Microsoft Schools on the Web Contest: Schools and classrooms that set up or register web pages with the Global Schoolhouse through May 17, 1996, can enter a contest for technology grants totaling $100,000!

REGISTER YOUR WEB PAGES TODAY!

 Here's Your Chance to JUMP START Your Schools Onto the Internet - Free!

NEW SITES

The K-12 Education Product Guide is here!

A brand new publication listing Windows®-based K-12 products and Compaq PC systems. This Guide is designed to help K-12 educators, like you, find Windows-based solutions for your curriculum and administrative needs. The publication comes from the Windows School Connection, an alliance of leading educational software developers, sponsored by Compaq and Microsoft Corporation.
• Compaq and Microsoft launch initiatives to support schools' move to Windows

Bill Gates' Vision for Technology in Education, recorded Nov. 28 in Washington, D.C. Click the title to sample video clips, transcripts from the event, and experience an overview of Microsoft's commitment to Education.

News Releases from FETC in Orlando, FL:

• Microsoft and MCI Team Up to Ensure That Every U.S. School Has a Presence on the Web
• Micorosft Works With the ForeFront Group To Make it Easier For Teachers to Use Internet Resources
• Microsoft Helps National PTA Build New Infrastructure

Register On-LINE for upcoming K-12 Seminars

Join us as we explore the many ways technology can enhance and expand the educational process and register online for the free HELP seminars for educators making long-term decisions for their schools and classrooms.

Scholastic's The Magic School Bus Explores the Ocean

Tour seven ocean zones from the sandy beach to the deep, dark ocean floor. The bus turns into a high-tech submarine, and your students are at the helm!

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COOL LINKS

The Global Schoolhouse

Sponsored by Microsoft, the Global Schoolhouse is a multi-dimensional community comprised of students, teachers, parents and professionals collaborating across time and space via the Internet to transform the learning environment.

Curriculum Activities:

If you're a teacher or parent, you'll love the ideas for using Microsoft products to teach your children - look under Curriculum Activities in the Resources section.

Microsoft in Higher Education is Live!

Your link to computing issues and solutions for students, teachers, Information Technology, and server administrators in Higher Education.

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Welcome our newest Windows School Connection software publishers, who have great Windows® products for education, and an extensive listing of K-12 Solution Providers who can help create a customized solution to determine which products are right for your needs.

Microsoft® Press has introduced Microsoft Windows® 95 Starts Here, an interactive CD-ROM training product for Microsoft Windows 95®, providing businesses and individuals with a flexible training and reference tool for this new operating system.

True Stories: Kern High School District Chooses Windows NT® Server over Novell®

Multimedia Story Time - Developed by Microsoft® Corporation in cooperation with the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association.

Compaq and Compaq products are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Compaq PC Systems in the United States and/or other countries. Microsoft, BackOffice, Windows, and Windows NT are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

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