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SharewareJunkies.com reviews Entropy 101 Smiles Per Gallon 2009
[ Comments Off ] Posted on 04.15.09 under Education, Home & Hobby
Smiles Per Gallon 2009 for Win 98/XP/Vista by e-Natives. was given an average of 3 Stars in all categories by SharewareJunkies.com reviewer John Shaw. Smiles Per Gallon 2009 is Donation ware? for figuring out and storing records of you cars gas mileage.
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SharewareJunkies.com reviews School Calendar
[ Comments Off ] Posted on 04.04.09 under ASP Member Companies, Education, Home & Hobby
School Calendar a calendar program for students for Windows by OrgBusiness Software was given 5 Stars in four categories by SharewareJunkies.com reviewer Mary Jane Donuts. She reports you can keep track of all of your upcoming lessons and assignments, you can add teachers and other students and avatars for them. You can also keep track of other stuff like tuition payments. You can design and print out your schedule(s) too. Her conclusion School Calendar is easy to use, really looks nice and surely will get the student better organized in many ways. She liked it.
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New Jersey Institute of Technology Chooses TechSmith’s Camtasia Relay for University Lecture Capture Solution to Enhance Student Learning
[ Comments Off ] Posted on 02.24.09 under ASP Member Companies, Audio & Multimedia, Education
OKEMOS, Mich.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–TechSmith Corporation, the world’s leading provider of screen capture and recording solutions, announced today the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) will offer TechSmith’s Camtasia Relay, the company’s newest lecture capture and presentation solution, as its campus-wide lecture capture solution. By integrating with an academic institution, business or conference organizer’s existing media servers and learning management systems, Camtasia Relay is an affordable solution for organizations looking to share knowledge in a multimedia format with students, customers and colleagues department-wide or campus-wide.
“We were excited to participate in the beta program because we felt that Camtasia Relay would provide our users with a lecture capture solution that would be easy-to-use, affordable and capable of giving our students access to information in a familiar format,” said David F. Ullman, chief information officer for NJIT. “The end result is that TechSmith was able to create a product that provides NJIT’s faculty with a flexible and easy-to-use solution that does not put an increased burden on our IT department or my budget.”
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Driving Kids World MMO
[ Comments Off ] Posted on 12.30.08 under Education, Games & Entertainment
Safe and Interactive Edutainment World
‘Hey, teacher, leave those kids alone!’ These words from a famous Pink Floyd song are a good prelude to Driving Kids World – the MMO environment with a new approach to kids’ edutainment.
AlbyMedia, Ltd announces the release of a massively multiplayer online edutainment game for kids. This game offers a colorful interactive world, a lot of various activities and an opportunity to chat with friends online. Driving Kids MMO (www.DrivingKids.com) will be of significant benefit for preschool and early school kids, educating and entertaining them at the same time. What could be better for your child?
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iGiveTest v.2: Vast Opportunities for Creating Online Tests
[ Comments Off ] Posted on 12.24.08 under Education
iGiveTest is a solid tool for creating comprehensive tests, testing on the Internet or within your company network (Intranet).
Sight2k today announces the release of iGiveTest v.2, a new version of product, which renders its assistance in detailed assessment of knowledge. It features all basic components, which allow you to create a test of your format. Once you have developed your test and tested your students, iGiveTest will help you to thoroughly analyze the results of your test. You can fill this test with various kinds of data: texts, audio, Flash animation, video, etc. Additionally, this testing package pays special attention to types of questions you can include in your test: multiple choice questions, multiple answer, ordering, matching, short answer, essay questions and the like. Each type of question and each answer variant can be equal to a defined number of positive or negative points. Furthermore, this tool is quite suitable for creating elaborate psychological tests, quizzes, surveys, questionnaires and other types of tests, where as a rule there are no right or wrong answers. iGiveTest allows you to preset interpretation parameters and gather statistics for any of these tests.
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New Word Game From BeBop Games Tests Your Word Skills
[ Comments Off ] Posted on 12.15.08 under Education, Games & Entertainment
SOMERVILLE, MA – BeBop Games, LLC has released a new word game, Brainisaurus, for the PC. Brainisaurus has simple yet sophisticated gameplay that challenges players to solve words using different kinds of clues.
According to Marvin Shin, the game’s designer, “Brainisaurus is a great game not only because it’s a lot of fun but because it helps expand your vocabulary as well. Whether you want to learn new words to beat your friends at games like Scrabble or Boggle or improve your standardized test scores, Brainisaurus is an exciting way to boost your word skills.”
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