The News Review:
- Queen’s University Belfast selects TurningPoint to improve…
- Get your message across
- PixelMill Launches More Than 4500 Royalty Free Music Tracks from…
- IT program for rural areas bridging education gap
- HRDQ Introduces Reproducible Program Library
Queen’s University Belfast selects TurningPoint to improve…
it-analysis.com – Aug 29, 2007
Greater levels of interactivity are being witnessed in many sessions as students are much more willing to participate during a lecture. "It helps break down misconceptions and it gets students talking more openly" said Robinson. TurningPoint installs as a toolbar in Microsoft PowerPoint making it easy for lecturers to create questions. Its reporting tool turns answers into fully-blown assessment reports that can be used to analyse individual and group performance to help lecturers tailor lectures to the needs of their students. "We have also used TurningPoint for small stake exams and assessments with each handset being used by one person for each exam" said Robinson. "Lecturers have been amazed at being able to retrieve results in usable Excel spreadsheets within minutes of the student handing in the handset. This saves us a lot of time.
Get your message across
NEWS.com.au – Aug 29, 2007
"You need to get them excited. " Too much too soon Ironically a lot of information overload stems from the very tool that was supposed to simplify the presentation process. Microsoft’s PowerPoint software is ideal for flashing useful charts and graphs but too much text is a turn-off. "Detailed slides are a great way to lose the audience" says Gary Hankins author of The Power of the Pitch. "People spend too much time creating PowerPoints and not enough time developing the key points of a presentation. " Mr Hankins’ advice is to follow the "six by six" rule. If you are going to use text keep it no more than six bullet points per slide and no more than six words per bullet.
PixelMill Launches More Than 4500 Royalty Free Music Tracks from…
PR.com – PR.com (press release) – Aug 29, 2007
According to PixelMill Chief Executive fficer Jason Reckers “Adding royalty free music tracks is a natural progression for PixelMill and our customers as we help them to not only create great looking sites or presentations but also helping them create a more exciting and interactive multi-media experience for their intended Web visitors. ”As the use of Web templates has become a viable option for both new and experienced Web site designers and developers PixelMill has increased the delivery of complete solutions that will help anyone with a little time and resources learn how to add quality multimedia to their site our presentation. Audio tracks were the next natural step as they are increasingly being used as background music for PowerPoint presentations in the production of recorded commercials seminars Webinars Flash movies image slide shows and as Web site background music (using a player that allows the customer to start and stop the music). With regard to music tracks "royalty-free music" in contrast with "rights-managed" music allow developers to pay a one-time fee to use the track as many times as desired (as long as usage falls within the license agreement). Rights-managed tracks usually involve users having to track all the ways that the track will be used and the pricing may be affected by how the track is used and how many times it is played or displayed as the designer usually is required to pay royalties to the artist for each use. With royalty-free tracks each track may be used without any additional tracking. PixelMill established in 1998 serves as the Web’s central source of solutions for Web site builders… With royalty-free tracks each track may be used without any additional tracking. PixelMill established in 1998 serves as the Web’s central source of solutions for Web site builders. PixelMill’s extensive digital library features high quality guaranteed royalty free and free of copyright concerns templates and tools with more than 2500 Web Microsoft® Expression® Web SharePoint Designer Adobe® Dreamweaver® FrontPage® and HTML templates more than 2000 PowerPoint® templates over 9000 stock images and over 4500 royalty free music tracks. ###Contact InformationPixelMill Inc. 0261cdoyle@pixelmill.comwww.
IT program for rural areas bridging education gap
People's Daily nline – Aug 29, 2007
Li Ruyi 45 a geography teacher and one of Chen’s students did not know how to turn on a computer when the class began earlier this month. He now surfs the Web almost every day for new teaching materials to make his geography class more colorful and interesting. "I found some wonderful pictures and videos of people reading books while floating on the surface of the Dead Sea in the Middle East so I put them in a Powerpoint presentation. My students will be so excited to see it when they return for the new semester in September" Li said. "I have my own QQ and blog and also visit other teachers’ blogs across the country to get new teaching ideas" he said. Since the launch of the Microsoft-funded project some 100 classrooms each with 30 computers with Internet access have been built in remote areas across the country. The partnership scheme is part of a broader program launched by the government in 2003 to create a teaching resource network… My students will be so excited to see it when they return for the new semester in September" Li said. "I have my own QQ and blog and also visit other teachers’ blogs across the country to get new teaching ideas" he said. Since the launch of the Microsoft-funded project some 100 classrooms each with 30 computers with Internet access have been built in remote areas across the country. The partnership scheme is part of a broader program launched by the government in 2003 to create a teaching resource network. This allows millions of teachers across the country access to useful materials and information via the Internet and television. This year more than 1 million teachers in the country’s western regions will benefit from a new training program Zhou Ji Minister of Education said recently. "Education is a long-term undertaking and essential in cultivating the country’s talent.
HRDQ Introduces Reproducible Program Library
Maketwire РMaketwire (Communiqu̩s de presse) РAug 29, 2007
And becauseRPL materials can be reproduced as needed for a low fixed price it is aperfect solution for trainers with development resource or budgetconstraints. Training professionals and organizations can purchase single titles topicseries or the entire library through one two or three-year licenses. Each RPL program includes an instructor guide and a participant guide inMicrosoft Word® format as well as a PowerPoint® presentation. Each isdelivered ready-to-train but can be easily customized to include companylogos industry content or organization-specific information. The RPLlicense allows unlimited reproduction rights within an organization toenable facilitation of training events at a moment’s notice. While the RPLprograms do not require trainer certification HRDQ provides experiencedfacilitators for onsite delivery or facilitator training upon request. ther value-added services from HRDQ include customization printingshipping and delivery.