Alfred Thompson
Microsoft Corporation
Academic Relations Team
Programs
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Dreamspark – Free Software for Students
MSDN AA – Software for schools
XNA – Game development software and
curriculum
Web Design Course – Concepts First
Faculty Connection – Community site and
curriculum repository for teachers
DreamSpark High School
Microsoft Developer and Design Tools to
High School students at ‘No Cost’
Program
Offering
Product & language offering
Dream
Spark
High
School
Program Summary and eligibility criteria
DreamSpark gives professional level development and design tools to students
at no charge.
Students enrolled in secondary educational institutions (Typically, Ages 14-18)
are eligible to be a part of the program.
DreamSpark gives profession level developer and design tools to eligible
students at No Cost.
Administrator should provide a few documents to register:
• Copy of your school Identification card / Photo ID of the Administrator
• Copy of the schools accreditation certificate / accreditation number or
identification number on the school letter head, along with a letter
stating
willingness to participate
Microsoft Developer and Design Tools
What is the program?
The Microsoft Developer Network Academic
Alliance (“MSDNAA”) is an annual
membership program for high schools and
colleges departments that teach and utilize
technology, such as computer science,
engineering, and information systems.
As members, high schools and colleges
receive a suite of software from Microsoft.
What is included for high schools
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Microsoft Visual Studio
Expression Web
Three Microsoft e-Learning Library (MELL)
collections:
 General Programming
 Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
 Programming in Visual Basic .NET
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MSDN Library
 Documentation
 Technical Articles
 Code Samples
Additional member benefits:
Access to the Member's Area of the
Web site
 Private MSDN Academic Alliance
newsgroups
 Additional "Members Only" special offers
 2 Professional Technical Support
incidents
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What if I need more?
Full “university level” program available for
schools who need it
 Systems Management courses
 Network Management courses
 All servers and operating systems
included
http://creators.xna.com
What is XNA Game Studio?
XNA Game Studio
Extends Visual Studio 2008
to create games using C#
XNA Framework
Framework
Cross-platform game
development framework and runtime
.NET for Xbox 360 and Zune
Custom version of the
.NET Compact Framework
Academic Content
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Academic Resource Center http://www.microsoft.com/education/facultyconnection/ARC/ResourceC
enter.aspx
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Starter Kits, samples, tutorials on CCO
XNA Lab Manual / Curriculum in
development – previews are available now
Retail XNA Books
Stats on XNA Game Studio Usage
Worldwide Numbers
 1,000,000+ downloads
 1,000 games
 700+ universities
 Growing number of high schools
Where to get everything
XNA Game Studio 3.0 is free to download from:
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Creators Club Online (CCO) website
 Forums
 Samples
 Starter kits
 Tutorials
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Trial Creators Club memberships
 https://www.dreamspark.com/default.aspx
 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/academic/default.aspx
 http://www.microsoft.com/education/facultyconnection/
Microsoft Developer and Design Tools
Web Design Course
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Full Semester
Standards based
Created by teachers; tested with students
Covers web design concepts and skills
Modular design
Revised with feedback from 70 educators
Project-based learning
Career skills development
What is included
Everything needed to teach a
comprehensive Web design course using
Expression Studio
Lesson Plans
Tutorials
Supporting Text
Assessment Tools
Student
Activities
Enrichment
Activities
Materials appropriate as for high school,
upper middle school, and introductory
college levels.
Microsoft Community and Curriculum
Faculty Connection
http://www.microsoft.com/education/facultyconnection/precollegiate
Academic Resource Center
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Microsoft Developer and Design Tools
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K12 Academic Developer Programs
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