The News Review:
- Women’s forum asks for re-do of salary study
- UH report shows college students making the grade online in class
- Hands n: Microsoft ffice Live Workspace
- HTC Touch: connectivity at your fingertips
- Indian River County adult and community education: March 24
Women’s forum asks for re-do of salary study
Independent Collegian – Independent Collegian (subscription) – Mar 24, 2008
The study based on data from 2005 stated that though there were differences between the salaries of men and women at all levels of the university the differences could be explained by factoring out the length of time a person has worked in a certain position and by taking into account the differences in market value of certain positions. The group’s objections to the study were detailed in a written response to Main Campus Provost Rosemary Haggett and discussed at a meeting between the group and Haggett on Friday. The problems ranged from the bizarre nature of the study’s incarnation (there was no written document it was a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation) to the ways in which the study failed to make a qualitative analysis and focused only on out-dated quantitative data. “A PowerPoint presentation is not a study; therefore there are significant gaps which render the analysis and results questionable” the written complaint stated. Haggett agreed with the women at the meeting. “This is very limited in its scope” she said. “And it doesn’t represent the institution as we are today.
UH report shows college students making the grade online in class
EurekAlert – EurekAlert (press release) – Mar 24, 2008
To date there has been limited literature addressing the effectiveness of such classes McFarlin said. McFarlin’s traditional kinesiology class met twice a week for a 90-minute lecture in a large auditorium. He used Microsoft PowerPoint slides with Flash media to present course material. He reported that as is customary in large auditorium classes interaction was minimal between students and professor. His hybrid class met once a week for a traditional 90-minute lecture but augmented the lesson with various forms of instructional technologies. The second lecture each week was administered by WebCT an online venue for students to review course material. An animated character of McFarlinan interactive SitePal avatar created by ddCast of New Yorkwelcomed students to the site and provided class announcements.
Hands n: Microsoft ffice Live Workspace
PC World – Mar 24, 2008
But its Microsoft ffice productivity suite pulls in more revenue than any version of Windows. Competition from Web-hosted productivity applications like… Individual templates contain document templates designed for the task such as a project proposal outline in Word or a presentation in PowerPoint. ffice Live Workspace supports Excel files too though none of the templates available when we reviewed the site were Excel files. n the other hand the service doesn’t support Microsoft’s Access database format which is too bad–Access users looking to delegate data entry and to simplify reporting tasks might benefit greatly from an online database-sharing arrangement. You can view documents in the three supported ffice file types online but to edit the files you must download and open them in your local copy of Word Excel or PowerPoint or in a compatible suite such as penffice. org and then reupload them when you’re done editing.
HTC Touch: connectivity at your fingertips
Manila Standard Today – Mar 24, 2008
The HTC Touch has a 2-megapixel camera and built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. At the heart of this phone is the Windows Mobile 6 operating system which comes with the full Microsoft ffice Mobile Suite with portable versions of Word Excel and PowerPoint. This enables you to edit Word documents and Excel spreadsheets and view PowerPoint presentations right on the phone. Installing the Microsoft Sync program is straightforward and so are the controls for synchronizing your phone with a Windows PC. This is an easy way to maintain a backup of your phone book entries in case you lose the phone. nce the software is installed on the PC merely hooking up the phone activates synchronization. The touch-screen interface works well and can distinguish between the swipe of a finger and the touch of a stylus.
Indian River County adult and community education: March 24
tcpalm.com – Mar 24, 2008
Students will learn a variety of skills that will make using the Internet a joy. The cost of this 6-hour class is $33. SEBASTIAN WRD CLASSIf you need to learn Microsoft Word Adult Education can help. A Word class will run from 4 to 6 p. Tuesdays and Thursdays beginning April 8 to May 1 in Sebastian. The cost is $68; register now at the Adult School office… A second Word class will be on Mondays and Wednesdays beginning April 7 in Vero Beach. Call (772) 564-4970 for information. PWERPINTIf you want to learn how to create fun yet professional PowerPoint presentations Adult Education has the class for you. A PowerPoint class will be offered from 7 to 9 p. Mondays and Wednesdays starting April 7 in Vero Beach. The cost is $68; register now at the Adult School office.