[Yr7-10it] Free microsoft tools

[stephen at melbpc.org.au]

Perhaps of interest .. this offer includes South Pacific high schools.

Note: Apparently students need to establish a Windows Live ID account.

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Microsoft offers free tools for high schoolers

School students can download professional-grade development software
such as Visual Studio and XNA Game Studio at the DreamSpark website 

By Maya T. Prabhu, Assistant Editor  Fri, Mar 27, 2009
http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/index.cfm?i=57927
 
High school students are now able to access and download professional 
Microsoft Corp. software such as Visual Studio and XNA Game Studio for 
free, a service that has been offered to higher-education students for 
the past year through DreamSpark.

 https://www.dreamspark.com/highschool/wayf.aspx

For high school students to have access to these software downloads, a 
school representative need only sign up his or her school online. Once 
approved, the school representative will receive pass codes that will 
allow students to go online and download the available software free of 
charge.

DreamSpark High School Agreement

As an administrator of a High School ("School"), I want to enable the 
School’s current students to participate in the Microsoft DreamSpark 
program ("Program"), and I understand and acknowledge that: 

By clicking "I AGREE" below, I am:
 
- requesting my School be verified for participation in the Program,
- confirming I am an authorized representative of my School, and 
- indicating my acceptance of the Program terms and conditions below on
  behalf of my School. 

I also understand and acknowledge that: 

- clicking "I AGREE" only initiates verification and registration of my
  School for the Program, and 
- the terms and conditions below only apply upon completion of the
  verification and registration of my School in the Program. 

Subject to the above, by clicking "I AGREE", I agree to the following 
Program terms and conditions on behalf of my School, to become effective 
when (and only when) my School has completed verification & registration 
for the Program: 

1) School contact and information. I will be my School’s primary contact 
for the Program, and will provide accurate information about my School to 
enable verification of my School for participation in the Program; 

2) Program software access keys. I will: a. provide, or manage a process 
for my School to provide, Program software access keys only to students 
currently enrolled in my School, and b. comply, or manage a process for 
my School to comply, with any guidelines provided to me about the 
distribution of those access keys; 

3) No provision of student personal information. I will not provide to 
Microsoft any personal information contained in my School’s database that 
could be used to identify an individual student; 

4) Parental consent (if required). If local law requires, I will obtain, 
or manage a process for my School to obtain, the consent of a parent or 
legal guardian to allow students under a certain age to establish a 
Windows Live ID account (which will require students to provide some 
personal information electronically, e.g. online); and 

5) Non-compliance with Program terms. Any failure to abide by the terms 
of this High School Agreement and other Program terms and guidelines may 
result in the removal of my School and its students from participation in 
the Program. 


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Cheers people
Stephen Loosley
Victoria, Australia