by by Danis Danis

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Centre d’Apprentissage du Centre d’Apprentissage du Haut-MadawaskaHaut-Madawaska

The power of teachersThe power of teachers

Teachers have a powerful long lasting Teachers have a powerful long lasting influence on their students. They directly influence on their students. They directly affect how students learn, what they learn, affect how students learn, what they learn, how much they learn and the way they interact how much they learn and the way they interact with one another and the world around them. with one another and the world around them. (Effective teachers 2002)(Effective teachers 2002)

Did you have a special teacher who Did you have a special teacher who made a difference in your life ? made a difference in your life ?

Do you have children?Do you have children? Is you classroom good enough for Is you classroom good enough for

your children?your children? What are the attribute, attitudes and What are the attribute, attitudes and

practices the best teachers have that practices the best teachers have that make them beloved, respected, and make them beloved, respected, and remembered ?remembered ?

Do you feel like this?Do you feel like this?

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To succeed with our To succeed with our students …students …

We need to We need to incorporate incorporate different learning different learning tools.tools.

Tools to help make Tools to help make your world theirs your world theirs and to prepare and to prepare them for their them for their world.world.

The power of technologyThe power of technology

Students are not Students are not intimidated by intimidated by technology. They technology. They will just dig in and will just dig in and learn what needs learn what needs to be learned.to be learned.

Computers give Computers give students and students and teachers immediate teachers immediate access to current access to current information, information, powerful software powerful software applications and applications and instantaneous instantaneous feedback from other feedback from other students, teachers students, teachers and experts.and experts.

The power of technologyThe power of technology

You don’t need to be a technology You don’t need to be a technology expert.expert.

Your role is to stay focused on the Your role is to stay focused on the teaching and learning process by teaching and learning process by designing a great project that designing a great project that provides abundant opportunities for provides abundant opportunities for students to use various technologies.students to use various technologies.

The teacher who is organized in The teacher who is organized in terms of routine, behaviors, and terms of routine, behaviors, and materials typically is better prepared materials typically is better prepared for class and sets an example of for class and sets an example of organization for students that organization for students that supports their organization for supports their organization for learning. (learning. (Effective Teachers 2002Effective Teachers 2002))

Learning EssentialsLearning Essentials

o Learning essentials pour teachersLearning essentials pour teacherso Learning essentials pour studentsLearning essentials pour students

What is Learning Essentials What is Learning Essentials for Microsoft Officefor Microsoft Office??

Learning Essentials for Microsoft Office Learning Essentials for Microsoft Office is a desktop application that runs on top is a desktop application that runs on top of Microsoft Office to give students and of Microsoft Office to give students and educators a custom Office environment educators a custom Office environment with tools to help them work to their full with tools to help them work to their full potential.potential.

Learning Essentials runs with any Learning Essentials runs with any edition of Office 2007, Office 2003 or edition of Office 2007, Office 2003 or Office XP.Office XP.

Who is eligible to receive Who is eligible to receive Learning Essentials ?Learning Essentials ?

Learning Essentials is an Office product Learning Essentials is an Office product benefit for Microsoft Academic Volume benefit for Microsoft Academic Volume License Customers.License Customers.

Academic customers who have or acquire Academic customers who have or acquire volume licenses for Microsoft Office 2007, volume licenses for Microsoft Office 2007, Office 2003 or Office XP, Standard or Office 2003 or Office XP, Standard or Professional editions, under Academic Professional editions, under Academic Open, Academic Select, Campus Agreement Open, Academic Select, Campus Agreement are licensed to use Learning Essentials at are licensed to use Learning Essentials at no additional cost..no additional cost..

This includes schools higher education This includes schools higher education institutions, and public libraries.institutions, and public libraries.

Learning Essentials is intended to Learning Essentials is intended to help teachers and students improve help teachers and students improve their productivity with Microsoft their productivity with Microsoft Office by providing tools designs for Office by providing tools designs for most frequent used Office application.most frequent used Office application.

The program provides teachers with The program provides teachers with tools to help students learn how to tools to help students learn how to work with Office and also offers some work with Office and also offers some help for students.help for students.

Learning EssentialsLearning Essentials

Learning EssentialsLearning Essentials

The package The package features features curriculum-based curriculum-based templates and templates and toolbars for Word, toolbars for Word, PowerPoint, Excel.PowerPoint, Excel.

Academic tutorials Academic tutorials created by various created by various education education publishers.publishers.

Teachers can use Teachers can use the educator the educator version to create version to create instructional instructional resources and resources and handling handling administrative administrative tasks.tasks.

Learning EssentialsLearning Essentials The templates The templates

designed for Word, designed for Word, Excel, and Excel, and PowerPoint provide PowerPoint provide starting places for starting places for assignments.assignments.

Students don’t have Students don’t have to spend additional to spend additional time working with time working with sometimes sometimes complicated layouts complicated layouts before beginning a before beginning a project.project.

How to Acquire Learning How to Acquire Learning Essentials?Essentials?

Schools can: Download from the Schools can: Download from the Microsoft download center Microsoft download center http://www.microsoft.com/learningessentials/default.mspxhttp://www.microsoft.com/learningessentials/default.mspx

Download from Microsoft Volume Download from Microsoft Volume Licensing ServiceLicensing Service

Install from Office with Learning Install from Office with Learning Essentials CD media included in Essentials CD media included in their Licensing kit or orderable from their Licensing kit or orderable from their Authorized Education Resellertheir Authorized Education Reseller