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Welcome to the second year of Pennsylvania Classrooms for the Future! CDW·G understands that while the reliability of our hardware will play a crucial role in the success of your program, the countless software applications bundled in our package will act as the catalyst that propels your district to new levels of student and teacher achievement.

Included below you will find a detailed breakdown of each software application that comes standard in your classroom package. An example of our forward-looking vision can be found in the Microsoft portion of our offering. CDW·G is happy to announce that each Lenovo notebook will come with a Windows Vista upgrade as well as full licensing rights to Microsoft Office 2007. That’s right, when your school is ready to upgrade there will be no incremental cost! Just another example of how CDW·G is looking out for you!

Our unique package, incorporating industry-leading notebook computers and the latest WINTEL-based software, prepares the future leaders of your community to take their place in the ever-changing global market with real-world, marketable skills.

For additional information about the complete CDW·G Classrooms for the Future

initiative, please contact your dedicated CDW·G account manager or visit

CDWG.com/PAclassroomsforthefuture

Pennsylvania Classrooms for the Future

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Microsoft Office Word 2007 Create and share great-looking classroom and educational documents by combining a comprehensive set of writing tools with an easy-to-use interface. In Microsoft® Word 2007, students and teachers can spend more time writing and less time formatting.

Microsoft Office Publisher 2007Create, personalize and share a wide range of publications and informational materials right on school premises with Microsoft® Office Publisher 2007. New and improved capabilities guide you through the process of creating and distributing in print, Web and e-mail so you can create a unique and customized learning approach from the desks of any classroom.

Microsoft Office Access 2007 Track and report school and other educational information with ease with Microsoft® Office Access™ 2007. Get started quickly with pre-built applications that you can modify or adapt to specific academic needs. Collect information through forms in e-mail or import data from external applications.

Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 Quickly create high-impact, dynamic classroom and instructional presentations, while easily sharing information among students and faculty with Microsoft® Office PowerPoint 2007.

Microsoft Office Excel 2007 With Microsoft® Office Excel 2007 students can create and format spreadsheets, and analyze and share information.

Create

Windows Movie Maker Put on a classroom show! Students and teachers become educational movie-makers — and make learning fun. Record classroom projects, student plays, even school committee meetings. Windows® Movie Maker introduces a rich suite of tools that makes it easier than ever to create, manage and share “home” movies that you’ve recorded using your digital video camcorder or digital camera. Windows Movie makes it easy for you to import, edit and manage digital home videos — including those in the new high-definition video (HDV) format. You can even save your videos to DVD and view them on consumer DVD players, making it easy to share videos among faculty, students, family and friends.

Windows Media Player 11The new Windows Media® Player 11, a core part of the Windows Vista™ entertainment experience, offers you unmatched choice and flexibility for managing your school’s digital media. You can easily manage your libraries of digital music, photos and video on your PC, explore a new world of music through integrated music services, and connect with a wide range of devices so you can have your media collection wherever you want it.

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Learning Essentials

Tools for TeachersCreate effective instructional materials, complete administrative tasks and implement new teaching strategies.

Learning Essentials has been designed for teachers to help make best use of precious planning time, create top-quality learning experiences and speed through every-day administrative tasks. With more than 117 templates and 38 tutorials developed in collaboration with leading education publishers, Learning Essentials helps you get the most out of your Office applications.

Tools for StudentsProvide students the tools and guidance they need to succeed.

Sometimes the hardest part about completing a project is getting started. Learning Essentials provides assignment-specific guidance in Microsoft Office applications such as Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. With curriculum-based templates, tools and tutorials, Learning Essentials helps with a variety of subjects and assignments, from history reports and essays to physics projects and chemistry labs.

Content from PublishersAcademic tutorials and guidance from leading publishers.

Click-through tutorials and side-by-side Project Assistance from leading educational publishers provide academic guidance for students and best practices for educators so they can do their best work. For example, the 28 student tutorials include The Writing Process, which helps students successfully complete the four basic stages of writing. Using the Manipulatives tutorial demonstrates best practices in the use of manipulatives in math instruction. More than 35 other tutorials address classroom management issues, using new assessment tools and technology enhanced teaching strategies by subject area.

Create new contentAdd more value with your own Learning Essentials content.

Learning Essentials for Microsoft Office is an open framework that enables education content developers — both educational publishers and educators — to create additional resources using simple XML-based authoring for deep integration with the world’s most-used classroom productivity suite. Educational publishers can present their instructional content within the tools that students and teachers use everyday to complete assignments and lessons. Educators can use these simple authoring tools to create their own educational modules, teaching resources or administrative templates. All of this and more is possible when you download the free Learning Essentials Content Development Kit (CDK) available at www.url.com. With the content development kit you can create your own learning essentials modules. In addition you are able to create SCORM-compliant content with the familiar office applications. Take an office created document/content and share out via the Web.

SkypeWhat is Skype?

Skype is internet communications. Skype is software that lets you use your computer and internet connection to communicate with anyone, anywhere in the world.

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Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 Increase communication and access to information using Microsoft® Office InfoPath® 2007. Create classroom forms to gather school-related and student-related information quickly and reliably.

Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Better communication is integral to improved learning experiences. Manage your time and information, connect across school boundaries and remain in control of the information that reaches you. Microsoft® Office Outlook® 2007 delivers innovations you can use to quickly search your communications, organize your work and better share your information with others — all from one place.

Microsoft Office Communicator 20071 Foster anytime/anywhere education with Microsoft® Office Communicator 2007 and make every member of the school community more productive by enabling them to communicate easily with others in different locations using a range of communication options, including instant messaging (IM), voice and video. Integration with programs across the 2007 Microsoft Office system gives students, faculty and administrators many different ways to communicate with each other via a securely managed messaging environment.

1Utilization requires Microsoft Office Communication Server.

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IllustratorAdobe® Illustrator® CS3 software allows you to efficiently create sophisticated vector artwork for virtually any medium. Access tools quickly and easily, explore color variations, and share files seamlessly between Illustrator and other Adobe professional applications as you prepare content for print, Web, interactive, and mobile and motion designs.

PhotoshopAdobe® Photoshop® CS3 Extended pushes the boundaries of digital imaging by offering exciting new features. Enhanced for both Windows® and Mac OS, Photoshop CS3 Extended includes tools for advanced measurement and analysis, and unprecedented integration that makes handling content between applications seamless.

InDesignExplore more creative possibilities and experience new levels of productivity using Adobe® InDesign® CS3 page layout software. Built for demanding workflows, InDesign integrates smoothly with the Adobe tools you use every day, streamlines repetitive tasks, reliably outputs pages and offers powerful features for creating richer, more complex documents.

2Adobe Creative Suite 3 on Teacher model notebooks only

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Acrobat 8 ProfessionalAdobe® Acrobat® 8 Professional software enables professionals to reliably create, combine and control Adobe PDF documents for easy, more secure distribution, collaboration and data collection. Protect sensitive information with passwords, permissions, and digital signatures. Enable users of Adobe Reader® software (version 7.0 or 8) to participate in document reviews, fill and save forms, and digitally sign documents.

DreamweaverDesign, develop and maintain Web sites and Web applications — from start to finish — with Adobe® Dreamweaver® CS3 software. Built for designers and developers, Dreamweaver CS3 offers both a visual layout interface and a streamlined coding environment. Intelligent integration with related Adobe software ensures an efficient workflow across your favorite tools.

Flash Adobe® Flash® CS3 Professional software is the most advanced authoring environment for creating rich, interactive content for digital, Web and mobile platforms. Create interactive Web sites, rich media advertisements, instructional media, engaging presentations, games and more. Designers and developers working on both Macintosh and Windows® systems depend on Flash and the ubiquitous Adobe Flash Player software to ensure their content reaches the widest possible audience. Available for Microsoft® Windows and as a universal-binary application for Mac, Flash CS3 Professional provides the tools you need to be successful.

Version CueStreamline file management for creative projects.

Enable creative teams to work more efficiently using Adobe® Version Cue® CS3, the server-based file-management system included with Adobe Creative Suite® 3 software. With Version Cue CS3, you can centrally manage shared project files, work in parallel with others using an intuitive version control system, track file status with comments, use Adobe Bridge to find files visually, search for XMP metadata and host Adobe PDF reviews. Seamlessly integrated with specific Creative Suite 3 components, Version Cue helps creative workgroups easily manage shared project files — without leaving the design environment.

Device CentralDesign, preview and test engaging mobile content.

Adobe® Device Central CS3 is designed to boost the efficiency and productivity of creative professionals and mobile developers who want to produce innovative and compelling content for a broad range of mobile phones and consumer electronics devices. A regularly updated library of device profiles, combined with intelligent integration between Device Central CS3 and the other Adobe Creative Suite® 3 components, simplifies the mobile authoring workflow and makes it a snap to preview designs and test content on the desktop — before loading it on the target device for final testing.

Acrobat Connect*Adobe Acrobat Connect Professional delivers rich Web experiences for eLearning, professional development and live online collaboration that can enhance communication and training in your district or school.

Adobe Acrobat Connect Professional introduces capabilities for creating and deploying rich online communications — including blended eLearning curriculum management for real-time and self-paced training, plus a wider range of quiz types. Acrobat Connect Professional includes new telephone audio conferencing and voice over IP (voIP) enhancements, as well as more flexible meeting management capabilities.

*Online services, including, but not limited to, Adobe Stock Photos and Acrobat Connect™, may not be available in all countries, languages and currencies; Availability of services is subject to change; Use of online services is governed by terms and conditions of a separate agreement and may be subject to additional fees

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Stock Photos*

With the Adobe® Stock Photos royalty-free image service, search over one million images from 24 top collections without leaving your favorite Adobe tools.

*Online services, including, but not limited to, Adobe Stock Photos and Acrobat Connect™, may not be available in all countries, languages and currencies; Availability of services is subject to change; Use of online services is governed by terms and conditions of a separate agreement and may be subject to additional fees

BridgeManage media visually.

Adobe® Bridge CS3 is a powerful, easy-to-use media manager for visual people, letting you easily organize, browse, locate and view creative assets. Available in all six editions of Adobe Creative Suite® 3 software and all professional Adobe creative applications, Bridge provides centralized access to project files, applications and settings, as well as XMP metadata tagging and searching capabilities.

Shockwave Player400 million Web users have installed Adobe Shockwave Player in mature markets around the world. These people now have access to some of the best the Web has to offer — including dazzling 3D games and entertainment, interactive product demonstrations and online learning applications. Shockwave Player displays Web content that has been created by Macromedia Director.

INSTRUCTION/CURRICULUM

Flash PlayerAdobe Flash Player is the high-performance, lightweight, highly expressive client runtime that delivers powerful and consistent user experiences across major operating systems, browsers, mobile phones and devices.

Installed on over 750 million Internet-connected desktops and mobile devices, Flash® Player enables organizations and individuals to build and deliver great digital experiences to their end users.

Inspiration Inspiration® is the essential tool students rely on to plan, research and complete projects successfully. With the integrated Diagram and Outline Views, they create graphic organizers and expand topics into writing. This powerful combination encourages learning in multiple modes. As a result, students gain and retain a better understanding of concepts and demonstrate knowledge, improving their performance across the curriculum.

TI ConnectTI Connect software is the new-generation link software, which takes TI calculator technology to a new level of calculator, computer and Internet connectivity. Downloading and transferring data, Operating System (OS) updates, Calculator Software Applications (Apps) and programs are easier than ever before. No more worrying about downloading the TI-GRAPH LINK™ software for each type of TI calculator. TI Connect software is a universal application that is compatible with many calculators.

GIMPGIMP stands for GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is designed for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. GIMP has many capabilities. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, an image format converter, etc.

GIMP is expandable and extensible. It is designed to be augmented with plug-ins and extensions to do just about anything. The advanced scripting interface allows everything from the simplest task to the most complex image manipulation procedures to be easily scripted.

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Google EarthGoogle Earth combines the power of Google Search with satellite imagery, maps, and 3D terrain and buildings to put the world’s geographic information at your fingertips.

• Fly to your house. Just type in an address, press Search and you’ll zoom right in. • Search for schools, parks, restaurants and hotels. Get driving directions. • Tilt and rotate the view to see 3D terrain and buildings. • Save and share your searches and favorites.

NVU NVU is a complete Web Authoring System for Linux desktop users as well as Microsoft Windows and Macintosh users. NVU (which stands for “new view”) makes managing a Web site a snap. Now anyone can create Web pages and manage a Web site with no technical expertise or knowledge of HTML.

PODCASTING

iTunesPlay music, movies, TV shows and audio books, or download podcasts, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Organize and play everything on your Mac or PC. Then sync it to your iPod or iPhone and bring it along — anywhere.

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Easiteach Studio is a powerful and flexible whole-class-teaching software product, which provides a wide range of cross-curricular teaching tools for both Primary and Secondary schools.

Easiteach Studio is the ideal environment in which to create and share interactive teaching materials. You can develop lesson content with Easiteach Studio and distribute it on floppy disks, by e-mail or via Web sites for use by other schools. Easiteach Studio can be used on any interactive whiteboard, or just with a large monitor or data projector.

1Easiteach included when Polyvision Interactive Whiteboards are chosen as part of the Classrooms for the Future offering

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Conceived by a classroom teacher, imaginatively developed as a teaching tool, ACTIVstudio has set the benchmark for interactive whiteboard software that others strive to emulate. Designed to replicate in digital format what teachers do at the “chalkface,” ACTIVstudio enhances whole class interactivity. The software enables you to easily create electronic flipcharts which may incorporate text, images, video clips, sound and Web page content. Flipcharts can seamlessly hyperlink to any other kind of document that you may use in your lessons including Inspiration, Word, Excel or PowerPoint.

2ACTIVstudio included when Promethean Interactive Whiteboards are chosen as part of Classrooms for the Future offering

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SecurityTrend Micro Office Scan – Client Server Edition

Protect your desktops, laptops, and network servers with OfficeScan™, comprehensive security against today’s complex, blended threats and Web-based attacks. New Web Reputation protects your clients — on and off the network — by blocking access to and from malicious sites. Office Scan also delivers improved virus and spyware protection, new anti-rootkit, variant detection, plus malware and remnant removal.

ThinkVantage TechnologiesRescue and recovery

This one-button rescue solution includes a set of self-recovery tools to help users diagnose, get help and recover from a virus or other software crash, even if the primary operating system will not boot. It helps with everything from complete software failure to occasions when you need only to restore a corrupted or deleted file. And administration tools can even be configured to help deploy critical updates to corrupted systems in your organization quickly and with confidence.

Access Connections

Avoid support costs by allowing users to seamlessly switch between wired and wireless environments, managing security settings, printers, home page and other location-specific settings automatically.

Once your profiles are created, getting connected is simply a matter of selecting a profile and letting Access Connections do the rest. Even when you move between a WLAN and a wired LAN, Access Connections is smart enough to make the appropriate connection. Access Connections takes the hassle out of “getting connected” whether you’re an individual PC user or a network administrator.

ThinkVantage System Update

System Update downloads updates for Lenovo software, drivers and BIOS from a Lenovo server directly over the Internet without requiring specific user knowledge.

Productivity Center

Productivity Center guides you to a host of information and tools to help you set up, understand, maintain and enhance your ThinkPad® notebook or ThinkCentre® desktop.

ADMINISTRATIVE TOOLS

TELEPHONY

AudacityAudacity is a free, easy-to-use audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems. You can use Audacity to:

• Record live audio. • Convert tapes and records into digital recordings or CDs. • Edit Ogg Vorbis, MP3 and WAV sound files. • Cut, copy, splice and mix sounds together. • Change the speed or pitch of a recording. • And more!