* Tutorials and project assistance from leading education publishers
such as Axia NetMedia Corp., a Scholastic company, guide students and offer
educators best teaching practices for relevant academic strategies.
The Shared Computer Toolkit is intended for customers who operate shared
computers in school computer labs, public libraries, Internet cafes or other
shared locations.

NOTE: Microsoft, Windows, Encarta, Excel, PowerPoint and MSN are either
registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corp.4 percent, increase for this year., Every day more than 4,000 kids try
smoking for the first time, 15,000 try drugs, and, in the last two decades,
the percentage of overweight children has nearly tripled. Opportunities are provided to incorporate cross-curricular
assignments in writing, math and science giving teachers information and ideas
to extend the learning experience beyond the online activity.

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Based on their Academic Volume Licensing agreement, customers can obtain
Learning Essentials for Microsoft Office media as a download or on CD.
Features include groundbreaking Graphing Calculator software to help students
visualize and understand difficult math and science concepts through two- and
three-dimensional graphing capabilities.
PETE+C is a collaborative effort of the Pennsylvania Department of
Education, the Pennsylvania Intermediate Unit Instructional Materials Services
Directors, Pennsylvania Association of School Business Officials and the
Pennsylvania Association for Educational Communications and Technology.

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Learning Essentials for Microsoft Office
Starting in July 2005, schools that subscribe to a Microsoft Academic
Volume Licensing program for Microsoft Office will be automatically licensed
to use Learning Essentials for Microsoft Office at no additional cost.
* Newly designed context-specific toolbars bring to the surface key
Office functions that are especially useful in education, such as a
bibliography guide, equation editor and foreign-language tools."
The Shared Computer Toolkit is expected to help reduce the total cost of
owning and operating shared Windows XP-based computers by making them easier
to configure, more reliable and less difficult to maintain.

Microsoft Student 2006
Microsoft Student 2006 is the first comprehensive productivity resource of
its kind designed to help middle- and high-school students complete high-
quality homework assignments and projects . Additional tools streamline Internet searches to provide trusted
Encarta content, ensuring students are using accurate, up-to-date information. An additional $6 million
would fund two days of teacher training, ongoing online support and technology
coaches for every two high schools, and a technology teacher in each building. Some of the
seminars include literacy skill enhancement, database building , online
mentoring for student teachers, creating performance assessments and providing
virtual field trips.

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Learning Essentials includes a variety of Office-based tools for both students
and teachers, including the following:

* Customizable starting windows help students and teachers quickly
start common assignments and tasks. YORK, Pa.

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More than 200 concurrent sessions focusing on a wide array of
technological enhancements are being provided at the conference.
For more information on the Pennsylvania Educational Technology Expo and
Conference , visit http://www.

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For schools, online reference
products are more accessible, more up to date, and easier to install and use.
An Encarta Academic Online subscription is available to academic
institutions through Microsoft's Academic Volume Licensing programs.5 percent
more than this year.
Dozens of these sessions are also geared towards administrator/teacher
training and development, including the advantages of using podcasting,
building digital portfolios, using web-based processes for strategic planning
and implementation, and transforming web pages into virtual classrooms.org adheres to the goals and guidelines of the Better
Business Bureau/Children's Advertising Review Unit and other organizations
devoted to providing a safe, online community for children.

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According to an internal Microsoft study from the 2003-2004 school year,
84 percent of schools prefer secure, reliable online access to reference
products rather than CD- or DVD-based products.
Teachers are eligible to receive required Act 48 certification credits through
participating in these sessions.
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's Intelligence Online; Great Source
Education Group, a division of Houghton Mifflin Co. It requires no server infrastructure to use and was designed
to be easy for anyone to use, regardless of their IT background.
The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the
trademarks of their respective owners.
"Through Governor Rendell's Pennsylvania Competes initiative, our students
will be better prepared to compete in a global economy," said Education
Secretary Dr. Gerald L. Byrnes
Health Education Center (HEC), a non-profit organization in York , PA, launched
LearntobeHealthy. "We are grateful to the Highmark Foundation for providing a
generous grant that allowed us to develop this resource and offer it free to
educators.

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Customers can now download the public beta
for evaluation from http://www. Existing
academic subscribers to MSN (R) Encarta Premium will automatically be switched
over to Encarta Academic Online. Governor Rendell's 'PA Competes' initiative highlighted

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Conference (NECC) four new academic-specific products designed to address
everyday challenges in teaching and learning, and improve the use of
technology in schools.S.
His proposal includes several investments in science- and technology-
related initiatives, like the $20 million Classrooms for the Future that would
put a laptop computer on every English, Math, Science and Social Studies
classroom desk in 100 high schools across the state.org . The site's content has
received a bronze Horizon Interactive Award in the Education/Training website
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* More than 180 templates in Microsoft Office Word, Excel(R) and
PowerPoint(R) include embedded project assistance and checklists
that help students write reports, create presentations and even
apply to colleges, and help teachers create handouts, try new
strategies and expedite administrative tasks.
Through last year 's Job Ready Pennsylvania initiative, Governor Rendell
proposed a five-year, $80 million investment in state-of-the-art career and
technical education equipment and curriculums.peteandc.
Each kit contains nine to 11 activities to introduce and/or reinforce
concepts, presented in a variety of delivery methods to address diverse
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scheduled to launch version 1.
"Personal computers are optimized for individual use," Bartholomew said .

Pennsylvania's Educational Technology Expo Focusing on Need for Science Technology Education Tools

To address these critical health concerns and others, the Susan P.org, a free, online, health education resource designed to
help teachers communicate important health concepts to students in grades K-6.
LearntobeHealthy. For more information, visit
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Collaboration with educators, students, parents and education partners drives
development of new technology built on familiar tools.; McGraw-Hill
Education; Pearson Prentice Hall; SchoolKiT; and Tom Snyder
Productions Inc. "Events like this expo and conference help
educators shape programs and new educational initiatives to better prepare
students for the challenges that await them. At the same time,
health education budgets have been slashed .org is to inspire children to make healthy
choices that will last a lifetime," Byrnes HEC e-Learning Director Betsy
Aumiller said.

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"The templates encourage students to do the work of writing and preparing
charts and presentations by easing the burden of production," said Gayle
Smith, mathematics teacher at Mount Si High School in Snoqualmie, Wash., and
one of more than 100 teachers and students who tested the product's new
features.0 of the Shared Computer Toolkit later this
summer , just in time for school libraries and computer labs to prepare for the
new school year.LearntobeHealthy .

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"Students can concentrate on the content of their work.microsoft. Specifically, the
Shared Computer Toolkit provides new technologies and expert advice that will
help defend shared computers from untrusted users, viruses and spyware; help
restrict untrusted users from accessing system settings and data; and help
enhance the end-user experience.

The conference, which offers workshops to enhance educators' skills, began
Sunday and runs through tomorrow.

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With Encarta Academic Online, schools can offer their teachers and students
access to an online reference with the quality, reliability and multimedia
content anywhere and anytime a student has access to a computer .

* A one-time fulfillment media charge may apply for some licensees.

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imperative that an investment of this magnitude result in improved teaching
and learning," said Craig Bartholomew, general manager of the Education
Products Group at Microsoft . "By working closely with educators, students,
parents and education partners to better understand the kind of work they do,
how they use technology and how their everyday experience with technology can
be improved, Microsoft has made academic-specific innovations designed to
bring relevant, immediate and unmatched value to schools.*
Learning Essentials, which runs atop any version of Office XP or Office 2003,
provides students and teachers with a customized Office environment with tools
to help them start and complete assignments more efficiently and intuitively."
Since 1995 , more than 500,000 students have visited the Byrnes HEC to
better understand the human body and develop healthy living practices.

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Encarta Academic Online features a new interface optimized for academic
searches and gives students one-click access to Encarta reference content in
seven languages for 11 countries.

Founded in 1975, Microsoft is the worldwide leader in software, services
and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.
The comprehensive health education programs of LearntobeHealthy.byrneshec.

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Available in time for the upcoming school year,
Learning Essentials for Microsoft(R) Office, Microsoft Shared Computer Toolkit
for Windows(R) XP, Microsoft Student 2006 and Microsoft Encarta(R) Academic
Online will enable teachers to optimize their preparation time, allow students
to concentrate on producing high-quality assignments, and simplify the setup
and maintenance of instructional computers.
"It's not surprising that one of the school IT management issues we hear about
most often is the difficulty of maintaining a uniform and secure
configuration , because of students' tendency to download unknown material, run
unauthorized software, and tamper with system settings on computers used by
many students. Microsoft Student also includes
Learning Essentials for Microsoft Office, providing students with curriculum-
based templates and tutorials that offer step-by-step instructions for a
variety of subjects -- from history to English and foreign languages to
science.

Encarta Academic Online
On Aug. 3, 2005, Microsoft plans to launch Encarta Academic Online
Edition, a new academic-specific, online version of its award-winning
reference library, suite of homework tools and rich multimedia content., Teachers, school administrators and
students from across the state are learning about the latest in classroom
technologies at the third annual Pennsylvania Educational Technology Expo and
Conference (PETE+C) at the Hershey Lodge and Convention Center.7 billion
investment in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade education , a $517 million,
or 6.

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The program incorporates the
Madeline Hunter Theory of Effective Instruction and meets State and National
Health and Technology Standards. Byrnes HEC at
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PHILADELPHIA, After years of working
closely with educators, students, parents and education publishers, Microsoft
Corp.
(Logo: http://www. schools are spending more than $5 billion a year on technology, and
there are now nearly 13 million instructional computers in schools.

CONTACT: Brian McDonald, Pennsylvania Department of Education,
+1-717-574-8710 (cell).

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This new product was specifically developed and designed with
the needs of the shared computer environment of schools in mind. in the United States
and/or other countries. The launch of this program
has enabled Pennsylvania to closely link career and technical education
programs to business and industry needs and to labor market trends.org
include lesson plans, interactive games, group and self-directed activities,
assessment tests and supplemental material .

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Microsoft Unveils Slate of New Education Products Designed to Focus Student Efforts on Quality of Work and Improve Security and Manageability of Shared School

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Shared Computer Toolkit for Windows XP
Today Microsoft released the public beta version of the Microsoft Shared
Computer Toolkit for Windows XP, a powerful combination of software tools and
documentation that will help optimize computers running genuine versions of
Windows XP for shared environments. To download
the Shared Computer Toolkit, customers will need to verify that they are
running a genuine copy of Windows XP through the Windows Genuine Advantage
process.
The new software product guides students through the learning process by
offering subject-specific tools that can help them achieve academic success .
Microsoft Student is expected to be available in retail stores this July
and for Academic Volume Licensing in August."
Governor Rendell recently proposed an unprecedented $8.
Additionally , $10 million would be invested in "Science: It's Elementary,"
which will enable students in 150 elementary schools to become scientists in
the classroom.
Also, the Governor is proposing an investment of nearly $60 million in
career and technical centers during the 2006-07 budget year, or 2.
Simon, Tuffy Tooth, Cig Shady, and many other colorful characters guide
teachers and students through the user-friendly, education kits currently
covering five specific health science related topics: The Five Senses,
Tobacco and Inhalants, Adolescence, Dental Health, and Healthy Eating.org is a compilation of the Center's most teacher requested
programs, retooled and adapted for web presentations .
The Byrnes HEC was created through the conviction that education is the
key to a healthier community.

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