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THE LATEST IN HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, BOOKS & MATERIALS, FACILITIES, AND THE INTERNET NewProducts • • Kurt Eisele-Dyrli • • SKYWARD Student Management Suite, Student information system Software, Pricing varies Skyward’s Student Management Suite is available in a Base Package, which offers data modules for recording attendance, demographics, discipline, grading and transcript information, or users can select from a variety of optional addon modules that include food service, health records, lesson planners and more. Skyward has recently added an enhancement called “District to District Data Transfer,” a feature that allows districts to immediately transmit student immunization, grade and demographic data over a secure, encrypted Internet connection to another district when a student moves, eliminating the costly paperwork that is usually necessary. www.skyward.com SERIF WebPlus X4, Web design program Software, $59.99 for a single education user, school site licenses starting at $1,499 Serif’s new version of its Web design software geared toward education includes a variety of enhancements. Intended to be easy for K12 students and educators with no design or programming experience to use, WebPlus allows users to create graphics, edit photos or utilize multimedia, and publish their designs directly to the Web. This new version includes a QuickBuilder Bar, a toolbar of commonly used design tools to make development faster and easier, and the Learning Zone, which provides direct access to PDF and video tutorials, community forums and technical support. • CASIO XJ-A255, Projector Hardware, $1,299 The XJ-A255 is part of Casio’s new Green Slim series of portable projectors, which includes a signiﬁcant new industry development: LEDs. These models are some of the ﬁrst on the market to use LED light sources instead of lamps, and as a result they use a fraction of the electricity, are entirely mercuryfree, last tens of thousands of hours longer than typical projectors and do not require warm-up or cool-down times. This model projects images at WXGA (1280x800) resolution and at 3,000 lumens of brightness, while it weighs just ﬁve pounds and is less than two inches thick. www.serif.com/education www.superslimprojector.com Browse and learn about the latest education technology in DA’s products directory at: www.DistrictAdministration.com/newproducts View Kurt Eisele-Dyrli's products blog and videos at: blogs.DistrictAdministration.com/productsblog Contact products editor Kurt Eisele-Dyrli at: kdyrli@DistrictAdministration.com www.DistrictAdministration.com February 2010 49 http://www.serif.com/education http://www.skyward.com http://www.superslimprojector.com http://www.DistrictAdministration.com/newproducts http://blogs.DistrictAdministration.com/productsblog http://www.DistrictAdministration.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of District Administration - February 2010

District Administration - February 2010
Contents
Advertiser Index
News Update
Facilities Update
District Profile
Administrator Profile
New Books
Problem/ Solution
Pursuing Peace in Chicago
English Language Learner Charter Schools
Tweeting Your Own Horn
Tech Disruptions
Professional Opinion
Research Center
New Products
Product Focus

District Administration - February 2010