Microsoft ® free tools for teachers and faculty The tools described in this piece are free for teachers and faculty in the United States. Some of these tools may be fee-based outside of the United States.

Technology that helps you Offering free tools that help motivate and inspire students

Using today’s tools to help instructors and engage students

Microsoft is helping teachers with free tools for education AutoCollage – create a unique piece of art with student’s photos. Worldwide Telescope – enable a classroom PC to function as a telescope. Photosynth™ – intriguing 3D experience for sharing or viewing a photo collection. Songsmith™ – bring out your student’s musical and singing talents. Photo Story for Windows ® XP – turn digital photos into compelling slide show. Office Live Workspace – collaborate online with students and colleagues. Windows Live™ SkyDrive – store and share your photos and files, free. Windows Live™ Writer – makes composing, previewing, and publishing your blogs even easier. Bing™ Translator, Search and Maps – Free online translation service, improved Web search and interactive, worldwide maps. Windows Live™ Writer Office Tools for Researchers – free add-ins for Microsoft Office programs that help researchers in collecting, annotating and publishing scientific data.

Engage your students

Create a unique piece of art with AutoCollage Quick collage-making photo tool. Inspire students to gather photos on a subject or snap their own pictures. Give your lessons or lectures more stopping power.

Turn a classroom PC into a virtual telescope WorldWide Telescope brings together imagery from the world’s best ground and space- based telescopes. Explore the night sky with seamless panning and zooming of stars, planets, streaking comets and more. Includes guided, narrated tours of the galaxy. Created with the Microsoft Visual Experience Engine.

Photosynth presents an intriguing, interactive way to view photos on any subject Share a photo collection of a famous place by stitching them together for an engaging 3D interaction. Bring cinematic quality and mind-blowing detail to students’ digital photography.

Bring out musical creativity Songsmith generates musical accompaniment to match any singer’s voice. Choose a musical style, sing into your PC’s microphone, and Songsmith produces a finished, rich-sounding music track. Share and post students’ songs online, or create fun music videos. Inspire songwriting by simply singing into a microphone.

Create compelling slide shows with Microsoft Photo Story for Windows ® XP Create a slide show with a simple click or two. Photo stories bring class subjects to life for students. Easy to use, intuitive tools to enhance, rotate and crop photos. Add special effects, soundtracks, and voice narration to your photo stories.

Collaborate better and make everyday tasks easier

Collaborate in real time: Office Live Workspace Work more efficiently together with students and colleagues. Share a single document, a calendar or an entire workspace. Control who can access, view, and edit content. Work together online, sharing the same document or project. Add comments or review ideas from others in your group.

Windows Live SkyDrive — store and share your files and photos for free 25 GB of free storage, online. You set password and decide who can see what files or folders. For a workgroup, everyone can upload, download and collaborate. Personal folders. Store and access your personal files and photos anytime. Password protected storage.

Windows Live Spaces & Windows Live Writer Blogging made easy. Easy creation, customization, and publishing tools. Keep students and parents informed. Share ideas and experiences with the education community. Use student blogs to change the way students view self-expression. Windows Live Spaces: set up, customize, and publish your blog Windows Live Writer: makes composing, previewing, and publishing your blogs even easier

Free online translation service Microsoft Bing Translator — Compare original text with translated version side by side Useful resource for educators doing multi-language projects

Improved Web search with Bing Microsoft Bing Search helps students find the information they need faster Visual Search makes search results immediately pop

Bing worldwide maps cover the world from satellite to street views

Free tools help researchers collect, analyze, annotate and publish research data Microsoft Add-ins for Researchers: Chem4Word Simplify the authoring of chemical information in Word — specifically the inclusion of chemical structures. Article Authoring Add-in for Word 2007 Open and Save Microsoft Office Word files in National Library of medicine XML format Ontology Add-in for Word 2007 This add-in should simplify the development and validation of ontologies

Additional resources

Additional educator resources Educator videos, getting started guide and step-by-step instructions Teachers: Faculty: © 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. This document is for informational purposes only. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT. Microsoft, plus Bing™ Translator, Songsmith, Bing™ Search, Bing™ Maps, Windows Live™ Writer, and Windows Live™ SkyDrive are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. These materials were created from a US perspective, some software may or may not be available in your market for free. *Join for free to obtain complete free version of AutoCollage and Songsmith (vs. trial).

Free tools & demos ToolWhere to get it AutoCollage*microsoft.com/AutoCollage Worldwide Telescopeworldwidetelescope.org Photosynthphotosynth.net Songsmith Free Trial*microsoft.com/songsmith Photo Story for Windows XPmicrosoft.com/PhotoStory Office Live Workspaceworkspace.office.live.com Windows Live SkyDriveSkydrive.Live.com Windows Live Writerwindowslive.com/Online/Spaces Bing Search and Bing Mapsbing.com Bing TranslatormicrosoftTranslator.com Office Add-ins for Researchersmicrosoft.com/Scientistsmicrosoft.com/Scientists and research.microsoft.com/ontologyresearch.microsoft.com/ontology

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