Microsoft Student Innovation Suite

Educating the Next Generation

There is a digital divide in emerging segments that leaves many students behind in developing essential twenty-first century skills. Governments have expressed interest in purchasing affordable and reliable Windows®–based PCs and then giving them to students. This requires updated Microsoft software that can run and deliver educational value on entry-level computers. The affordable Microsoft Student Innovation Suite addresses this need and is exclusively available to governments providing PCs to students for primary and secondary students for personal use at home and for their schoolwork.

Tailored for Students.

The Microsoft Student Innovation Suite includes familiar Microsoft software created to help build a strong and well-rounded student skill set:

• Windows XP Starter Edition— Incorporates the basic features a beginning user needs with a specialized version of the Windows operating system.
• Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007— Helps students create great-looking documents, spreadsheets, and presentations, and manage their notes.
• Microsoft Math 3.0— A collection of math tools, tutorials, and instructions designed to help students learn how to solve equations, step-by-step, while gaining a better understanding of fundamental concepts in pre-algebra, algebra, trigonometry, physics, chemistry and calculus.
• Learning Essentials 2.0 for Microsoft Office— Working with Microsoft Office Word, PowerPoint®, and Excel®, Learning Essentials helps students achieve better grades. Step-by-step writing tips and preformatted report and presentation templates give students a quick start in creating great-looking reports and presentations.
• Windows Live Mail desktop — A simple, powerful tool that lets you get e-mail from multiple accounts in one place.

As a part of Microsoft Unlimited Potential, and as an extension of the Microsoft Partners in Learning program (PiL), we are offering software licenses for the Microsoft Student Innovation Suite at a special discounted rate exclusively for governments wishing to provide PCs to students, and subject to specific conditions.

Microsoft software and partners—transforming education.

Students around the world are familiar with Microsoft software; now, those popular tools are updated to work reliably on a new generation of entry-level PCs. Through Unlimited Potential, Microsoft is working with governments to provide greater access to technology through a complete education offering and affordable software, honoring its commitment to transform education around the world.

Governments interested in providing the Microsoft Student Innovation Suite for primary and secondary students can visit the Partners in Learning Web site for more details on this solution. Components of the suite are available upon request.