MS Student 2006
Microsoft is releasing "MS Student 2006" which will combine web browsing/searching with their Encarta encyclopedia and an Office-like suite of word processing and database products. It includes a graphing calculator for math and science homework as well. I think the best part is that web-searches also bring up related articles from the Encarta encyclopedia so students can verify information they find on the internet.

It definitely seems useful as a whole. I wonder if it will be more appropriate for middle-school rather than high school students. I feel that at the high school level students should be preparing for the same products and software they will encounter in college/work. Also, by the high school level most students have developed their more of a web-sense and can find appropriate material on their own. Although I have been surprised by the number of students who do not consider the URL when "googling."


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- posted by mrdaly @ 1:47 PM