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Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) is an American college-readiness system designed to increase the number of students who enroll in four-year colleges, focusing on students in the academic middle. The formula is to raise expectations of students. Originating at the [elementary] level, the program now serves grades 4-12 (roughly, ages 9–18).
AVID, which stands for Advancement Via Individual Determination, is a program designed to give the necessary support to students, pa...

Avid Studio Heads To The iPad For Mobile Moviemakers

Avid just announced that the first version of Avid Studio for the iPad is now available on the Apple App Store. If you have been using Avid Studio at home for years and always wanted to use it on the road, now you will be ...

Sorenson Squeeze 8 Bundled With Avid Product For Video Editing Complete Solution

Avid and Sorenson Media have expanded a partnership that will now see Avid video editing products including Sorenson Squeeze 8. It's a pretty major deal as they are two of the largest video editing software companies around. The software that Avid will have Sorenson Squeeze 8 ...

Crowdsourced Video Is On The Rise: Interview With Stroome

I only found out about Stroome last week--and promptly wrote up an article about their approach to collaborative video editing and creation. Imagine my surprise when co-founder, Tom Grasty, reached out to let me know they were launching a new-and-improved version of the service this ...

Sorenson Squeeze 5 In Avid Technology Editing Suite

Sorenson Media today announced that Sorenson Squeeze 5 is being shipped with the latest versions of Avid Technology Inc.'s suite of video editing applications, including Avid Media Composer (v 3.5), Symphony (v 3.5) and NewsCutter (v 7.5) software. Sorenson Squeeze 5 enables independent editors, producers ...