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Microsoft Education Seminar

Perth, November 3rd 2005

Housekeeping

• Mobile Phones• Parking• Bathrooms• Refreshment break

Microsoft Education SeminarAgenda

• Innovative Teachers Award – State Winners’ Presentations (30 mins)

• Enrich Teaching with Technology Part I (60 mins)

• Refreshment Break (15 mins)• Enrich Teaching with Technology Part II (30

mins)• Q & A (All teachers) (15 mins)• Charles Sturt University Graduate

Certificate ICT Education Information Session (60 mins)

Microsoft Education Seminar

Robin McKean• Coordinator of Library & Information

Services, St Hilda’s Anglican School for Girls

• Microsoft Innovative Teacher’s Award winner, WA, 2005

Microsoft Education Seminar

Yvonne Harrison• Level 3 Teacher, Singleton Primary

School • Microsoft Innovative Teacher’s Award

winner, WA, 2005

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Enrich Teaching with Technology

Jo Bonaz

Agenda

• Part One– Microsoft® Student 2006– Teaching Essentials– Max’s toolbox

• Afternoon tea

• Part Two– Windows® Media Encoder– Microsoft® Producer– Creating your own training tools

Microsoft Student 2006

• A multimedia computer with a Pentium 500-MHz processor or faster (1 GHz or higher recommended)

• Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional with Service Pack 4, or Windows XP operating system. Learning Essentials requires Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP4 or Windows XP and Microsoft Office 2003 or XP.

• Minimum 256 MB of RAM for Windows 2000 Professional with Service Pack 4 or Windows XP

• 850 MB of available hard-disk space; Children’s Encarta requires an additional 330 MB of hard-disk space

• 4 MB of VRAM; 16-bit SVGA or higher monitor supporting 800x600 screen resolution (1024x768 recommended)

• 16-bit sound card with speakers or headphones

Microsoft Student 2006

• Let’s take a tour of Student 2006

Microsoft Student 2006

• How is Student 2006 being used in Australian classrooms?

• Art history• Human potential• Shakespeare• Mother Teresa• The Raven• Advertising anti-bullying

Teaching Essentials

– Create your own assessment tasks quickly and effectively

– Planning an excursion

• Teaching templates:

Max’s Toolbox

• Microsoft Windows 98SE, ME, 2000 SP3 or XP SP1 operating system

• Microsoft Office 2000 SR2, XP SP1 or 2003

Recommended system requirements:• Intel Pentium III 500Mhz or higher• CD-ROM drive• Windows Media Player• Sound card and speakers• 380Mb available hard disk space for

complete installation

Max’s Toolbox

•Max Write

•Max Count

•Max Show

Microsoft Student 2006

• Recommended retail price $149.95 (DVD only)

• Available under Volume License for estimated retail price $9 - $11 (CD-ROM)

• Max’s Toolbox – retail or licensed

Time for coffee…

Stretch the legs…

up the sugar levels…

and see you back here in 15 minutes…

to look at how Windows Media Encoder and Microsoft Producer can be used to create training tools for staff and students.

Agenda

• Part Two– Windows Media Encoder– Microsoft Producer– Creating your own training tools

Microsoft Producer

•Supported Operating Systems:

– Windows 2000 Service Pack 3;Windows XP

– Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 orMicrosoft PowerPoint 2002

Windows Media Encoder

• Capture and broadcast of audio and video files for dial-up modem and mid-bandwidth audiences using the Windows Media Audio 9 and Windows Media Video 7 codecs

– Single stream and multiple-bit-rate content for 28.8 kilobits per second (Kbps) and 56 Kbps modems:

– 300 MHz processor, such as an Intel Pentium III or AMD Athlon

– Windows XP or Windows 2000

– 64 MB of RAM

– Supported audio and video capture device

Combining Encoder with Producer

•Create dynamic, self paced, multimedia training tools for your students and staff.

Thank You

Resources and training available from Intouch

jodieb@intouch.com.au

Q & A

• Any questions for Jo or Microsoft?

Microsoft Education Seminar

• Where to go for more information regarding licensing?– Contact your Computer Coordinator– Contact your Dept of Education (if public school)– Ask for follow up from a Microsoft Large Account Reseller (

www.microsoft.com.au/education/educationpartners)

• For more resources for teachers, go to www.microsoft.com.au/education/resourcecentre – Lesson plans, tutorials, tips and tricks

• To download Photo Story, Windows Media Encoder and Producer, go towww.microsoft.com/downloads

Learn IT Teach IT CD

• Free professional development resource• New version next year – v.2• Tick the box on your evaluation form for

v.1, if you haven’t yet received it • Photo Story resources also available – tick

the box on evaluation form

Microsoft Education Seminar

• What did you think?

– Complete an evaluation form, and receive a free set of PC earphones

– Download the presentations from this event, as well as all sample files used, from November 17

– www.microsoft.com.au/educationstart

• Watch this space for details of the 2006 Microsoft Innovative Teachers Awards – being announced early 2006!

• www.microsoft.com.au/educationstart

CSU Information Session

• All those who’ve registered, stay here

• Information session, Graduate Certificate in ICT Education, Charles Sturt University (distance ed)

• Microsoft, as part of Partners in Learning, funding scholarships and supporting with curriculum

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Microsoft Education Seminar

Perth, November 3rd 2005