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W W W.T E C H L E A R N I N G . C O M Download this FREE series today! ILIFE ‘08 APPLE, INC. With the newest edition of iLife, Apple shows that this program suite of applications continues to be an easy to use, well integrated, all-in-one application with many uses in the classroom. Judges liked how applications such as iTunes and iPhoto and iMovie integrate with everything, making them great program applications for students to make movies and other media. For users unfamiliar with iLife, the program includes great tutorials and guided information online. It can be applied to many different lesson plans, grade levels, and subjects, and the program’s suite’s all-in-one aspect makes it a great addition to classroom technology. K-12 Schools can buy a 500 seat + 50 faculty computer site license for $249, www.apple.com/ilife Fundamentals of K-12 Technology Programs Brought to you by Tech & Learning and sponsored by HP, this new series covers the educational technology topics that matter most to the profession’s leaders, practitioners, and innovators. Topics include: INSPIREDATA 1.5 INSPIRATION SOFTWARE, INC. InspireData is an innovative program that allows students to explore and compare various presentations of data through dynamic graphs and charts. The program teaches its users how to read and understand plots and tables, and how to use data to understand information—making it a valuable tool for learning statistics and improving criticalthinking skills. Judges appreciated the online survey option, a new feature for the updated InspireData 1.5, and named it as one of the best products they tested. Data can be easily imported into InspireData from other sources, such as Microsoft Excel or the Internet. www.inspiration.com/InspireData Leadership KIDSPIRATION 3 INSPIRATION SOFTWARE, INC. Kidspiration helps K-5 students develop their thinking, literacy, and numeracy skills using proven visual learning principles. The program includes many built-in templates, is easy to navigate and helps students organize and visualize their ideas. Students can switch between integrated Picture and Writing Views and export their document to a word processor so they don’t have to re-write their work to form a final product. The visual math tools help students to understand essential math concepts and build reasoning and problemsolving skills. Judges called Kidspiration the “most powerful and easiest to use tool out there” and recommended it for elementary school classrooms. www.inspiration.com/kidspiration Sponsored by: Sign up today at http://www. techlearning.com/ K12/Fundamentals TECH & LEARNING | 27 http://WWW.TECHLEARNING.COM http://www.techlearning.com/K12/Fundamentals http://www.apple.com/ilife http://www.inspiration.com/InspireData http://www.techlearning.com/K12/Fundamentals http://www.inspiration.com/kidspiration

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