Tech Tip for Parents - Free alternative to MS Office

You don't have to pay $150+ for Microsoft Office. Instead, you can use OpenOffice.org. It is 100% free and 100% compatible with MS Office. You can download it here. It is what I use on ALL of my computers.

http://www.openoffice.org/

If you're only interestedd in viewing PowerPoint files, you may want this free MS PPT viewer.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads

Tux Math!!!

Tux of Math Command is a great program to drill students on their math facts. It is 100% free and can be downloaded from here.

http://superb-east.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/tuxmath/tuxmath-1.7.0-win32-installer.exe

Make sure that after you download the software, you open the file to begin installation.