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Windows 7 released to the general public last week so I have to start with a couple of Windows 7 links. OK maybe I don’t *have* to but there are a couple I wanted to share. From the Teacher Tech blog there is a list of 7 things teachers will like about
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OK, this may not be the definitive index to Microsoft resources for teachers but it’s close. Something for everyone from elementary school English teachers to high school science teachers (check out the world wide telescope) to high school computer science
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Have you heard about Silverlight ? Have you ever wanted to learn how to use it yourself? If you haven’t heard about Silverlight I borrowed some text from the Silverlight home page to explain it. Microsoft Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform,
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I was fortunate enough to be invited to guest blog twice in August. Those may have been among my best posts for the month. First I did a first day of school post for the CSTA blog - Setting the Tone for the School Year . My wife is seeing students for
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OK it is the start of the long weekend – well once my wife gets back from school where she had just a little more to do to be ready for students on Tuesday. So it is time to think about some game news. OK so I’m thinking about more help to create games
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Are you looking for ways to engage your students in 21 st century learning? Would you like to generate enthusiasm and excitement about using technology in your classroom on a daily basis? Are your students interested in developing skills they can employ
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Several months ago Microsoft acquired a company called Caligari largely because of their advanced 3D toolset called trueSpace . Well now the latest version of this powerful tool is available for free . Yes, the favorite price point for educational organizations!
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digg_url = 'http://blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/archive/2008/05/28/an-analog-computer-clock.aspx'; Every so often I like to highlight some technology that is just plain cool. The clock below is one such. Michael Scherotter created this watch image using a
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Randy Guthrie has posted a very nice 34 minute long video tutorial on how to create a personal web site using Expression Web. Expression Web is free for schools though the MSDN AA program . For college/university students it is also free through the Dreamspark
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The MIX conference is a major Microsoft conference on web development and design. It was run in Las Vegas last week. I didn't get to go. Probably you didn't go either. The good news is that most of the sessions from MIX are now online for on demand viewing.
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I'm away on a gaming in computer science conference and while I really wanted to have a lot of great blog posts for you all to enjoy and learn from it's been tough getting all the things done that I needed to get done. But I did want to make sure some
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[Updated with new project page link .] When I was a student a lot of projects we used to do were poster projects. From what I see in my wife's classroom poster projects are still very common. They are a fun way for students to organize and present the
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I received some information about some new offerings from Microsoft learning last week and thought they would be worth sharing with others. If you are looking to upgrade to Visual Studio 2008 now or in the near future these resources may help you jump
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