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1. by Danis Michaud Centre d’Apprentissage du Haut-Madawaska

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

3. Did you have a special teacher who made a difference in your life ? • Do you have children? • Is you classroom good enough for your children? • What are the attribute, attitudes and practices the best teachers have that make them beloved, respected, and remembered ?

4. Do you feel like this? http://www.technorati.com/people/technorati/dgee/

6. To succeed with our students … • We need to incorporate different learning tools. • Tools to help make your world theirs and to prepare them for their world.

7. Students are not intimidated by technology. They will just dig in and learn what needs to be learned. Computers give students and teachers immediate access to current information, powerful software applications and instantaneous feedback from other students, teachers and experts. The power of technology

8. The power of technology • You don’t need to be a technology expert. • Your role is to stay focused on the teaching and learning process by designing a great project that provides abundant opportunities for students to use various technologies.

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

10. Learning Essentials • Learning essentials pour teachers • Learning essentials pour students

11. What is Learning Essentials for Microsoft Office? • Learning Essentials for Microsoft Office is 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. • Learning Essentials runs with any edition of Office 2007, Office 2003 or Office XP.

12. Who is eligible to receive Learning Essentials ? • Learning Essentials is an Office product benefit for Microsoft Academic Volume License Customers. • Academic customers who have or acquire volume licenses for Microsoft Office 2007, Office 2003 or Office XP, Standard or Professional editions, under Academic Open, Academic Select, Campus Agreement are licensed to use Learning Essentials at no additional cost.. • This includes schools higher education institutions, and public libraries.

13. Learning Essentials • Learning Essentials is intended to help teachers and students improve their productivity with Microsoft Office by providing tools designs for most frequent used Office application. • The program provides teachers with tools to help students learn how to work with Office and also offers some help for students.

14. The package features curriculum-based templates and toolbars for Word, PowerPoint, Excel. Academic tutorials created by various education publishers. Teachers can use the educator version to create instructional resources and handling administrative tasks. Learning Essentials

15. Learning Essentials • The templates designed for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint provide starting places for assignments. • Students don’t have to spend additional time working with sometimes complicated layouts before beginning a project.

16. How to Acquire Learning Essentials? • Schools can: Download from the Microsoft download center http://www.microsoft.com/learningessentials/default.mspx • Download from Microsoft Volume Licensing Service • Install from Office with Learning Essentials CD media included in their Licensing kit or orderable from their Authorized Education Reseller