The Active Teacher-sponsered by GenevaLogic
Summer 2007   Volume 5   Issue 3
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Headlines

Announcing: Vision 6.5 New features and Advanced Supervision
Vision version 6.5 is set for release in June! The newest version of Vision features updates and changes that truly make teaching with technology even easier and more effective than before. Not only are Vision, Surf-Lock, App-Control and Pointer all Vista-compatible, the re-designed interface is sleeker, easier to use and provides improved management of classroom computers.
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Always Ready: Introducing On-Sight for School Districts
GenevaLogic’s newest product, On-Sight is the innovative tool designed to help educators ensure that student computer use conforms to acceptable standards and complies with CIPA monitoring requirements.
Created for schools, On-Sight records detailed information on student application and Internet activity. Custom reports and automatic screen shots provide the information needed to identify problems and guide responsible behavior.
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Introducing: Professional Vision Training
Vision’s user-friendly interface and intuitive features already make it the easiest and most effective way to manage classroom computers. Now, to help your school maximize its investment, GenevaLogic offers professional web-based training for Vision. Geared for teachers of all levels, the product experts at GenevaLogic offer in-depth instruction along with tips and tricks to help you introduce Vision to all the educators at your school.
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New: Magic Wand for Your Classroom.
(Well, almost)
Ever wish you could wave a magic wand over your classroom computers? Now GenevaLogic gives you the next best thing with the brand new Vision Teach-Pad. It’s the only teacher tool available to schools that offers one-touch management of classroom machines.
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Lost in Space
Site-Tradr give teachers a place to land
You spend all day teaching, you don’t want to spend all night looking for the resources you need on the Internet. If you are tired of browsing for hours just to come up with a few relevant sites, this is your chance to participate in a new way to share your research and save yourself valuable time.
Site-Tradr is the new GenevaLogic web service that helps teachers share resources. Have a list of favorite web sites on a subject? Upload your list onto Site-Tradr and then browse around to find a site list that will help you! Site-Tradr is the free resource that makes sharing sites easy.
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Upcoming Events

Visit GenevaLogic in Atlanta at NECC!
GenevaLogic is coming to Atlanta! Come visit us at NECC in booth #2610. At the conference you’ll be able to see the Vision Teach-Pad in action and even try it out for yourself. We’ll be giving away our famous lucky dog tags. Come by the booth to see if you are one of the dozens of instant winners that we’ll post each day or be surprised at the show by the GenevaLogic Prize Patrol. Get caught wearing a dog tag and you could win an iPod!
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Tips & Tricks

Managing Student Web Surfing - New Advancements
Since our last article about managing student web surfing, there have been some exciting advancements in technology. We have added important features for teachers who are faced with the challenge of managing web surfing and maintaing a productive learning environment.
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Share Your Knowledge

A teacher is always a teacher, regardless of the age of the people surrounding them. One of the cornerstones of the teaching profession has always been educators sharing knowledge with other educators. Here at GenevaLogic, we support teachers who seek to contribute their professional expertise to other teachers who can benefit.
Washington County Technology Coordinator Anne Higman did just that at the MICCA conference in April. The seats filled as Anne taught her fellow Maryland educators about her methods for accomplishing her classroom management now that computers are such a big part of the teaching environment.
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Quiz Answers

1) C. The first Arbor Day took place in Nebraska on April 10, 1872, thanks to Nebraska journalist and politician Julius Sterling Morton.
2) B. The world’s largest tree is a sequoia, located in California’s Sequoia National Park. The giant conifer measures 275 feet tall and 30 feet across the base.
3) A. The forest community plants more than 1.5 billion trees each year, averaging four million trees each day.

In This Issue

Vision 6.5 Features
Introducing On-Sight
New Vision Training
Teach Pad Magic
Lost in Space
NECC 2007 Update
Tips and Tricks
Share Your Knowledge

Quiz

1. Where did the first Arbor Day take place?
A) Washington
B) Vermont
C) Nebraska
D) Wyoming

2. How tall is the world’s largest tree?
A) 210 feet
B) 275 feet
C) 317 feet
D) 448 feet

3. On average, how many new trees are planted each day in the U.S.?
A) 4 million
B) 9 million
C) 11 million
D) 17 million

> Answers at bottom of page

Case Study

Are you tired of students altering the settings on the computers in your classroom or lab? See how Fast Forward Charter High School in Logan, Utah uses Protect-On2 and Vision from GenevaLogic to manage computers and prevent unwanted changes with every restart of the student computers.
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Announcements

Save Money. Save Trees.
It’s a win-win. If your school is interested in conserving resources and saving money, Print-Limit Pro is the solution. Download a free 30-day trial of Print-Limit Pro and GenevaLogic will plant a tree, through the Arbor Day Foundation, in a fire-ravaged national forest. Easily monitor printer usage, save your school money and help plant a tree where it’s needed most.

Wanted: Your Brain.
What do you think of the Vision Teach-Pad? Try it out online and let us know what you think. We’ll publish your responses in the summer issue of the newsletter.

Have something else on your mind? Let us know. Want to write a blog? Send us your thoughts. We really want to hear what teachers think about.

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