Free Microsoft applications demonstrated by Microsoft education team at their Reading Campus on 11th June 2010.

1. Microsoft Applications FREE

2. Photosynth http://photosynth.net Take photos and then combine to make 3d view Geotagyour synths Add to bing maps

3. Bing Maps http://www.bing.com/maps/explore(doesn't work with Chrome) Map apps - overlay tweets onto maps - todays front pages - photosynths (ShinfieldJunior school) - World Tours - Health maps for the US Build your own map apps

4. Bing Visual Search http://www.bing.com/visualsearch?FORM=Z9LH4 Similar to Pivot but web based (Only appears to work on IE and Firefox)

5. Community Clips http://www.officelabs.com/projects/communityclips/Pages/Default.aspx Screen recorder Sits within PowerPoint, excel and word in Office 2007/2010 Can also works as a standalone app in taskbar

6. World Wide Telescope http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/Home.aspx Software + services Small download that links to the cloud to get up to date information Click on stars gives further details about them, links to articles about the stars

7. Pivot http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/pivot/ Filtering and sorting data graphically Create your own collections Create in excel then convert in to a collection

8. Deep Zoom Interactively view high resolution images Create your own Deep Zoom images deep zoom composer -http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=457B17B7-52BF-4BDA-87A3-FA8A4673F8BF&displaylang=en Example – Hard Rock Cafe

9. SkyDrive http://skydrive.live.com/ 25Gb free online storage

10. Office Web Apps Web apps for word, excel, PowerPoint and one note Collaborative editing of docs Simultaneous editing of docs http://lifehacker.com/5561225/comparing-office-2010-desktop-and-office-web-apps-in-pictures

11. Bing Translator http://www.microsofttranslator.com Translateon the website or in Live Messenger (Tbot), invite into a conversation with a foreign speaker Translator widget that can be embedded in to SharePoint or a website.

13. Maths Worksheet Generator http://www.educationlabs.com/projects/MathWorksheetGenerator/Pages/default.aspx Put in an example sum and it will then generate a maths question sheet. From simple sums to quadratic equations Works from office 2003

14. Photo Story http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx Convert images into a video, add sound and animations. Export to mobile phones.

15. Songsmith http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/projects/songsmith Songsmithgenerates musical accompaniment to match a singer’s voice.

16. AutoCollage http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/cambridge/projects/autocollage/ Image processing program which automatically creates collages of your pictures.

17. Kodu http://fuse.microsoft.com/kodu.html Visual programming language made specifically for creating games. Works on both X-Box 360 and Windows PC.

18. XNA http://creators.xna.com/en-GB/ Cross platform, XBox/Windows PC/Windows Phone Marketplace for phone & XBox Free for students Racing game - download play/modify (http://creators.xna.com/en-GB/starterkit/racinggame)

19. DreamSpark https://www.dreamspark.com/default.aspx Free access to developer and designer tools for students

20. Ribbon Hero http://www.officelabs.com/ribbonhero Add-in for office 2007/2010 Training Challenges Link to Facebook

21. Mouse Mischief http://www.microsoft.com/multipoint/mouse-mischief Multiple mouse input to PowerPoint 25 maximum mice Office 2007/2010

22. Flashcards http://flashcards.educationlabs.com/ Create and share flashcards online

23. pptPlex http://www.officelabs.com/projects/pptPlex/Pages/default.aspx Non-linear PowerPoint presentations. Zoom in and out of sections of a presentation.

24. Partners in Learning http://blogs.msdn.com/b/teachers http://uk.partnersinlearningnetwork.com http://youtube.com/user/innovativeteach Global community of educators. Resources and support for using Microsoft technologies.

25. Accelerators for IE8 Translate with Bing Map with Bing

26. Digital Literacy Curriculum http://www.microsoft.com/uk/education/schools/curriculum-resources/digital-literacy-curriculum.aspx 5 modules 2-3hrs per module Digital literacy certificate Entry level 3 qualification 34 different languages Teacher resources if using in school

27. The previous applications might be free BUT, the system requirements might mean that you will need to update either Windows or Office to get them to work!