Microsoft Software / Discounted for Education

Michigan students, teachers get Microsoft at a discount:

Students, teachers and school staff members at K-12 public schools throughout the state of Michigan may now purchase personal copies of popular Microsoft software packages at significant savings through the Microsoft Student Select Program. The program, announced Friday, is the product of a licensing agreement between Microsoft and the REMC Statewide Cooperative Acquisitions Project and administered through Journey Education Marketing Inc. and Educational Resources.

REMC provides school districts opportunities for greater efficiency and economy in acquiring goods and services. The Student Select program enables grades K through 12 teachers, students and their parents to buy single Microsoft products for home use at a discount of up to 85 percent. The program makes it easy, accessible and affordable for teachers and students to work on school projects at home on the computer, using the same Microsoft programs used at their schools. The program pricing ranges from $79.98 for the productivity suite Microsoft Office 2003 Professional to $34.98 for the note taking software Microsoft OneNote 2003. K-12 students, parents and teachers can place orders online at www.journeyed.com/ER. JourneyEd processes the academic verification that is required by Microsoft, to ensure that only qualified Michigan K-12 students, teachers and staff are ordering the specially priced software.