From inquiry at siliconheights.com Thu Jul 3 10:25:32 2008 From: inquiry at siliconheights.com (Judy) Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 10:25:32 -0600 Subject: silicon heights newsletter july fourth issue Message-ID: <200807031625.m63GPNnJ046597@ame8.swcp.com> What We Can Do For You: Silicon Heights Computers, Inc. differs from the larger stores. In fact, we no longer even have a storefront! However, we are small enough to personally answer your questions by phone and by email (inquiry at siliconheights.com). We like to get to know you, our customers, on an individual basis. We sell monitors, printers, toner, projectors, lamps, cables, software and software licenses, memory upgrades, digital cameras, digital microscopes, and a whole lot more. We've been in this business for over 20 years! We even give free advice - just ask a question via email and you will get a prompt and courteous response. Believe it or not, the website is being updated, but if you don't find what you want or need online, please use email for fast communication. Five Minute Office Workouts: http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:dDDmqmpX_YMETM:http://www.anselm.edu/int ernet/psych/theses/2004/hall/webpage/exercise.gif Get in shape and stay in shape with these exercise routines. No excuses! http://officeworkout.msn.com/default.aspx?section=home &contentType=video&contentId=17>1=25043 Royalty Free Photos Online: cid:image003.jpg at 01C8BB82.4E2E7830A place to keep post production materials for use of reference, an inactive job file. This morgue file contains free high resolution digital stock photography for either corporate or public use. The term "morgue file" is popular in the newspaper business to describe the file that holds past issues flats. Although the term has been used by illustrators, comic book artist, designers and teachers as well. The purpose of this site is to provide free image reference material for use in all creative pursuits. This is the world wide web's morguefile. http://www.morguefile.com/ New >From Visions for Science Activities: Print, Cut and Fold Print, cut, and fold your way through meaningful, hands-on science activities. Let your students explore all areas of science with over 60 technology-rich activities using Microsoft Office to create unique graphic organizers, study aides, and desktop publications. The step-by-step lesson plans will allow you to integrate technology into the science curriculum with ease and style. Lesson plans include student page to guide the activity. Version Price Item # Single $34.95 00545 5-Pack $159.95 00546 10-Pack $299.95 00547 25-Pack $599.95 00548 50-Pack $1,099.95 00549 100-Pack $1,999.95 00554 Building Site License (10 book site) $499.95 00555 Building Site License (25 book site) $799.95 00556 For features and additional product information, click on the picture. Is There a Felon in Your Neighborhood: http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:PPfbpIT63pq8MM:http://www.legaljuice.com /criminal.gifEnter your address and learn how many criminals and the types of crimes they have committed live nearby. Click here: Felonspy.com - You need to know who your neighbors are. Especially if they're dangerous criminals Corel Painter X with free Jeremy Sutton Training DVD: Back by popular demand! FREE Jeremy Sutton Training DVD with Purchase of Painter X! (a $65 Value) CorelR Painter X Education Edition, a powerful Natural-MediaR painting and illustration software. New courseware makes teaching Corel Painter X Education Edition even easier!Learning Corel Painter X with Jeremy Sutton is a thorough introduction to Corel Painter X, providing an overview of the interface, highlighting major new features, and including a sampling of easy to follow techniques for creating paintings and collages from photographs. $ 99.99 Part # 46024. Who is Calling: Did you receive a call but the caller did not leave a message and the Caller ID says "Unavailable"? The link below allows you to type the phone number into a box and click "Get Details" to find out who is using this phone number. http://800notes.com/ Learn What's New In Smart Notebook 10! Create, teach and manage your presentations more effectively using Smart Notebook Version 10. This is a free upgrade for all registered Smartboard owners. Visit http://www.smarttech.com and go to software downloads. Notebook collaborative learning software is an easy-to-use application that lets you add interactivity to lessons through an array of powerful education tools and resources.The latest version of Notebook software let's you take your lessons to the next level. With over 30 new design and delivery features, Notebook software moves at the speed of learning.Discover the power to create extraordinary moments in the classroom. Upgrade now . Can I Make Word stop using Reading View? Question from a Reader: I generally like Word 2007. But something I don't like is the stupid "reading view." When I open a document that's an email attachment, Word opens it in that view - along with the regular view. Reading view doesn't show it the way I want to work on it and doesn't display all of the formatting. I always immediately close the reading view pane. What a waste of time. Is there a way to make it stop opening it that way? Thanks! - Answer: There is indeed a way to turn it off and it's easy. Here's how: 1. Click the Office Logo button at the top left of the Word 2007 window 2. Click the Word Options button at the bottom of the dialog box 3. In the left pane, click Popular 4. In the right pane, uncheck the box that says "Open email attachments in Full Screen Reading view" 5. Click OK Smart Board Winner Announced: Congratulations to music teacher David Harper at Stapleton Elementary School in Rio Rancho. David's entry demonstrating various uses of the Smartboard in a music curriculum earned him the award of a Smartboard 660, Airliner tablet and a floor stand. Excerpts from his submission are shown below: The Smart Board has proven to be a very worthwhile acquisition in teaching elementary students (grades K through 5) how to read music rhythms and note values. In addition to this, students are able to go up to the smart board and have their fingers crawl like a spider over the music score , thus creating a spontaneous aleatory or "chance" composition which can be played back, re-orchestrated, and "tweaked" to their discression. With this, the students and teacher alike have an instant professional looking musical score literally at their fingertips which can be printed, altered and copied as many times as needed. With airliner tablets, the students can create their own versions and variations of a piece they may be working on, or they can create their own musical score from scratch. I know that my students love to create their own music and since it is their own, this inspires them to practice it and learn more willingly. Also, no longer will the instructor slave over deciphering the scratchy pen and pencil paper notes of the pupils. With the use of a smart board, the instructor can easily point out any errors in a pupil's performance and the students can see it as well as hear it in playback in the nearly instant amount of time that it takes to press down on a keyboard (both musical and computer keypad) Via the use of a smart board, even the most novice musicians can instantly become a symphony composer and create in seconds what looks like a Mozart would have taken countless hours to produce (not to mention the time he took to send off his final drafts to the publisher). The entire class can view and listen to and make comments and suggestions regarding a given musical score that is presented. They can simultaneously see and hear how, say, a series of sixteenth notes will work as compared to, say, a series of quarter notes. They can all learn view the rules of stem direction in notes, the order of flats and sharps, where dynamic and tempo markings belong on a score, etc. An added bonus that I have found is the use of nearly any modern digital camera in connection to the computer and smart board. Most of these cameras today have the ability to record video clips (in Mpg or AVI file format) and these can be quickly connected to the computer and displayed on the smart board immediately after the class has performed. I have found that kids at my school from kindergarteners through fifth graders all get a kick out of watching themselves on the smart board and learning by viewing the successes and shortcomings of their performances. There are numerous "virtual" music sites on the internet that can be quickly accessed and displayed on a Smartboard to facilitate in the teaching and learning of music. One such site is Virtual Keyboard ( http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/music/piano/ind ex.htm) which I have used almost daily to aid in my teaching of the basic layout of the piano and leaning some of the fundamentals of music. In fact I have some AVI files stored on my computer of videos of kindergartners going up to the smart board with this site active and playing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" which I hope to show to their classes by the time they are in fifth grade. One can also employ the smart board to facilitate in integrating the arts. For example, earlier I mentioned chance music which was in style with many composers in the mid twentieth century such as John Cage and others. Students can easily see the comparison of their aleatory compositions to the artwork of Jackson Pollock by simply having an internet site that features examples his "chance" art displayed. In conclusion, the smart board is an extension of the computer which greatly enhances the quality and facility in teaching. No longer does the music teacher need to display faulty penmanship (chalkmanship?) before the students, but is able to show the entire class professional quality musical scores from which they are able to learn. Students and teacher are also able to instantaneously interact with the score; to tweak it or transpose it, harmonize and orchestrate it. Leaning is instant with the use of smart boards (and airliner tablets) available to the class. Students are able not only to just hear the music, but to see it as it is being played, be it a symphony, a recorder quartet, a bluegrass band or any solo instrument. Identify The Candy Bar Game: Snack CakesI didn't fare too well, but if you are into identifying candy, this is a lot of fun. http://food.aol.com/play-with-your-food/candy-bar-id-quiz/ I did try the Soprano's Food quiz and did much better. http://food.aol.com/play-with-your-food/sopranos-trivia The site has numerous quizzes that are entertaining. Good News Only Site: If you like seeing the world through rose colored glasses, but the daily paper colors the world differently, there is hope for you! Google has created a site that only has good news - nothing bad - try it: http://www.fugue.com/pics/goodnews.html Create Your Own Roller Coaster: Here is a game children of all ages will enjoy - http://www.bored.com/games/puzzle/1/rollercoaster_creator/fullscreen/ USB Disk Ejector Who says there's no truth in advertising? Case in point: a piece of software called USB Disk Ejector. What does the software do, you might ask? It ejects disks that are USB Disk Ejectorconnected via USB. Feature-wise, the USB Disk Ejector program is very similar to USB Safely Remove . One of the main differences is the price: the USB Disk Ejector is available as a free download. The USB Disk Ejector can be run as a non-visual command line program or a normal GUI program. The command line options are include the ability to: * Eject the drive that the program is running from. * Eject a drive by specifying a drive letter. * Eject a drive by specifying a drive name. * Eject a drive by specifying a partial drive name. When run in the GUI, you can quickly eject USB devices with a mouse click or keyboard press. So what's the advantage of this software over the normal right-click "safely remove this device?" For one, you won't get that annoying and supremely unhelpful dialog bubble, "you can now safely remove this device." Also, the command line utility gives you access to ejecting options without having to leave the keyboard. The program has been tested and verified working on XP and Vista, but should run on older Windows versions as well.http://quick.mixnmojo.com/usb-disk-ejector This message has been brought to you by: Judy Muldawer Silicon Heights Computers, Inc. (505) 293-4077(local voice) (505) 291-1310 (fax) (800) 654-6623 (toll free) Silicon Heights Computers, Inc. PO Box 14428 Albuquerque, NM 87191-4428 http://www.siliconheights.com inquiry at siliconheights.com Need Software? Hardware? Peripherals? Toner? Cables? Email inquiry at siliconheights.com for a quote. We now ship software to your door without any shipping charges! Ask us about our new energy saving policy! Disclaimer:All prices are subject to change without notice. If you are ordering products for your school, please check with your purchasing department to make sure those products are available under your school district's contract. 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Based on Emmy? award winning technology, Digital Pro?s powerful toolset for traditional, digital and cut-out style animators enables professional users to streamline resource intensive processes, improve creativity and build productions faster and at a lower cost. Toon Boom Studio Toon Boom Studio is the leading animation software solution for creative and professional users. Based on Emmy? award winning technology, Studio is a complete, all-in-one software toolset for developing high quality animations for film, TV, HDTV, video, web (SWF, QT) and iPod. Flip Boom Flip Boom is the leading animation software solution for kids of all ages. Winner of the 2008 Parents' Choice Gold Award, Flip Boom?s easy to use animation toolset for children is a fun and creative solution for developing quality animations quickly and easily. Toon Boom Storyboard Toon Boom Storyboard is the leading storyboard software solution for creative and professional storytellers. Storyboard?s toolset allows users to quickly and easily develop a shot-by-shot plan of an animated or live-action production for translating ideas and scripts into a visual story. Toon Boom Storyboard Pro Toon Boom Storyboard Pro is the leading storyboard software solution for professional storytellers. Storyboard Pro is a complete solution for translating ideas and scripts into a visual story by enabling users to develop a shot-by-shot plan of an animated or live-action production, apply sound and view scenes with motion and timing. Toon Boom Pencil Check Pro Toon Boom Pencil Check Pro is the leading line testing software solution for the most prestigious and demanding studios. Pencil Check Pro?s extensive feature set for professional animators and schools works with QuickTime and the iPod, and runs on Mac OS X. Pencil Check Pro is a flexible, user friendly solution for fast and accurate line tests. http://www.toonboom.com/main/ Email inquiry at siliconheights.com for pricing on boxed products and licensing options. Type To Learn 4 Special Pricing and Product Information: The award-winning Type to Learn series is one of the most popular educational software programs of all time. Approximately 97% of districts own at Type to Learn 4: Agents of Informationleast one copy of a Type to Learn series program. Developed by expert teachers based on a variety of research, the Type to Learn series will build students' keyboarding skills with highly engaging lessons, cross-curricular activities and an easy-to-use robust teacher management tool. The Type to Learn series consists of six keyboarding programs: * Type to Learn 4: Agents of Information * Type to Learn Jr. * Type to Learn Jr. New Keys for Kids * Type for Fun * Type Through Time * Type to Learn Assessment This product has special pricing available through August 31. The unlimited school license will be $ 699.95 and the unlimited web licenses will be $ 874.95. After August 31, the prices change to $ 799.95 and $ 999.95 respectively. Orders to get the discount pricing will need to be placed no later than August 24th. To learn more about this exciting Sunburst product, click below: http://www.sunburst.com/ttl/ Find the Latest Gas Prices: You might only save a little, but it is interesting to see where you might get the best price on gasoline in your area. http://www.gasbuddy.com/ Too Noisy? Too Distracting? Get White Noise: Some people think white noise and/or pink noise helps them concentrate better by blocking out external noises. Maybe you?ll like this ? try it for free! It sounds like a hose running to me, but it does block out external distractions. http://www.simplynoise.com/ How About a Little PHUN? Phun is a Master of Science Thesis by Computing Science student Emil Ernerfeldt for supervisor Kenneth Bodin at VRLab, Ume? University, Sweden. The solver is based on work by Claude Lacoursi?rePhun is meant to be a playground where people can be creative. It can also be used as an educational tool to learn about physics concepts such as restitution and friction. Learn more about this at the download site.http://www.phun.at / EMDB Catalogs Your DVD Collection: This Windows program freeware which you can use to catalog your DVDs. This does not make it special. What does make it special is that it will hook up to IMDB.com and get directors, actors, and even box art, making adding movies to the database a delightfully simple process. Type in the name, pick the right match--there are, for example, a few dozen films and games which pop up when you type in "star wars"--and presto, there you go. Most of the fields are filled in; time to add the next movie! Once you've added movies, you can easily search your database by actor, director, or genre. Searching is pretty simple, with no 'or' or 'and' constructs, but most people will have small enough collections that this is not vital. One oddity is that while you can rate movies, there doesn't seem to be a way to sort or search by rating--so you can't quickly find your top-rated films in the list.http://www.emdb.tk/ Border Designs: >Design your own writing paper, greeting cards, collages, tags, labels and scrapbook pages with these free clip art border graphics. You can use these borders for web pages, desktop publishing or cut and paste crafts. Use several together to create backgrounds or longer borders. Choose from vertical borders for page edges and side bars, or horizontal borders for toppers and dividers. http://parenting.leehansen.com/downloads/clipart/border/index.htm Suzie?s Home of Graphics: I tend to utilize Google?s graphics search engine when looking for a specific graphic, but it is sometimes nice to have a site with a large selection of nice and free graphics to choose from. There are several pages of cats to choose from (for all of us who adore those little furry felines) and for those who need something other than cats, you might find those pictures here: http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Opera/7168/index.html What?s New in Kidspiration 3: Created for K-5 learners, Kidspiration? 3 uses the proven principles of visual learning to strengthen reading and writing skills, build conceptual understanding in math and develop thinking skills across the curriculum. The newest version of Kidspiration offers exciting new capabilities including 3000+ symbols, keyword symbol search, Word Guide, enhanced auditory support, new visual math tools, and more curriculum materials. These added functionalities work together to give students more opportunities to explore new concepts, discover meaning and express themselves with pictures, text, numbers and spoken words. For more information, and for a 30 day trial of Kidspiration, click here: http://inspiration.com/productinfo/kidspiration/new_in_kids3/index.cfm For pricing on single copies and licenses, please email inquiry at siliconheights.com. License Design Suite Premium for Your School: You can purchase the academic boxed version of Design Suite Premium CS/3 for personal use (qualified academic users) for $ 599.00. BUT did you know your K-12 school can purchase licensing for up to 500 computers for just $ 7499.00? That comes out to $ 15 per computer. For more information, please email inquiry at siliconheights.com. >Design Suite Premium CS/3 contains: Illustrator Photopshop Dreamweaver InDesign Acrobat Pro Flash Pro And more .. Smart Two Minute Tutorial of the Week: This week we are focusing on learning how to use the Senteo Manager ?clicker? system. This tutorial will teach you how to create and use a new class list in just two minutes. Senteo Systems are available as loaners ? just email inquiry at siliconheights.com to reserve a 5 user unit for a few weeks. We want to make certain you are happy with any Smart product you purchase, and using it before buying is one way to ascertain if it is the right product for you. The tutorial can be found to cklicking on this link: http://smarttech.com/trainingcenter/tutorials.asp# Looking for Recommendations for Freeware and Favorite Sites: I periodically receive requests for recommendations of freeware programs to use in a variety of applications. For instance, I know from personal experience, that Picasa, a Google program, is great for easy and free photo editing and cataloging, but what do you readers recommend for either Windows or Mac (or both). I do not have enough time or information to make numerous recommendations, but by pooling our resources, we can all learn which works best for: Audio CD Copying Movie Making Audio Editing RSS Feed Software Children?s Programs Favorite Sites Anything Else???? I would like to compile a list of what is out there that is good and free so we can all enjoy the fruits of someone?s labor. These programs will be listed in upcoming newsletters. This message has been brought to you by: Judy Muldawer Silicon Heights Computers, Inc. (505) 293-4077(local voice) (505) 291-1310 (fax) (800) 654-6623 (toll free) Silicon Heights Computers, Inc. PO Box 14428 Albuquerque, NM 87191-4428 http://www.siliconheights.com inquiry at siliconheights.com Need Software? Hardware? Peripherals? Toner? Cables? 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Name: not available Type: image/gif Size: 942 bytes Desc: not available Url : /archives/sh-news/attachments/20080715/1985ab86/attachment-0005.gif From inquiry at siliconheights.com Fri Jul 25 11:49:11 2008 From: inquiry at siliconheights.com (Judy) Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:49:11 -0600 Subject: silicon heights july twenty fifth newsletter Message-ID: <200807251749.m6PHn2qt010013@ame8.swcp.com> Photoshop Copyright Symbol: Photographers legally own the copyright to the images they create. To protect their images online, many photographers will add a copyright symbol to their work. This is an easy process in Photoshop. Create a new layer on your image and with the text tool selected, hold down the alt key while typing 0169 on the number keypad. For easier access, this symbol can also be made into a brush with the Define Brush option on the brush palette. For pricing on all Adobe products for academic and non-profit users, contact inquiry at siliconheights.com. VisTablet Graphic Pen Tablet Grey Mini The VisTablet graphic pen tablets are designed for serious photographers, designers and artists at a price that everyone can afford. VisTablet gives you the control to quickly and easily edit your digital photos, paint, draw or anything that you can imagine to have more fun with your PC or MAC.VisTablet is fully compatible with Adobe Photoshop, Corel Painter as well as hundreds of other major software applications. Active area: 3" x 5". Our part number 12131. Manufacturer's part number 98-905w1005000 $ 75.00. Active area 10" x 6.25" Our part number 12130. Manufacturer's part number 98-903w10211-000 $ 119.00 IrfanView Graphic File Viewer: Version: 4.2 File Size: 1275k License Type: Free Operating Systems: Windows Vista, Windows XP It's this simple: If you ever use graphics for almost any reason, you need this program. It's small, it's fast, it's free, and it does its work better than any competitor. Irfanview's main task is to view graphics files, and it does a superb job of it. You can view just about any file format you can imagine, and display it lightning fast. It can also display thumbnails, show your files as slideshows, and play multimedia files. Given that it's a file viewer, the program also includes a surprising number of graphics editing tools, including adding effects and cropping. And if you need to convert files from one format to another, it can't be beat. It's particularly effective at batch-converting large groups of files. http://www.irfanview.com/ Introducing iZotope RX from M-Audio: iZotope RX is the most complete audio restoration product on the market. Featuring both standalone and plug in operation this unique application combats a range of audio problems via innovative restoration modules detailed analysis tools and time saving workflow features. This program is ideal for archiving, recording, mastering, broadcasting, podcasting, video production, and forensics. Manufacturer's number 9910-42663-12. $ 170.00 WTF!? Music Info - Show Graph of Music Files on Your Computer: You've probably seen programs that display a graph of the directories/folders on your computer so you can see which are taking the most space. WTF!? Music Info is a free program that analyzes the ID3v1, ID3v2, and ApeTags metadata in music files and displays a graph showing the size of your music collection by artist, genre, or year. This program will not earn many points for usefulness, but it is different and a lot of fun if you have a large music collection stored on your computer. Of course, you might not want to know that you have more Disco music than anything else. This little program was created for DonationCoder's 2008 New Apps for the New Year programming challenge. Operating System: Windows http://seedling.dcmembers.com/ DC Tiles: DC Tiles is a customizable tile matching (memory) game where you turn over tiles to try to find matching pairs. However, what's special about DC Tiles is that you can easily use your own images (and sounds even) and create fun games to send to your friends and family, or make a game using pictures of your kids or pets or your favorite tv characters - even Bart, Homer and the Simpson clan. The game supports multiple difficulty levels and scores you on your performance - great fun to compete with your kids. Requires the .NET v2 framework from Microsoft. Free for non-commercial use. Download here - http://tekzel.dcmembers.com/dctiles/ Google Translator Boomerang: This freeware is a silly little program that uses the Google Translation engine to translate your English text to foreign languages and then back again into English, for some amusing results. Use it to generate Zen poetry or examine how well the translation of your text really matches with your intentions. You might be surprised to learn how your words may come across in another language. http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Mouser/boomerang/index.html Free $ 25.00 iTunes Gift Card with Purchase of Finale 2009: Purchase Finale through September 30, 2008 ($ 280.00) and be eligible to receive a $ 25.00 iTunes gift card by mail. More information and a rebate form is available at www.notationrebate.com. Use Finale to: Teach and practice composition and arranging Share assignments with students and peers Quickly create custom lessons Scan existing sheet music for editing And much more! SRP $350.00 You pay just $280.00 Two Minute Smart Technology Tutorial Of The Week: Make sure you have downloaded the most recent version of Smart software by visiting http://www.smarttech.com and following the links to the download. Once the latest software is installed, you will be able to learn from the two minute tutorials. This newsletter tutorial discusses the uses of Inkaware. Inkaware can be used with a variety of non-Smart Technology software packages including Excel, Autocad, Powerpoint, Word and others. This tutorial provides an overview of additional features available when you are using existing programs with a Smart interactive product. Click here: Ink Aware 9.7 For pricing and more information on Smartboards, Senteo Systems, and other products, email inquiry at siliconheights.com. Test Your Smarts with Online Quizzes: There are numerous categories in this quiz series. You can even create your own. The links are shown below each picture. Or just click on this link: http://www.triv.net/qmenu.htm Geography Quizzes Geography [476] History Quizzes History [497] Literature Quizzes Literature [1836] Music Quizzes Music [6920] Science Quizzes Science & Technology [172] More General Knowledge Quizzes [589] Movie Quizzes Movies [6185] TV Quizzes Television [9028] Sports Quizzes Sport [2894] Football Quizzes Football Document Camera Features Movies, Gooseneck Arm and Much More for $ 640!: The AVerVision CP300 features an all new look designed to be highly portable and flexible, yet with an abundance of features. http://www.avermedia-usa.com/presentation/images_product/cp300_img_lg_1.jpg* > Crystal clear image quality with 3.2 mega pixel sensor * > 2X AVERZOOM, 8X digital zoom/pan * > Fast response auto focus * > Patented laser positioning guide * > Split Screen and Picture-in-Picture * > AVerBox and AVerVisor features * > Built-in memory for 80 images storage * > Support 1280x720 WXGA resolution * > Built-in AVerVision annotation software * > 360 degree accessible remote control The AVerMedia AVerVision CP300 offers a standard 5 year limited parts and labor warranty including one year inclusion in the AVERCPR Program with phone, email and web support available. 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