Your kids can do a great job with even the toughest school projects with just a computer running Windows and the right information resources. Research no longer requires a trip to the neighborhood library because a whole world of information—and the tools to put it all together—are right at home on your family computer.
Here are four homework power tools that can turn your children's ho-hum project into A+ work:
These four tools working together will truly enrich your student's study experience.
Microsoft Math 3.0
If your middle-school or high-school student is looking for just one resource to help them save time and complete high-quality math and science homework, Microsoft Math 3.0 is it. From basic math to precalculus to physics, Microsoft Math helps students visualize and see mathematical and scientific concepts as they’ve never seen them before. It gives them step-by-step instructions to help them tackle even the most difficult problems, while gaining a deeper understanding of fundamental concepts.
Microsoft Math includes:
Step-by-step instruction to help solve difficult math problems with the Step-by-Step Equation Solver
A full-featured graphing calculator with large 2-D and enhanced 3-D color graphs to better illustrate problems and concepts
The Formulas and Equations Library—a resource with more than 100 commonly used equations and formulas to help you identify and apply the right one for your problem
The Triangle Solver—a graphing tool that helps you explore and better understand triangles and their parts
The Unit Conversion Tool—a handy tool that quickly and easily converts units of measure including length, area, volume, weight, temperature, pressure, energy, power, velocity, and time
Ink Handwriting Support—that works with Tablet PCs and Ultra-Mobile PCs and recognizes handwritten problems
Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007
Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 can help your kids put all the information they gather together into a dazzling presentation.
An easy-to-use but sophisticated program, PowerPoint 2007 includes dozens of ready-made templates, but it also allows students to design their own look and feel. Your students can simply plug in their information, choose the slide transitions they want, and give their presentations in the classroom.
Tip: You can learn more about PowerPoint 2007 by viewing one of the online demos on the Microsoft Office Online Web site.
Microsoft Office OneNote 2007
For students and educators who gather and interpret data from multiple sources, collaborate with peers, juggle classes, meetings, social activities, and more, Microsoft Office OneNote 2007 is a note-taking program that makes it easy to take, organize, manage, and reuse notes more productively.
Unlike paper systems or word processing applications, OneNote 2007 combines the ability to capture typed and handwritten text, diagrams, Web page content, and audio notes in one place with the flexibility to organize and reuse them any way you want. There are many ways OneNote 2007 can help your kids in their studies—they can use it to record lectures, create outlines, and take notes when they do research online.
Microsoft Office Online Clip Art
No presentation would be complete without some kind of art—a photo, drawing, cartoon, or media clip.
Your students can use the clip art in PowerPoint 2007, and they can get free access to more than 150,000 pieces of art, photos, sounds, and animation on the Microsoft Office Online Clip Art and Media site.
To download free clip art, your kids just:
Go to the Clip Art and Media site.
Search the clip art for something they like.
Click the checkbox beneath the art they want.
Click the Download link.
The site copies the art to the computer, and your student can plug it into their presentation or print it with their report.
Each of these tools makes it easy for your student to research and create school projects. But even more importantly, these homework power tools can open your children's minds to a world of curiosity, ideas, inspiration, and creativity.
-: http://www.microsoft.com/athome/students/studentpowertools.aspx
