The following items were selected by David Stuart of collegebuys.org from “Microsoft Education News:IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Microsoft Innovative Teachers Program,”  May 14, 2002, distributed electronically by the Microsoft Education Solutions Group. 
Microsoft Education News highlights information specifically designed for schools and higher education institutions in separate areas to ease browsing.  To subscribe, please visit: http://www.microsoft.com/education/?ID=Newsletters

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GENERAL NEWS
http://www.microsoft.com/education/
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Maximize Your Technology Investment with Microsoft Education Services Portfolio
Get comprehensive services tailored to meet the needs of your school, district, college or university with the Microsoft Education Services Portfolio. The brightest technical minds at Microsoft will help you plan, deploy and support your technology initiatives.
http://www.microsoft.com/education/?ID=Services

New Tutorial: In Shape with Visio 2002
Learn how to use this diagramming and drawing software to create charts and diagrams. Visio templates can be transformed into a timeline of the Great Depression, an organizational chart of the President's cabinet, or a flowchart illustrating a chemical reaction.
http://www.microsoft.com/education/?ID=VisioTutorial


EVENTS
http://www.microsoft.com/education/?ID=Events
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Participate in a .NET Developer Training 2002 Event Near You
Visit a top Microsoft Certified Technology Education Center in a city near you for two days of intensive training that will prepare you to rapidly build applications and XML Web services using Visual Studio .NET and the .NET Framework.
http://www.trainingtour.net/microsoft/prodoas/redir?kc=0104

TechNet Chat: Got a Question about Office?
Get answers from some of the biggest names in desktop productivity-including the people who created Office XP. Join them in daily online chats, May 20-24, 2002 only.
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/officetalk.asp


HIGHER EDUCATION NEWS
http://www.microsoft.com/education/?ID=highered
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Renew Your MSDN Academic Alliance Membership Today and Receive Special Benefits
Act before June 30 to receive a free one-year activation of SoftWIRE, a graphical programming environment and demo bundles of .NET curriculum books from Prentice-Hall and Course Technology.
http://www.msdnaa.net/specialoffer/

Microsoft Shared Source Initiative Encourages Academic Innovation
Learn how Microsoft is providing academic researchers opportunities to innovate by releasing more than one million lines of core .NET source code for academic research purposes under a shared source license.
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2002/mar02/03-27sharedsource.asp

Enter the MSDN Academic Alliance Curriculum Honorarium Contest
Submit a .NET resource, curriculum, project or related lab and you may be selected to receive a $250 honoriarium. Enter by May 31, 2002.
http://www.msdnaa.net/offers/viewOffer.asp?ID=26


PRODUCT SUPPORT SERVICES WEBCASTS
http://support.microsoft.com/WebCasts
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Participate real-time or visit later and select the on-demand versions.

Microsoft .NET Framework Performance: Tips, Tools, and Techniques
http://support.microsoft.com/servicedesks/webcasts/wc050102/wcblurb050102..asp

Microsoft Windows XP: Internet Connection Firewall
http://support.microsoft.com/servicedesks/webcasts/wc050702/wcblurb050702..asp

Thursday, May 23, 2002
Microsoft Metadirectory Services: Provisioning Users
http://support.microsoft.com/servicedesks/webcasts/wc052302/wcblurb052302..asp

Tuesday, May 28, 2002
Microsoft Internet Explorer: Networked Web Pages: Remote XML, Web Services and More
http://support.microsoft.com/servicedesks/webcasts/wc052802/wcblurb052802..asp

Thursday, May 30, 2002
Microsoft .NET and XML Serialization
http://support.microsoft.com/servicedesks/webcasts/wc053002/wcblurb053002..asp


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