1. Office 2007: Unleashing the Power of Microsoft Office in the Classroom Donald Hall Microsoft K-12 Education

2. Our Mission The Microsoft Education mission is to enable educators, students, and educational institutions to realize their full potential.

3. Microsoft in Education School of the Future Partners in Learning Microsoft IT Academy Education Competencies IP & Thought Leadership

4. Fundamentals Make it more secure, manageable and reliable Enterprise Content Management Streamline Processes and Content Management Business Intelligence Improve Insight Gain visibility into Student Progress 2007 Office System Capabilities To Meet The Organizational Needs For The New World Of Work Communication and Collaboration Simplify Learning Together Individual Impact Increase employee self-sufficiency and effectiveness

5. Challenges Help students Get started on assignments Stay organized and on task Find what they need quickly Successfully complete quality assignments Help teachers Use planning time well Create quality teaching materials Implement new teaching strategies

6. Microsoft Office in Education Microsoft Office is #1 productivity suite in schools worldwide Essential tool for learning Writing Research and data analysis Critical thinking Presentation Rich, Rapid Content Development More Relevant for Schools, combined with Learning Essentials offers specific academic tools.

7. Microsoft Office Word 2007

8. Word High quality document development Contextual tools presented by the Ribbon Format documents in a fraction of the time Add reflection, shadow, and change perspective on graphics Contextualize abstract concepts using SmartArt Easily add formulae and symbols with ease

9. Word Students can easily create works cited pages using MLA, APA, Chicago, ISO, GB77714, GOST, and SIST02, bibliography styles Learning Essentials: -For students: foreign language tools, tutorials, quality checklists, and templates for Math, Science, English, and History coursework -For teachers: Rubrics, tutorials, quiz generator, use SCORM tools to create standards-based objects

10. Word Publish teacher and student content directly to blogs. Encrypt documents Remove sensitive metadata with Document Inspector Documents can be published to your SharePoint document management server Save and email documents as PDF, XPS, new format or 97-2003 format

11. Excel 2007

12. Students gain insight into research data through conditional formatting Powerful PivotTable builder allows easier creation Build quality charts faster Format cells as tables and create visually appealing spreadsheets with ease Students can filter and sort data to analyze complied project data

13. Excel 2007 Apply formulas (trig, statistical, logical, date, time, and more) easily with the Formulas tab Conduct virtual data collecting expeditions tracking statistical observations virtually Save information as a website, XML document, or fax using an Internet fax

14. PowerPoint 2007

15. Reduce lab time: create dynamic presentations in minutes Add video, audio, or photos from student field trips or group projects Add slide animations with Animations tab Reshape and customize images while in your presentation Reuse content with powerful slide libraries Communicate across platforms and devices-XPS and PDF

16. A Closer Look

17. Learning Essentials for Microsoft Office What is it? A desktop application that runs on top of Microsoft Office to give students and educators a custom Office environment with tools to help them work to their full potential Top Features: Task-based, customizable Student Center & Educator Center Toolbars that provide one-click access to most helpful Office features math and science, foreign languages, presentations, reports Project Assistance and Checklists for guidance Templates for Word, PowerPoint and Excel Academic Tutorials Learning Essentials helps transform familiar everyday applications into customized tools for 21st-century learning.

18. Learning Essentials Microsoft Learning Essentials Two Sets of Tools Student CenterTeacher Center

19. Office Live Workspace - Store up to 1000 documents for Collaboration - Office Live Workspace is built on SharePoint technology, and empowers students and alumni to easily collaborate with one another!

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21. Collaborate: Share large files with SkyDrive – a password protected 5GB Virtual Hard Drive - Students and Alumni also get a virtual file storage space with the Live@Edu service - No more storing files on a easily lose able USB stick, students can now post their files in the cloud for anytime, anywhere access ! Microsoft Corporation – For distribution to schools only.

22. Share your entire desktop or specific applications with up to 15 remote users Give presentations Simultaneously edit documents Work together in real time: share, review, and update documents Shared View

23. Collaborate in Real-Time

24. >> There are lots of innovative companies, but we know the best innovation comes from users. Microsoft Silverlight™ Streaming Integrate our services with your student portal through our rich set of API’s Single Sign-On API Spaces Photo API Contacts API Virtual Earth API Messenger API Popfly Microsoft Corporation – For distribution to schools only.

26. Worldwide Telescope

28. Popfly in action

29. Creating Podcasts using Microsoft Office

30. MS Photosynth

31. Resources Where to go for more information

32. Thank You

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