Maine 8th Graders Take Statewide Test Online with iBooks

1999–2004March 8, 2004Macs Only!Education
according to this MaineToday.com article. This year about 60 Maine schools decided to allow their eighth grade students to take the Maine Educational Assessment online using the iBooks in the Maine program that has given every seventh and eighth grader an iBook to use. About two-thirds of the students preferred to take the test with the iBooks. Teachers expect using the iBooks will improve the scores. [Dana Baggett]

-- Weekend, March 6-7 --

[Update 11:30p ET 3/6] "Nanosaur II: Hatchling" Demo is Out and available for download from MacUpdate.com. It's a 32.7 MB file. MacUpdate.com has two mirrors and we got our copy at a reasonable speed. According to Pangeasoft,

The game is a continuation of the original Nanosaur storyline, yet this time you get to fly a pteradactyl who's loaded with hi-tech weaponry, and the game is much larger than the original 1998 game. In addition to the adventure mode where you blast enemy dinos and save eggs, there are also six two-player levels including racing, capture-the-flag, and battle.

Nanosaur II is the only game available for Mac OS X which supports both anaglyph and LCD shutter glasses for a totally immersive 3D experience. Click here for all the details about our 3D glasses support, and some really cool screenshots!

Nanosaur 2 looks terrific and we're learning how to fly the Nanosaur. Now we need to find a pair of 3D glasses. The final version is due out March 10.

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