Free tools for teachers

Microsoft offers many free tools to help you motivate and captivate your students. Learn more at www.microsoft.com/education/freetools

Discover the many free, interactive tools in a variety of subject areas. For the most part, these free tools and applications dont require special training, so you can use them quickly in a productive learning activity.

MULTIMEDIA TOOLKIT AutoCollage*create a unique piece of art with students photos. WorldWide Telescopeenable your PC to function as a virtual telescope. Photosynthintriguing 3-D experience for sharing or viewing photo collections. Songsmith*bring out your students musical and singing talents. Photo Story for Windows XP quickly turn digital photos into compelling slideshows. COLLABORATE WITH COLLEAGUES AND STUDENTS Mouse Mischiefa free add-in for PowerPoint 2007 and 2010 that makes classroom lessons interactive using one computer and multiple mice.

Interactive Classroomlets you insert polling questions into PowerPoint presentations to make lessons a two-way activity with you and your students. Windows Live SkyDrive store and share your photos and files, freeup to 25GB. Windows Live Writermakes composing, previewing, and publishing your blogs even easier. MAKE EVERYDAY TASKS EASIER Bing Searchhelps teachers and students find the information they need faster. Bing Mapsembark on a virtual trip to Paris or wherever your students curiosity takes them. Bing Translatoruseful resource for teachers doing multi-language projects. This collection of free tools can be easily downloaded and shared.

VISUALIZE COMPLEX EQUATIONS Mathematics Add-instudents can visualize formulas and complex math problems with dynamic 2-D and 3-D graphs. This free add-in can help with algebra, calculus, physics, statistics, and more. Available as a free add-in for Word 2007 and 2010 and OneNote 2010. Easy to download.

HOW TO ADD THE MATH ADD-IN

Before downloading Microsoft Mathematics, you must have Office 2007 or 2010 installed on your computer. Next, go to http://www.microsoft.com/ officeaddins to find and download the free Math Add-in. Its a simple two-click installation process. The Math Add-in will immediately appear as an Academic tab within the familiar Microsoft Word and OneNote applications you already know and use. Now you and your students can start plotting functions, visualizing formulas, and dynamically solving for x with ease.

WHERE TO FIND THESE FREE TOOLS: AutoCollage* microsoft.com/AutoCollage WorldWide Telescope worldwidetelescope.org Photosynth photosynth.net Songsmith Free Trial* microsoft.com/songsmith Photo Story for Windows XP microsoft.com/PhotoStory Mouse Mischief microsoft.com/multipoint/mouse-mischief Interactive Classroom and Mathematics Add-in microsoft.com/officeaddins Windows Live SkyDrive SkyDrive.Live.com Windows Live Writer windowslive.com/Online/Spaces Bing Search and Bing Maps bing.com Bing Translator microsoftTranslator.com
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