http://www.avermedia-usa.com http://www.ability-usa.com http://www.vivitekcorp.com

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