This week we're releasing a bunch of great new content on Adobe's products.

Illustrator CS4 - Advanced 

When I first started being a Tech Director (former job) I felt great pride in being the guru of tech knowledge and unfortunately, I also did my best to keep that knowledge just beyond the reach of the staff. You might call it a lot of things….but in actuality it was a lot of conceit with a bit of job security.

This collection has been available for some time, and now it's been updated to our new video format.

eFolioMinnesota™, Version 2 . . . a multimedia electronic portfolio designed to help you create a living showcase of your education, career, and personal achievements. All Minnesota residents, including students enrolled in Minnesota schools, educators, and others can use eFolio to reach their career and education goals.

View two free tutorials

Amaze your audience with quality presentations that are easier than ever to create with the new features in Keynote^® '09.

Watch a tutorial free

NeoOffice^® is a full-featured set of office applications (including word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, and database programs) for Mac OS X. Here's an introduction to using the presentation application of the suite, Impress.

View two sample tutorials

In two minutes or less, America's students have an opportunity to show the nation and the world how far education can take them and how they will achieve their dreams.

On September 8, President Barack Obama called on the nation's students to take greater responsibility for their education. Now, the U.S. Department of Education is asking students to respond by participating in a national video contest titled “I Am What I Learn.” (read more)

As stated by Adobe®: "Adobe® Illustrator® CS4 software is a comprehensive vector graphics environment with new transparency in gradients and multiple artboards that invite you to explore more efficient ways to design." Take your knowledge of Illustrator CS4 to the next level with this advanced series.

Watch two free tutorials from this new series

Here's something that could be a heck of  lot of fun for kids and teachers alike.

Scratch is a free programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art - and share your creations on the Web.

Atomic Learning has created a new series on Excel for PC.

Microsoft® Excel, the powerful spreadsheet application, boasts a robust set of statistical functions. This tutorial series will guide you through each of those basic functions and demonstrate how you can perform more complex analysis by activating the Data Analysis ToolPak.

 View samples of this series.

Our first in a series of AT webinars, "Integrating Assistive Technology Tools for Writing into General Education", went well with fantastic attendance levels. Thanks to all who participated! You may review or share this webinar here.

As you head back to school, stay on top of what's hot with The Top 10 Most Read Stories on TechLearning.com

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Free Education Workshops

As mentioned in an earlier post, we're kicking off the school year with a series of webinars on assistive technology integration. The first is today at noon CDT. There's still time to register if you're interested.

Pages '09 - What's New? 
This tutorial series covers the major improvements included in Pages '09. Other procedures for using Pages remain essentially unchanged from the previous version. Follow these links to view tutorials covering operations in our Pages '08 - Intro series or Pages '08 - Advanced series.

We've added a large collection of great tutorials on Google Earth 5. As usual, the first two are free!

Google™ Earth version 5 lets you fly anywhere on Earth to view satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D buildings, from galaxies in outer space to the canyons of the ocean. You can explore rich geographical content, save your toured places, and share with others.

http://www.atomiclearning.com/gglearth5

Atomic Learning has just launched a new tutorial series on the popular Mac iLife component iDVD.

iDVD™ ‘09 allows you to combine video and photos in your slideshows, customize your menus, add fun themes, and much more. Learn how to use the many great features of iDVD ‘09 in this tutorial series.

Check out the free intro tutorials. Here's Apple's iDVD page.

What is Assistive Technology software? Atomic Learning offers free intro videos which are useful on their own. Feel free to browse our entire collection and try some out.

Of course, our just-in-time tutorials are just the beginning of what AL offers. Look for many new features, tools, and resources with the launch of our new website in August.