New cyberbully tactics take shape

The Qwest Foundation is hosting host top educators from several states today to present a first-of-its-kind cyberbullying prevention curriculum funded by the Qwest Foundation and created by Mike Donlin, project manager for prevention-intervention and technology services at Seattle Public Schools. Donlin and educators from Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Oregon and Washington, as well as key Qwest executives, will gather at to review and discuss the program, which was implemented in Seattle middle schools this fall.

At the event, Donlin will also offer tips for implementing the curriculum and will share his experience in working with teachers who have incorporated the course into their curriculum. A guide complete with key learnings from the curriculum and suggestions for building a standards-based curriculum at their schools will be distributed at the event. This guide is also available for free download at http://www.IncredibleInternet.com.

10 Tips for Successful Public Speaking

Feeling some nervousness before giving a speech is natural and even beneficial. But too much nervousness can be detrimental. Here are some proven tips on how to control your butterflies and give better presentations:

1. Know your material. Pick a topic you are interested in. Know more about it than you include in your speech. Use personal stories and conversational language – that way you won’t easily forget what to say.

2. Practice. Practice. Practice! Rehearse out loud with all equipment you plan on using. Revise as necessary.

3. Know the audience. Greet some of the audience members as they arrive. It’s easier to speak to a group of friends than to strangers.

4. Know the room. Arrive early, walk around the speaking area and practice using the microphone and any visual aids.

5. Relax. Ease tension by doing exercises. Transform nervous energy into enthusiasm.

6. Visualize yourself giving your speech. Imagine yourself speaking, your voice loud, clear and confident. Visualize the audience clapping – it will boost your confidence.

7. Realize that people want you to succeed. Audiences want you to be interesting, stimulating, informative and entertaining. They don’t want you to fail.

8. Don’t apologize for any nervousness or problem – the audience probably never noticed it.

9. Concentrate on the message – not the medium. Focus your attention away from your own anxieties and concentrate on your message and your audience.

10. Gain experience. Experience builds confidence, which is the key to effective speaking. A Toastmasters club can provide the experience you need in a safe and friendly environment.

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Panasonic PT-D7500U, PT-D7600

5500 and 6500 Lumens 3-CCD Large Venue DLP Projectors

Compact, high-performance three-chip DLP projectors, the PT-D7500U (XGA) and PT-D7600U (SXGA) seamlessly integrate breathtaking image quality, compactness and low cost of operation. Easy to transport, set up and maintain, they can be used in applications where users previously had to settle for a projector of lower presentation quality. The PT-D7500U and PT-D7600U produce astounding still and motion images, making them ideal choices for demanding rental and staging, digital cinema and mission-critical data environments such as 24-hour-a-day command-and-control centers. Superbright with 5000 and 6000 lumens respectively, they offer a remarkable, leather-quality contrast ratio of up to 1000:1 and are stackable for double brightness (up to 12000 lumens).

Offering a sleek, dust-proof design, the PT-D7600U and PT-D7500U offer a dual-lamp system that delivers the power of two high-intensity light sources through a high-precision prism, providing peace of mind by virtually eliminating downtime due to a burned-out lamp. By adding the optional 10Base-T or 100Base-TX network module, they are network-ready, enabling monitoring via LAN-based remote control over a web browser.

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World’s Lightest DLP-Based Projectors
By combining a new-generation 3-chip DLP system with a new optical system, Panasonic has dramatically reduced their cabinet size, achieving the world’s lightest 3-chip DLP projectors. With a weight of 43 lbs., they can go places no other 3-chip DLP projector have ever gone before.

The PT-D7500U and PT-D7600U provide tha quality and performance needed in almost any application. Use them in meeting rooms, theaters, museums, convention halls, public space, schools, research labs – anyplace where bright, beautiful images are a plus. Also, the superb resolution made possible by 3-chip DLP technology delivers images with exceptional detail and accuracy. This makes these projectors suitable for use as main systems for monitoring traffic or electric power, or in operation centers such as police or fire and air traffic control centers.

3-Chip DLP Technology
The 3-chip DLP system, considered among the world’s most advanced projector engines, has a Digital Micromirror Device (DMD) chip allocated to each of the red, green, and blue signals. This gives the DLP system superior light utilization for high brightness, digital processing for low noise and linear white balance, extended device life for minimal image degradation, and a quick response that eliminates after images. The PT-D7600U and PT-D7500U incorporate digital and optical technologies that maximize these DLP advantages.

The PT-D7500 delivers 5,000 lumens of brightness, and the PT-D7600U gives 6,000 lumens, offering superior color reproducibility

Panasonic’s sophisticated optical system achieves a remarkable 1000:1 contrast ratio. This combines with an outstanding brightness for crisp, high-resolution images in virtually any viewing environment. Contrast can be switched between High and Normal as conditions require. Ideal form cinema viewing applications.

High-speed DSP chips enable interlaced-to-progressive (IP) conversion for HD sources, complete with digital cinema reality (DCR) and digital noise reduction (DNR)

The built-in detail enhancer checks and corrects the quality of 368,000 pixels in each image to improve sharpness and clarity
The Digital Cinema Reality circuit provides progressive processing optimize for 24 or 30 frame/sec sources, helping to reproduce the image with quality faithful to the original.