the leading provider of software solutions for Autonomy
iManage WorkSite, announced today the release of the
Distributed System Connector for WorkSite
(http://www.docauto.com/product/distributed-system-connector).
The Distributed System Connector for WorkSite completely
reroutes all of the WorkSite document operations to handle
them better in multi-database environments. This product can
be especially helpful for firms that have multiple databases
in multiple offices or regions around the world, and their
users need to frequently access documents in different
WorkSite databases and servers.
Some of the benefits of this new product include:
– Connects on-the-fly to any server needed to allow a user
to access a document through a shortcut
– Improves functionality of native WorkSite commands (such
as allowing multiple documents to be opened at once)
– Can be quickly substituted for any or all native WorkSite
document operations
– Completely transparent to users
– Does not require a dedicated server, or any modifications
to the WorkSite system on the back end
“With many of our large clients going to ‘Parallel’
WorkSpace designs in distributed environments, the need for
dynamic cross-system connectivity is significantly
increasing,” said David Kiefer, president of DocAuto. “The
Distributed System Connector allows for more efficient use
of network and WorkSite system resources by allowing users
to seamlessly connect as needed, marshal those connections,
and dispose of them when no longer needed.”
About DocAuto, Inc.
DocAuto provides a comprehensive suite of software solutions
for Autonomy iManage WorkSite that reduce risk, improve user
experience, and optimize performance. Trusted by hundreds of
firms and over 100,000 WorkSite users worldwide, DocAuto
provides industry-leading software, domain expertise, and
dedicated customer service. Founded in 1997 and an iManage
Developer partner since 1999, DocAuto is the leading
provider of enhancements for Autonomy iManage WorkSite that
make matter-centricity easy, flexible, and secure.
I reciently came accross the ePals learning community website, and I was impressed. This site is an education comminity that is free to join, and has a wide reange of resources to help you teach at all levels.
A few of the things that can help on this site are covered in their top ten activities.
- Collaborate with another classroom
- Find great projects and instructional materials at ePals
- Chat with other teachers
- Share your successful lessons and resources
- Connect Your Families
- Have a say! Cast a vote in the Polls
- Connect with Email
- Protect your students with Monitored Accounts
- Create a Blog – We want to hear what you have to say
- Ask an ePals Teacher
Snap Grade’s interface is probably one of the best thought out of any grade book I have seen out there. You enter the information about the assignments on the same page you enter the scores. It took me about 20 minutes to set up all of my students and classes and have the first scores entered. It was intuitive enough that I didn’t even need to look at any of the help documents. I did have to look a little to find a way to do a missing assignment report, but everything else was pretty easy to figure out. Being web based, it is available from any computer, but they wen a step further and built a Mobile interface so it can also easily be used from an iphone, ipod touch, or android based phone. The mobile interface is not quite as easy due to limited screen real estate, but it is well designed. It is great to be able to wonder around the room and checkoff journals or spelling on my iPod. If you want a few more advanced features and the ability for parents to log on and view their child’s progress, you pay a relatively low price of $49.95 per year. They also have options for group discounts the allow for school wide administration, and reports. If you don’t need these additional features the application is free. It is free to sign up and try it out and it is well worth the time to try it out.
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Model ChemLab is a unique product incorporating both an interactive simulation and a lab notebook workspace with separate areas for theory, procedures and student observations. Commonly used lab equipment and procedures are used to simulate the steps involved in performing an experiment. Users step-through the actual lab procedure while interacting with animated equipment in a way that is similar to the real lab experience.
Phet Interactive Simulations
Phet Interactive Simulations provides several research based sims that covers topics from glaciers to pH Scale. It is provided by the University of Colorado, is web based, and best of all is free.
NASA Rocketmodeler III
Nasa Rocket Modler III allows you to adjust different variables in a model rocket to gain optimal hight and flight time. This tool is also free.
Interactive Physics
Interactive Physics allows you to model, simulate, and explore a wide variety of physical phenomena, and create nearly any experiment imaginable. If you can use a mouse, you can use Interactive Physics.
- Create objects by drawing circles, blocks, and polygons
- Measure velocity, acceleration, force, energy, etc., in metric or English units
- Create ropes, springs, dampers, pulleys, slots, actuators, and motors
- Simulate contact, collisions, and friction
- Vary air resistance, gravity, or material properties
- View results as numbers, graphs, and animated vectors
- Hear and measure sound volumes, sound frequencies, and
- Doppler effectsCreate visually appealing presentations by attaching graphics to objects
Interactive Physics allows you to model, simulate, and explore a wide variety of physical phenomena, and create nearly any experiment imaginable. If you can use a mouse, you can use Interactive Physics.
LAB Tutor 4
Lab Tutor 4 is an amazing life science laboratory software that provides Many activities to make learning life science easy. Click on the link above for a video overview of what it has to offer.
MyInboxBlog is simply a collection of the best and most interesting things that find there way into my inbox. From funny videos to inspirational thoughts, it’s sure to have something you will enjoy.
]]>The implications on schools could be tremendous, if Apple can refocus it’s efforts on in the education market, and get a little more competitive pricing. This is a perfect student device because students can type, communicate, and have textbooks all in one relatively affordable device. There would be a need to disable some options such as itunes store, appstore, and there would need to be an easy method to image devices for a whole classroom. Whether Apple will work with these things and make it possible remains a question. If Apple doesn’t there will likely be a similar device that will soon. Either way Apple has created a class of devise that will eventually revolutionize our classrooms. The days of each student having a computer devise are not too far away. ]]>
Jing is a product that can capture either a still image of anything on your screen or a recording of up to 5 minutes of your screen. Wouldn’t it be handy to show the students how to do something, rather than just trying to explain the steps. Once you start using screen capture you wonder what you did without it. It is great for taking a picture of a website, Google earth images, or application instructions.
Jing is made by Techsmith who makes the best and most widely used professional screen capture applications. This free version is easier to use and has most of the features that you would need as a teacher. Jing is also Mac or Windows compatible.
ZOHO Writer is a word processing application in the cloud. There is no software to install, and documents are all saved in the cloud making it easy for students to work on projects from home, the classroom or the lab without the need to transfer files with a USB Drive or disk. Of the online Word Processors on the internet ZOHO Writer seems to be the most feature rich. In addition to everything you would expect in a word processing application. It has great collaboration tools that are perfect for group projects. It also has a great equation editor for High school Math and science Projects.
ZOHO Writer tightly integrates with Microsoft Office. It has a plug-in available for Office that allows you to open, edit and save ZOHO docs. With tight integration, robust features, and and a great price (free) ZOHO Office is the best online word processor I have found yet.
]]>Ecto is not as pretty as the rest, but it does what you need it to do. I would like to see a single window interface, and easier media management, but it is very easy to format your articles and text like you want. One feature that is either not there or difficult to find is the ability to add columns. It is not important for this blog, but it is a feature I use all the time on my classroom blog for spelling and vocabulary lists. Inserting ads, and links is very easy, and it is possible to create your own scripts to make repetitive tasks a breeze.
It’s not often that Mac software is blown out of the water by PC apps, but in the case of Blogging clients Mac software doesn’t even come close. But if you are on a Mac, your best option is Ecto.
]]>The live writer application is a blogging application that lets you blog right from your desktop. It was very easy to set up. I simply typed in the name of my blog, the user name, and password, and waited a few seconds as it configured everything.
Adding Photos seems to work good, and is far easier than adding them from the web interface. It ads the picture to your windows live photo albums and links up so you are not using space on your server.
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I think that the real value in this application is that it makes it very easy for both teachers and students to blog. Because the interface is clean and far easier to understand than many of the web interfaces, it eliminates the barriers of entry into the blogging world. Windows Live Writer is definitely worth a look and for the price of free why not?
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