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                Free Stuff from Microsoft


                Digital Citizenship and Creative Content (http://www.digitalcitizenshiped.com/)
                The Digital Citizenship and Creative Content program is a free, turnkey instructional program. The goal is to create an awareness of the rights connected with creative content. Because only through education can students gain an understanding of the relevance of and a personal respect for creative rights and grow to become good digital citizens.

                Career Forward (http://nroc.careerforward.org/careerforward/)
                The CareerForward course is a self-contained online learning course that may be used in companion with a variety of online career planning tools to provide students with the opportunity to assess their career interests, explore career options and create an educational development plan. It is designed to help students understand how to plan their work lives and career opportunities amid the implications of the global economy.

                Education Labs (http://www.educationlabs.com/pages/default.aspx)
                Free utilities from Microsoft specifically for education.

                KODU (http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/kodu/)
                Free programming interface built for younger students to begin creating software of their own.

                Dreamspark (https://www.dreamspark.com)
                Free software for students

                Photosynth (http://labs.live.com/photosynth)
                The Photosynth Technology Preview is a taste of the newest way to view photos on a computer. This software takes a large collection of photos of a place or an object, analyzes them for similarities, and then displays the photos in a reconstructed three-dimensional space, showing you how each one relates to the next.

                Shared View (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=95af94ba-755e-4039-9038-63005ee9d33a&DisplayLang=en)
                A free tool that allows you to collaborate in real-time using Microsoft Office or other applications that run on Windows. Work in real time.

                Office Labs (http://www.officelabs.com)

                Community Clips (http://communityclips.officelabs.com/)
                Community Clips is a portal for viewing, sharing, and discussing informal "how-to" videos (screencasts) on Microsoft Office products. It also includes a client application for easy recording of screen views and voice.