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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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?