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TeacherTool 1.2
TeacherTool - Calculates percentage & letter grades more>>
TeacherTool is a software utility that calculates the percentage and letter grade for tests, quizzes, or assignments.
Upon entering a total score, the user enters either the number missed or number correct...the software will keep track of the number of As, Bs, Cs, Ds, and Fs for the particular score as well as the class average.
The user can choose to use the default grading scale or use their own.
Enhancements:
- A new feature that shows a series of scores at a glance or to present to students through a television or projector connected to the computer (Available via the File menu).
ClassBuilder Teachers Toolbox 2.0
Complete teaching tool for managing classes. more>>
Invaders
An Invaders themed screensaver for your Mac more>> Principals Pal creates an easy-to-use workflow for creating a schedule. Using Principals Pal, you can create a schedule that:
Keeps Teachers Happy. Principals Pal allows you to set a minimum time that each teacher has every day uninterrupted, which allows them to count on a time of the day to tackle a longer or more difficult lesson.
Is Conflict Free. Principals Pal wont create a schedule that forgets to schedule a class for P.E., or schedules a class for Art when the teacher isnt available. It even will allow you to make sure classes with too many students arent scheduled for a special class that doesnt have enough room!
Is Easily Updated. If something has changed, simply open up your original schedule with Principals Pal and update the information. It will automatically create a new schedule for you.
Collaborative Planning Periods. A popular thing to do is schedule special classes at the same time for teachers of the same grade level so that those teachers can collaborate. Principals Pal will automatically do this for you.
Leaves Time for More Important Things. Lets face it, being a school administrator is not an easy job, and time is always precious. Principals Pal will give you several days or even weeks of your time back to you to do more important things.<<less
Grade Machine 6.8.3
Grade Machine is an application providing teachers with features and flexible grading options. more>>
Grade Machine 6.8.3 is an application providing teachers with features and flexible grading options. Class files created in Grade Machine can be used on a Macintosh or Windows computer. Grade Machine's exclusive Smart Data Exchange allows communication with school administrative software and other applications.
Chase 1.0
Chase is a free product coming from a CD-ROM collection of over 200 mathematics puzzles, available on the developers Web site. more>>
Chase 1.0 is a free product coming from a CD-ROM collection of over 200 mathematics puzzles, available on the developer's Web site. Developed by a veteran teacher, these visually-oriented puzzle games have a simple interface and are designed to provide math problems in context to middle-school (grades five through nine) students.
In this particular program, students are shown a Cartesian plane, across which a small dot moves. Students try to "capture" the dot by typing in its current or anticipated coordinates.
DecoderRing 1.1
DecoderRing - Educational tool introduces students to functions more>>
Enhancements:
- Fixed strange behavior with mappings from one letter to multiple letters greater than 2.
- Added drawer that contains found problems for decoding and encoding
- Improved instructional messages when checking a submitted error
- Created better Teacher ReadMe.rtf file
- Changed help sheet data to present a student with instructions instead of just displaying the Teacher ReadMe.rtf file.

miBookReader 1.0
miBookReader is designed to aim at presenting multimedia interactive content created by miBookWriter. more>>
miBookReader 1.0 is designed to aim at presenting multimedia interactive content created by miBookWriter. A user views and interacts with the content, the results are saved into a file which can then be examined and analyzed by interested parties such as teacher or trainer or the reader him/her self. The application works like a slideshow tool, but it can do a few things that a typical slideshow program does not do.
The key differences include that miBookReader (1) permits a user to interact with the presented content; (2) tracks user interactions; (3) scores user inputs against expected results; and (4) summarizes and visualizes collected answers.
Major Features:
- Easy to use interface. Uncluttered presentation.
- Support various view modes (page flow view, browser view and outline view) for viewing and accessing content.
- Optional realtime feedback as questions are answered.
- Built-in session timer to track time automatically as in a timed session or manually as audience sees fit.
- Answers from audience are saved automatically into permanent session records which can be examined and analyzed later.
- Built-in content browser and session browser to easily find content as well session files on user's computer.
- View related session records together, chart the results for insights.
- Support timed session. Handle expired content as appropriate.
- Support full screen and non full screen presentations, switchable with one click.
- Auto play content, in random page order and/or in loops.
- Quick Look support for session records; press spacebar to viewed selected session record in Finder .
- Support password protection of content. Login panel is presented when appropriate to gain access.
Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5 or later
Volvelleteer 1.8
Volvelleteer comes with many useful features to allow you to build or import a table of data, set up the slots and then print a front disk with the slots and a back disk with the table of data. more>>
Volvelleteer 1.8 comes with many useful features to allow you to build or import a table of data, set up the slots and then print a front disk with the slots and a back disk with the table of data.
Volvelleteer is software for making volvelles, those disks with tables of data that you can look at through slots. The data is generally text, but there is a weak facility for including little pictures. The application is graphical in nature, but it might have educational applications for teachers.
Requirements: Mac OS X
Centre 2.10
Centre - free student information system for public and non-public schools more>>
Centre was created for the most important needs of administrators, teachers, support staff, parents, students, and clerical personnel. However, it also adds many components not typically found in student information systems.
Actor-lab 2.5
Actor-lab - Teaches control technology/robotics for kids more>>
Actor-lab was designed to make the teaching of control technology possible in classroom settings where, after a general introduction by the teacher, year 5-7 children work by themselves in small groups with only peer support.
The language and the interface were designed to represent the notion of input-process-output that is central to basic robotics and control technology. Its operation can be explained using the intuitively accessible metaphor of a cast of actors able to send messages to each other. The programmers role becomes one of playwright, writing scripts for the actors.
Workbench 1.1
Workbench allows teachers to post homework on a FTP server so their students can easily access it via the internet more>>
Workbench features CSS support to allow teachers to create a professional-looking homework page with no networking or HTML knowledge.
Enhancements:
- Version 1.1 adds CSS support.
JEarthCam 1.4
JEarthCam - A widget that displays webcams from around the world. more>> Collusion is an application that detects plagiarism. Ideal for teachers
wanting to save time before reading through homework or develpers with source
code, this software checks the texts within a directory for similarities. Any
copying that has taken place can be found before spending any time reading the
essays.<<less
DashCrypt 1.0
A widget that encrypts or decrypts files using the AES 256-bit cipher. more>> You can create a professional looking crossword puzzle in about 5 minutes.
Teachers - Crosswords are a great way to have your students review for tests. Plus, you save time because they are easy to grade
Great for weddings, parties, baby showers, and more
Print professional looking crosswords, or save them as Word documents or as images<<less
IFSPainter 1.0
IFSPainter is a program to create and save awesome graphics based on iterated functionsystems more>>
The graphics are fractals made up of the union of several copies of itself, each copy being transformed by a function. The best example is the "Sierpinski gasket".
IFSPainter is an excellent tool for teachers, students and all people that like playing with the differet parameters.
theGRADER (PPC) 2.0.3
Free grade book for teachers. more>>
With theGRADER you can save and print studentreports, use custom grading schemes, and use percentage or letter grades fromA+ to F. theGRADER was designed for educators by educators. Leave yourspreadsheets behind forever and enjoy the ease and utility of theGRADER.