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Microsoft Learning Essentials An Introduction By Allen Steeves
User Account SFU • sguest04 • 8@86Knnc (password)
Curriculum-Based Templatesand Toolbars • Word • Excel • PowerPoint
Allows teachers and students to produce high-quality work with ease
Getting to your destination • GPS Unit • You know where you are • You know where you want to go • You sort of know how to get there • Learning Essentials will take you there • The more often you take the route, the more comfortable you’ll become getting there • You will be guided along the way • The destination will be better than you had imagined!
Target Users • Educators • Learning Essentials for Educators • Students • Learning Essentials for Students
To Whom Is It Available? • Only available to Microsoft Academic Volume Licensing customers • Academic customers with volume licenses for Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office 2003, Microsoft Office XP, Professional or Standard editions, are licensed to use Learning Essentials at no additional licensing cost
How Do I Get It? You can either • Download it yourself from • Microsoft.com/learningessentials • Have it distributed by your IT department with an installation CD or • Have it available through your network
Top Features • Educator and Student Centres • Toolbars • Tutorials • By leading Educational Publishers • Templates • Side-by-side Project Assistance
Toolbars • Math and Science Tools • Math Symbols • French Language Tools • Spanish Language Tools • German Language Tools • Test and Quiz Tools • Report Tools
Tutorials • Tutorials offered at the right time • “Helpful hints” windows and tutorial sites
Making It Work • Learning Essentials for Students installed on lab computers • Learning Essentials for Educators installed on your personal computer
In a Nutshell… With Learning Essentials, educators and students can get started, stay organized, and successfully complete high-quality work. Educators can create effective instructional resources, complete administrative tasks, and implement new teaching strategies.
Let’s Play • Creating a test (demo only) • Use French Accents (demo only) • Go through some of the templates • THIS IS LIKE GETTING FREE PD for your TEACHERS
Comments / Questions • Usefulness • Infrastructure • PD for teachers
Experimentation Time! Allen.Steeves@nbed.nb.ca