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Subject: Fw: Microsoft Innovative Teachers Newsletter February 17, 2005
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<P>Thought you might want to forward on the mailing lists..These might provide some good references to all OWP members.<BR><BR></P></DIV>
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<DIV></DIV>>Subject: Fw: Microsoft Innovative Teachers Newsletter February 17, 2005
<DIV></DIV>>Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 08:52:18 -0600
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<DIV></DIV>>Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 20:41:51 -0600
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<DIV></DIV>>Subject: Microsoft Innovative Teachers Newsletter February 17, 2005
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<DIV></DIV>>Innovative Teachers Newsletter -- Staff Developer Edition
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<DIV></DIV>>February 17, 2005
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<DIV></DIV>>Welcome to the Staff Developer Edition of the Microsoft® Innovative Teachers Newsletter. The Innovative Teachers program <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=2177616> provides free, high-quality classroom resources and professional development opportunities for your K-12 teachers.
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<DIV></DIV>>Help Students Become Better Writers
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<DIV></DIV>>Writing skills are becoming more important in the classroom, and the world beyond the classroom. Follow these links to discover how your teachers can use technology to improve students' writing skills
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<DIV></DIV>>Teach Writing and Language Skills with Word <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=2177620>
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<DIV></DIV>>Take an Essay from Draft to Finish using the Word Revision Marks Tool <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=2177621>
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<DIV></DIV>>Academic Writing Made Easier with the Research Task Pane <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=2177622>
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<DIV></DIV>>Tutorial: Word 2002 and the Writing Process <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=2177623>
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<DIV></DIV>>Create a Document Outline - online training with self-paced lessons <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=2177624>
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<DIV></DIV>>Step Away From the Spell Checker <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=2177625>
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<DIV></DIV>>Proofreading Power Tools: Tips for Polishing Your Writing <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=2177626>
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<DIV></DIV>>What's New
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<DIV></DIV>>Become Experts on Technology Integration with Futurekids <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=2177627>
<DIV></DIV>>Your teachers can use self-study guides or take online courses to become experts on integrating Microsoft Office technology into their classrooms. Futurekids will even help you obtain a grant to pay for this professional development.
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<DIV></DIV>>Keep Track of Education Credits <http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/TC011406401033.aspx>
<DIV></DIV>>Use this template to track continuing education credits and to make sure they are correctly reported to your school district.
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<DIV></DIV>>Streamline Your Professional Development Planning <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=2177628>
<DIV></DIV>>Obtain this assessment tool free through June 30, 2005. The Evaluating and Integrating Technology Tool (EIT2) recognizes teachers' technology integration behaviors, focuses on their specific needs, is standards-based, and can be used to meet adequate yearly progress goals mandated by the No Child Left Behind Act.
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<DIV></DIV>>Educator Resources
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<DIV></DIV>>Business Cards for Notable People in History <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=2177629>
<DIV></DIV>>Students conduct research on famous people, then create business cards for them with information they might have wanted to share with the world about their work and personal qualities.
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<DIV></DIV>>Healthy Hearts <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=2177630>
<DIV></DIV>>Students use heart-rate monitors, nutrition software and pedometers to learn about heart health and their own personal responses to nutrition and exercise. Empower others to make healthy heart decisions by sharing their work at a community health fair.
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<DIV></DIV>>A View from the Top <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=2177631>
<DIV></DIV>>Students meet Amelia the Pigeon and learn about aerial photography. Visit the TerraServerUSA Web site to find actual pictures of your community, then have children write a story about what Amelia would see if she flew over your neighborhood.
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<DIV></DIV>>Security
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<DIV></DIV>>Increase the Internet Safety Savvy of Your Students' Parents <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=2177632>
<DIV></DIV>>Find online safety tips for children of different ages, a guide to helping children deal with hateful content on the Web, information on discerning fact from opinion, and lots more.
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