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Microsoft® Student provides homework tools and information to reinforce in-class learning and encourage your children’s success in school.
Microsoft Student makes it easy to find the right tool to produce high-quality homework—in less time. Tested and trusted by Australian high school teachers currently using the product, Microsoft Student is packed full of Australian curriculum-relevant content. Ian Hewitt, director of learning technologies at Marist College Canberra is confident Microsoft Student will have a positive impact on students. "Microsoft Student contains content that is extremely relevant to our high school curriculum. This software will create a link between the classroom and what occurs outside of classroom teaching time by giving students access to academic guidance beyond the school gate" says Ian.
Top features include:
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Microsoft Maths
Microsoft Maths helps give students the confidence to solve the most difficult maths and science equations—quickly and accurately. It's like having a personal maths tutor! |
| | | Research Tools These tools include enhanced Search using both the Web and Encarta® Reference Library 2007 — the number-one best-selling encyclopedia software brand* with content you can trust. |
| | | | | Templates, Tutorials and Toolbars Students can create outstanding presentations and essays, which are available when Student is used with Microsoft Office products (sold separately). |
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Microsoft Student comes with easy-to-use fully-functioning 2-D and 3-D Graphical Calculator software.
Other Microsoft Maths features include:
| Step-by-Step Equation Solver |
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Language and Literature Tools | |
Students can produce outstanding English essays, creative projects, essays and oral presentations using the wide range of reference materials available in Microsoft Student.
Other Language and Literature Tools include:
| Encarta World English Dictionary and Thesaurus |
| | Information on Document Design |
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| | | Foreign Language Tools in Spanish, French, German, Italian
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Research Tools | |
Microsoft Student comes with the full version of Encarta Reference Library 2007. This multimedia encyclopedia contains a world of answers for your student's curious mind.
When your children use Encarta offline, you know they are viewing age-appropriate information written by recognised experts. In addition, content updates are available online, so your children can stay up-to-date on all the latest discoveries and developments in every subject area.
These research tools include:
| Web Companion, which searches editorially approved content from Encarta and presents it alongside Web search results.
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| | Thousands of trust-worthy Encarta Reference Library articles, photographs, videos, and sound clips that make learning more fun. |
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Templates, Tutorials and Toolbars | |
These tools enable students to create high-quality essays and presentations for common homework assignments with Microsoft Office applications: Word, Excel and PowerPoint®.
These homework helpers include:
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