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Jan 23rd, 2007
How often do you find yourself needing to capture something from you computer screen to show to someone else? Yes, there are lots of ways to do it, but how about a super easy way? That's what TechSmith Corporation thought about when it developed SnagIt 8.2 for Windows Vista™, Office 2007 and Firefox® 2.
From a company press release:
TechSmith Corp., the world's leading provider of screen capture and recording solutions, today announced the release of SnagIt 8.2 for Windows Vista™, Office 2007 and Firefox® 2. SnagIt enables computer users to take screenshots of exactly what they see on their screens to communicate ideas faster, explain concepts clearly, and archive electronic information with point-and-click convenience.
"SnagIt is ready for our millions of customers when they decide to upgrade to Vista, Office 2007 and Firefox 2, whether it's today, tomorrow or next year," said Tony Dunckel, Product Manager at TechSmith. "In addition to making sure SnagIt can capture all graphic-rich Aero Glass, and Flip elements of Vista, we've also added accessories so user can capture their screen, use SnagIt's popular editing tools, and share it faster than ever before in Office documents, online via Flickr™, or instantly incorporate it into MindManager® maps."
With SnagIt, users can capture, edit and share any image, including scrolling windows, objects, menus, video, text, and Web pages and include them in emails and instant messages, PowerPoint presentations, MS Office documents, marketing and sales materials, technical documentation, class handouts, Web sites and blogs.
New Features in SnagIt 8.2 include:
- SnagIt Accessories – SnagIt Accessories enable knowledge workers to easily output their screen capture directly to the program or technology of their choice with just one-click. Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel are included in SnagIt 8.2. The Flickr and MindManger accessories can be downloaded from within SnagIt.
- Print What You See With SnagIt's new printing enhancements, users can print exactly what they see in the correct size and dimensions including Scrolling Window and Webpage screen captures with accurate page breaks.
- Glassy & Classic Callouts Glassy callouts have been added to SnagIt's editing tools to provide users with more graphic-rich and professional options while the classic callouts will reduce file size when creating digital documentation. Each of the callouts can be customized and saved.
System Requirements and Availability
SnagIt 8.2 supports Microsoft, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Vista. SnagIt 8.2 can be downloaded immediately at www.techsmith.com. The suggested retail price is $39.95 for a single-user license. Free trial licenses are also available. For additional information, visit: http://www.techsmith.com/snagit.asp.
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Jan 22nd, 2007
It's the biggest hurdle to reaching your career goals with an online degree: potential employers not taking the degree seriously. Thanks to "diploma mills" and unethical online businesses, this often happened in the past.
But with so many schools, both online and 'real world,' offering online degree options all the way through the Ph.D. level, your degree will get the respect it deserves. Definitely good news.
We spoke with a lead recruiter at Wells Fargo about how employers might perceive online degrees.
"I think ten or 15 years ago anything that was new or different was met with skepticism and I don't think that is necessarily the case anymore. In 2007, I think online degrees are a viable degree," Pat Sherry said.
"There are very, very few institutions out there that do not have some sort of online program, some sort of emphasis in continuing education or in a particular field so increasingly it is becoming more accepted and our learners are winning great jobs," Capella University Provost Karen Viechnicki said.
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Jan 18th, 2007
Good news for new online students who may be confused by the myriad of options and steps out there leading to a degree.
From eMediaWire:
January 12, 2007 — With 31.8 million men and women with unfinished college degrees, WorldWideLearn.com and its online education advisor, Clare Kaufman, Ph.D., are helping these former students to continue their education online. The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) states that 31.8 million men and women 25 years and older have some college education, and Dr. Kaufman regularly advises both traditional and non-traditional students so that they can get the answers they need to questions about credit transfer and online classes (http://www.worldwidelearn.com/education-advisor/archive.php#officehours). Anyone is allowed to submit a question for advice by email.
You can get more information here. Be sure to take advantage of all the free help out there; we can all use some.
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Jan 17th, 2007
From eMediaWire:
One of the most popular New Year resolutions is to make more money, and for most people, the best way to increase their earning capability is through continuing education. Offering a variety of online degrees, campus-based programs and distance learning opportunities, EducationCenterOnline.org can help even the busiest individual find the perfect education program.
Missouri City, TX (PRWeb) January 5, 2007 — EducationCenterOnline.org will again be leading the way in providing online education information and college directory services, connecting people from all walks of life with higher educational opportunities from across the country.
"The New Year is an important juncture in the lives of many men and women — for people of all ages, from all walks of life," says Sharon Odom, CEO of EducationCenterOnline.org, "One of the more universal endeavors that people undertake at the dawn of every New Year is making a list of resolutions for the coming 365 days."
This is the time of year when people can be found setting aside their party hats to make resolutions to eat better, to drink less and to exercise more throughout the coming year. Of course, these resolutions are inevitably met with varying degrees of success. In the end, however, so many people neglect to make a New Year's resolution to further their learning, to continuing education.
"We all tend to focus a great deal of attention on our waistlines, our lungs, our hearts — but, we tend to forget that most important organ of all — our brains," Odom said, in announcing the commitment of EducationCenterOnline.org to continue to provide access to quality online education and online degree options for people across the country.
Another New Year's resolution that many people actually do make — or really should make — is to increase their income. "The key to making more money in the 21st century is education," Odom explained. "And, for most people the best way to enhance their earning capabilities is to advance their education. That's where the services of EducationCenterOnline.org are so vital."
Through EducationCenterOnline.org, a person who wants to make more money in 2007 can access well over 3,000 education programs, including online degrees, professional certifications and campus-based programs – all with just the click of a mouse.
Excellent view of the matter. Be sure to read the rest of the article for more inspiration and helpful advice.
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Jan 16th, 2007
Technology continues to impress and delight, as does the growth of online degree opportunities. The idea behind online degrees is that everyone should have a chance at a higher education, regardless of lifestyle. There is a new tool to spread the opportunities even further.
ToolBook Translation System is software that reduces the cost, time and complexity of creating multilingual content. Using TTS in conjunction with either ToolBook Instructor or ToolBook Assistant — the two authoring solutions in SumTotal's ToolBook product line — companies can create multilingual content for their global e-learning initiatives. TTS identifies what elements of an online course need to be translated, serves up these elements to a translation expert and preserves any format or design in the course for the pending translation.
"After an author creates a course using either ToolBook Instructor or ToolBook Assistant, he or she simply clicks a few buttons whereupon all the course elements to be translated are put in a digital package," said Brad Crain, SumTotal's vice president of ToolBook. "The ToolBook Translation System takes the digital package and delivers it to the person carrying out the translation from, say, English to German. As the translator prepares the German text, she can — with a few keystrokes — see how the course will look in German at any stage of the process."
ToolBook and TTS give employers a way to divide work between experts. First, instructional designers can tap ToolBook to build training courses. Second, linguists can focus on translations without having to understand how to manipulate software for creating elearning content (i.e., ToolBook Instructor or ToolBook Assistant).
With ToolBook and TTS, staff can create multilingual simulations, tutorials, assessments, courseware and other interactive learning content. And if a manager must update the content of a course because of a change in policies or procedures, then translators can tap TTS to handle these revisions without disturbing the online course's layout, hypertext information, pop-ups or any other data.
I would love to try this out.
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Jan 13th, 2007
Many adults wish to further their education past high school, and may need an extra step to achieve that: earning their GED. Now busy parents and employees can do this with the convenience of an online option.
Adults interested in obtaining a General Equivalency Diploma (GED) now have a new option when it comes to preparing for the test.
GED for Me!, an online distance-learning program introduced by WQLN Education, utilizes the Internet to connect students with tutors who oversee their progress in studying for the written exam. The online format allows students to work from home and on their own schedule.
Now there is yet another helpful innovation leading to an online college degree.
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Jan 11th, 2007
Online learning is growing by leaps and bounds, leading to many opportunities for a higher education. These opportunities have just increased for online students in Minnesota.
The Northeast Service Cooperative announced this week that the minnesota Department of Education will fund the $100,000, two-year NEO Next Online Learning Project.
The Project will expand the quality online learning opportunities being offered for secondary students in Northeast Minnesota with funds provided by the Enhancing Education Through Technology (E2T2) program.
Absolutely a worthy project.
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Jan 9th, 2007
Southeastern oklahoma State University (SOSU) is no stranger to the benefits of an online education. The popularity of their completely-online degree opportunities continue to rise in popularity, which is no surprise considering today's busy lifestyles coupled with the desire to further education.
The number of people who graduate by taking the Internet-focused program has more than doubled each year since it started three years ago. The program began with ten graduates, then 20, then 50, and now officials say there are roughly three-hundred people enrolled in the program to start January 10th.
A bachelor's degree may now be at your fingertips, literally. But it's not quite that simple. Tim Boatmun, director of academic advising and the outreach center at SOSU says online classes require a stronger degree of dedication.
Boatmun adds, "sometimes there is a myth that online classes are easy, or there's not as much academic rigor. What we've found and researched and looked at is actually online classes require more work."
It's nice to see the distinction made between 'convenient' and 'easy.' They certainly are not the same, as every online student well knows.
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Jan 5th, 2007
It's true: we'll often buy a product or watch a movie simply because a celebrity endorses it. But will we pursue a college degree, either in school or online if a celebrity does? Apparently…yes.
From PR Web:
For many students, celebrities who completed their college degrees are good education role models who just may be the push they need to continue their schooling. An article on WorldWideLearn.com, the world's premier online directory of education, offers a look at celebrity education and how it led to fame and fortune.
The WorldWideLearn.com article "The Rich and Famous and the Degrees That Got Them There: Six Degrees of Education" shows that earning a college degree is a solid foundation for future success (link here). The article offers role model inspiration stories about celebrities by describing the education and accomplishments of diverse people such as Nobel Prize winning physicist Richard Feynman, who received a Ph.D. from Princeton; Howard Stern, who graduated from Boston University; and Tom Brokaw, who earned a bachelor's degree in political science after transferring schools.
"A role model is a person who, through their own actions and advice, helps others reach their fullest potential," writes M.L. Carr, president and CEO of Warm2Kids.com, which aims to inspire teens and young adults to make positive life decisions. "A role model refuses to stand on the sidelines, and does not become numb by the possibility of defeat."
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Jan 4th, 2007
The school now offers an online master's degree, as officials and educators at the institution have become more and more interested–and impressed–by the opportunities offered by online education. It's no wonder that online degrees have moved beyond 'cyberschools' into 'traditional' schools, even the most respected institutions.
"We have the technology and we have students with a need both to attain a master's degree and to not have to come to a campus setting to get that degree," said Joseph Zisk, who has been instrumental in instituting the program. "Our students are people with full-time jobs and family commitments. Online is the best of both worlds for them.
Online programs have substance.
"Our master's degree is now concentrating on educators who are working as teachers during the day and attending our online courses at night," Zisk explained. "They have time to have dinner with the family, put the kids to bed and then to get on line and participate in class discussions. Otherwise many of our students would not be able to get this degree."
It's attitudes like this that continue to raise respect for online degrees. Hooray, and let's keep moving in the right direction.
