OMG - Check out these great FREE resources  for education from Microsoft!

Do you want to be part of an online community of educators committed to providing students the best educational environment?  Join Microsoft's Partners in Learning Network! 

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• Sign up for a Windows Live Account
• Set up you SkyDrive account and get 25G of free cloud storage of documents, presentations, photos and more.  You will have access to simplied version of Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and OneNote available anytime you have Internet access. 
• Become a member of the Partners in Learning Network for free and download your copy of AutoCollage and Songsmith

• Microsoft Math
• Math Worksheet Generator
• Mathematics Add-in for Word
• Chemistry Add-in for Word
• WorldWide Telescope
• Windows Live Movie Maker 2011 - requires Windows 7
• MORE in November!

OCTOBER IS CYBER SAFETY MONTH

With the ever increasing use of the Internet for research, lesson delivery, interactive sites for students; we need to pause and review how to keep our students and ourselves safe as we use the information highway.  Click here for a few good sites to visit. 

• October Fun - Students will learn about the positional words above, below, top, middle and bottom.
• October Calendar and Math Activities
• Spooky Animations is a resource pack that includes animated gifs with a Halloween theme as well as sample pages providing lesson ideas.
• Fall Backgrounds is a resource pack with 24 fall backgrounds.
• Remember F4 will launch your dual pens.
• If you have not visited ActivTips, this is a must stop for greats ways to implement ActivInspire ideas in your classroom.

• Picnik
• LiveBinder is an online recourse for organizing to web-based content as well PDF and Word Documents.

Why Do Leaves Change Colors in the Fall?  To learn answers to this question, visit the following sites:

• Why Leaves Change Colors in the Fall
• Leaves Change Colors
• Why Leaves Change Colors
• Autumn Leaf Color

 Events in October:

• October 13 is Columbus Day
• Fire Prevention Month for more activities visit the Teacher site on Tech Update.
• Child Health Month, Oct. 1-31, was created to promote child health messages on nutrition, immunizations, violence prevention, injury prevention, and substance abuse (http://www.aap.org/).
• International Dinosaur Month is devoted to the study of dinosaurs and the protection and preservation of their fossils.  An online hypertext book on dinosaurs can be found at Zoom Dinosaurs. 
• National Pasta Month celebrate the health benefits of pasta.
• National Popcorn Month commemorates the wholesome, natural food value of popcorn, America's native snack.  The website provides teacher resources, activities for students, and great recipes.

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