Dealing with System Properties- Not a quotidian for me!!!

This week’s assignment seems simple enough; compare my computer system properties with a scenario-based software program that our instructor has ask for.

 The Scenario

You are a classroom teacher with one Internet-connected, classroom computer. Your principal has just come to you with the offer to purchase one academic software program for your classroom, and price is not a concern. (Apparently, the categorical funds are such that only one program per classroom may be purchased, but there is an allocation of up to $1,000 per classroom!) However, you’ll need to demonstrate impact on student learning from engagement with the software.

The principal leaves you with the following list of online software catalogs and asks for your software selection by the end of the day. “Oh,” she adds, “by the way, we don’t have funds to upgrade your computer, so make sure that the software you choose will run on the computer you have.”

My System:

Microsoft Windows XP                                   Monitor:

Home Edition                                               Version 5.1.2001.0

Version 2002                                               NIVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

Service Pack 3            

                                                                   Modem:

Computer:                                                   Intel (R) 537EP V9x DF PCI

Intel(R)

Pentium (R) 4CPU 3.00 GHz

299GHz, 200GB of RAM

I currently teach in a post secondary setting in Allied Health and teach several classes; primarily -  Anatomy and Physiology.  I am always looking to enhance my lectures,give students visuals, hands on activities,etc. I was excited to find a software program that will do just that and is under the allowable cost. Having a projector on the computer will benefit all the students simultaneously.

Software Pack Chosen:

A.D.A.M. Interactive Anatomy 4.0 Instructor's Edition - Win $599.00

System Requirements:

Microsoft Windows 2000, XP or higher

Pentium 800 MHz or higher

128MB of RAM

DVD Drive

1.7GB of available hard disk space for full install

A.D.A.M. Interactive Anatomy (AIA 4) is an exciting interactive learning DVD-ROM that dramatically enhances the study of human anatomy and related topics. With incredibly detailed graphics, precision accuracy, and advanced functionality, AIA 4has become a mainstay of anatomy education in classrooms across the globe. Now with the newest edition, AIA 4, we’ve included many more enhancements, based on extensive input from educators, authors, health professionals, and students worldwide.

The result is an unsurpassed anatomy reference and authoring system that serves as an advanced curriculum development tool for instructors and a valuable life-long anatomy resource for students.

A.D.A.M. Interactive Anatomy 4 (AIA 4) contains the most comprehensive digital database of detailed anatomical images in the world, including illustrated, fully dissectible male and female bodies. The database includes point-and-click identification capabilities of over 20,000 anatomical structures and is peer-reviewed by a team of leading anatomists to ensure anatomical accuracy.

View the same structure from different perspectives - With a simple scroll bar, dissect through the human body by peeling away structures, layer-by-layer, in anterior, posterior, lateral, or medial views. You can also open an image in multiple windows simultaneously to compare the same structure in the different views.

Multiple structure identification and manipulation - Simultaneously identify, highlight, display, and extract multiple anatomical structures and physiological systems. This feature makes it possible for you to explore the boundaries of structures and view them in isolation, and then view them in context with the surrounding anatomy.

Customizable transparency box - With the customizable transparency box you can easily move, re-size, and reveal areas of underlying dissectible anatomy in real-time. Use this tool to easily comprehend the spatial relationships between adjacent structures and organs.

Identify and Review Pinned Atlas Anatomy Structures

AIA 4’s Atlas Anatomy includes meticulously detailed full-color illustrations of body parts, organs, structures and systems complete with pinned structures. Not only do you get the highest-quality illustrations in the business, but you also get pinned cadaver prosection photographs from actual human dissection and even radiographic images!

Understand Anatomy in a Clinical Context

A key offering in AIA 4 is a comprehensive database of clinical content. Hundreds of illustrations and animations are available to help you understand complex anatomical structures, organs, and physiological systems in a clinical context.

Hundreds of accurate illustrations - Nearly 600 clinical illustrations show disease states, injuries, first aid, surgical procedures, cellular components, and more. Each illustration has been carefully designed by a certified medical illustrator and reviewed by medical experts in the field.

Clinical animations and viewer - 28 professionally produced QuickTime™ and Shockwave™ animations cover topics related to physiology, disease, and surgery. You can display these animations, or even your own animations, in the AIA 4 Animation Viewer!

Interact with 3D models

AIA 4 now includes 3D Library, Volume 2. The 3D Library contains 8 fully-interactive 3D models, including: brain ear eye heart lungs female reproductive system male reproductive system and skull

With the 3D library, you can visualize hundreds of specific detailed structures in the highest resolution available. In addition to full rotation, the 3D models provide for exploded views, transparency effects, and fly-through sequences.

Develop a Dynamic Curriculum

A.D.A.M. Interactive Anatomy Slide Show® - Slide Show is a great way to integrate your text with customized images from the AIA 4 database to create, organize, and package course materials, laboratory exercises, student presentations, and custom communication tools.

Import and export capabilities - You can import 3rd party images and animations, and easily export customized images into PowerPoint® and word processing applications, curricula, tests, and more.

Flexible annotation tools - Annotate illustrations in Dissectible Anatomy, Atlas Anatomy, Clinical Illustrations, or even your own imported images easily with the advanced functionality of AIA 4.

Hide and lock viewer controls - Use hide and lock viewer controls to disable structure identification and display only what you want students to see.

Live lecture mode usability - Create dynamic live lecture presentations using the interactive and visual power of AIA 4. The software can be used in class, and allows for annotations and modifications on-the-fly.