Integrating technology and learning. How the right partner can be the right next step.

Classroom Computing Initiatives. Easy as

Create the classroom of tomorrow in your school today.

DELL CLASSROOM COMPUTING INITIATIVES

If there is any innovation that has the ability to change the way that kids can learn and teachers can teach, it’s the computer.

Computers can empower faculty, staff and students with 21st century skills

and provide a foundation for success in their education and careers.

The benefits of technology driven learning are countless. Students can collaborate more, write more often and at higher levels, and improve theirpresentation skills. Teachers see an increase in students’ understanding and quality of work. Classroom computing resources give teachers andadministrators dynamic planning, tracking and assessing tools.

The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, passed in 2002, encourages schools to integrate technology and learning in order to reach the mandated goal of closing gaps in student achievement. This is a challenging goal, and with so many variables to consider, schools need to plan their classroom computing initiatives wisely. As you begin to invest your time, energy and money toward a new direction of teaching, you need the help of the rightpartner to guide you along the rest of the way.

Here’s how Dell can help.

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If you want to move your school beyond the computer lab toward a more fully integrated learning network where teachers, administrators and students are linked, then Dell Classroom Computing Initiatives may be exactly what you’re looking for. Any school that has considered classroomcomputing knows it’s an opportunity that brings its own challenges. As your partner, Dell understands those challenges and is prepared to deliverthe technology and training side of the equation.

Our Classroom Computing Initiatives break down into three components:

✰ Education Personal Purchase Programs ✰ Professional Development Solutions ✰ Dell Honors Program

You can begin wherever it best suits your school. And because our industry standards-based technology consistently wins customers’ approval forsatisfaction and reliability, you can trust that our years of experience and support will be to your advantage in developing a classroom computinginitiative with greater ease and stronger impact.

Increased proficiency and productivity

As faculty and staff become more familiar and skillful with technology, their expanded proficiency makes planning and completing coursework

a lot easier. Users with more experience don’t place as much demand on IT support and this, in turn, reduces system management costs.

And Internet access at home can open up all new levels of communication between faculty, students and staff.

Value beyond a paycheck

Education Personal Purchase Programs give schools something more to offer when hiring and retaining first-class faculty and staff. The ability

to leverage their salaries towards purchasing technology and developing their professional abilities can set a school apart. And it sends teachers

a strong signal that a school is committed to advancing their interests, and that of their students.

Helping human resources e-volve

When school employees have computer access, schools can improve human resource operations through automating transactions.The improvement

can lead to greater employee satisfaction, not to mention amazing cost savings. Dell’s very own Web-based HR system saved an estimated

$2.5 million in one year and reduced process turnaround time from ten days to just two.

Dell provides two distinct purchase program categories.

Our Standard Personal Purchase Program lets schools simply offer faculty and staff the opportunity to purchase a standard consumer or businesssystem, with no further financial obligation to the school, regardless of how many or how few computers are purchased.

Our Subsidized Personal Purchase Program provides participants a choice of customized systems, and schools contribute toward the purchase of each system. Highly experienced Dell program managers help coordinate the development and management of this program.

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For computers to transform classrooms, you have to start by putting the right tools in the right hands.

Having computers of their own lets teachers and staff begin to develop a relationship with technology, explore its full potential

and get excited about the possibilities. Dell helps you put this technology and power at their disposal.

With Dell Education Personal Purchase Programs, faculty and staff have the unique opportunity topurchase Dell desktop or notebook PCs for their own home use at special prices and with exclusivediscounts and promotions. Faculty and staff can receive a 5-10% discount on Dimension™ andInspiron™ computers or even bigger discounts on OptiPlex™ and Latitude™ systems. In addition to thecost savings, there are a wide range of benefits for program participants and the entire school.

Put technology into the hands that use it.

EDUCATION PERSONAL PURCHASE PROGRAMS

Computers in classrooms can’t enhance education unless teachers know how to use the

technology and integrate it into the learning process. That know-how makes the difference between

a classroom computing initiative that’s futile and one that’s fulfilling.

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Dell can build your faculty and staff’s know-how with three different levels of professional development courses—Basic Applications Package, Complete PC Package and Instructor-LedProfessional Development. These courses teach faculty important computer skills and insightfulapproaches to using technology in the classroom. They let individuals learn at their own pace andfeature a wide selection of options for interaction and growth.

Basic Applications Package

For those just starting out with computers, there are some basic skills that you need to learn first. This package is a good introduction to some of

the most popular applications. Teachers can have one year of unlimited access to a dozen or so popular classes, learning necessary programs like

Microsoft® Windows® XP and Project 2002. These are self-paced, online classes that also conveniently offer online mentoring and technical support.

The Basic Applications Package includes:

— Basic PC Fundamentals — Windows 2000, Complete Curriculum

— Office 2000 (Word, PowerPoint®, Outlook®, Excel), Complete Curriculum — Windows XP, Complete Curriculum

— Office XP (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access, Outlook, Front Page), Complete Curriculum — Adobe Photoshop®

— Adobe® Acrobat® — Adobe Illustrator®

— Digital Photography — Digital Video Editing

— Macromedia Dreamweaver — Introduction to Wireless

— Microsoft Project 2002 Basic — Microsoft Project 2002 Advanced

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Complete PC Package

If your faculty is more diverse in their computing skills, the Complete PC Package might be the better option. This package offers not only the

basics, but 375 courses in everything from operating systems to the Internet to digital video. Teachers get unlimited access for a full year.

This means studying anywhere, anytime, at their own pace.

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Instructor-Led Professional Development

When you get to the point where you can define the things your faculty needs to know, this is the way to go. With customized programs, you can

tailor these classes to meet your learning needs, from how to integrate technology into the classroom to creating online curriculum. Specific

courses show teachers how to use technology in math, science, social studies and language arts curricula. And with an on-site instructor,

you get person-to-person learning. For more information on K-12 Professional Development Courses, visit www.dell.com/training/educators.

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Sometimes faculty and staff are the students.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SOLUTIONS

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✰ Dell Honors Program brings extensive benefits to new and growing classroom computing initiatives:

— Faculty, staff, students and schools receive special pricing

— A dedicated account team carefully guides all orders

— Unique PremierPages™ provide a customized online store for ordering school-specific PCs based on your program’s criteria

— Program managers provide step-by-step consulting to keep each school’s program running smoothly

— Custom marketing communications and support aid program development through custom flyers,

primers and posters for staff, parents and students

— Both academic pricing on Microsoft Office products and license ownership for students are made available

Dell Honors Program offers invaluable presales consulting. Our education computing experts guide schools through:

— Analyzing total cost of ownership

— Planning network architecture for high performance and availability

— Evaluating application requirements

— Planning technology transition and migration

Dell engineers and certified technicians help ensure that systems work as planned through advanced services like:

— Image Management Services: Keeping system and application software consistent across program computers

— Custom Factory Integration: Creating PCs that are ready out-of-the-box with the unique hardware and software required

for your unique notebook program

— Installation Services: Installing PCs to verify their performance and network interaction

For more information on Dell Honors, visit www.dell.com/k12/dellhonorsinterest today.

Perhaps your school is ready to experience the full power of anytime, anywhere learning.

Schools become even more creative and dynamic learning environments when education breaks past the classroom wall,

as notebook computer-based learning takes education wherever students and teachers want to go.

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Dell Honors Program provides solutions for building comprehensive notebook computing programs andincorporating the technology into curricula. You face a long list of challenges, from developing yourvision to cultivating parent and teacher support to arranging financial services. Dell Honors Program provides the flexible options you need for implementing a program, no matter the range of its scope.

Taking classroom computing even farther.

DELL HONORS PROGRAM

Let Dell deliver on your classroom computing initiative’s promise.

We’re proud to say that Dell brings the same strengths to your classroom computing initiative

that have made us the number one PC supplier worldwide. Our direct model gives us front line access to you and your needs,

and in turn, gives you direct access and input to the best technology at the best prices. Let us be your

single point of contact for purchase, delivery, installation and award-winning service.

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Additionally, Dell makes purchasing systems simple with a host of purchasing options, including:

— Credit union financing — Individual purchase — Institutional purchase1

— Payroll deduction — Subsidized purchase1

We’ve also created the Dell Preferred Account2 for personal purchases—a monthly payment plan that lets customers purchase systems with

the added convenience of:

— An easy application process — Adding additional purchases at a later time

— No payments for 90 days for well-qualified customers — Flexible monthly payments

That direct relationship means even more when you consider that your contacts at Dell are a supportstaff dedicated only to K-12 and personal purchases. This saves schools both money and the frustration of wondering whom to call with any questions or concerns. We’ve developed extensivecommunications resources and tools that aid in supporting classroom computing initiatives. Dell even helps program administrators track the impact and effectiveness of these communications.

No matter what level of classroom computing initiative you’re ready to undertake—Education Personal Purchase Programs, Professional Development or Dell HonorsProgram—Dell has a solution for your school. Regardless of whether your faculty,students and staff are purchasing directly from Dell or through your institution, theycan expect the same reliable products and services to support their needs. We’recommitted to being the technology partner that puts each school’s unique interestsfirst, finding solutions to problems to send you in the right direction. The future.

For more information about how Dell can make your classroomcomputing initiative come together, call 1-800-283-6633, or visit

www.dell.com/k12/dellhonorsinterest.

To see how Dell has partnered with San Lorenzo Unified School District for

some impressive results, review the case study on the attached CD or view it online

at www.dell4k12.com.

Use our strengths to your advantage.

PARTNER WITH DELL

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See for yourself the success story of the forward-thinking

classroom computing initiative that Dellhelped San Lorenzo Unified School District

deploy. Dell partnered with Edendale MiddleSchool to turn the entire campus into a wirelessInternet zone for 300 students, each equipped

with a notebook computer. At first, many atEdendale didn’t believe the notebook

program would work. Now they can’timagine teaching without it.

Let Dell deliver on your classroom computing initiative’s promise.

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Additionally, Dell makes purchasing systems simple with a host of purchasing options, including:

— Credit union financing — Individual purchase — Institutional purchase1

— Payroll deduction — Subsidized purchase1

We’ve also created the Dell Preferred Account2 for personal purchases—a monthly payment plan that lets customers purchase systems with

the added convenience of:

— An easy application process — Adding additional purchases at a later time

— No payments for 90 days for well-qualified customers — Flexible monthly payments

That direct relationship means even more when you consider that your contacts at Dell are a supportstaff dedicated only to K-12 and personal purchases. This saves schools both money and the frustration of wondering whom to call with any questions or concerns. We’ve developed extensivecommunications resources and tools that aid in supporting classroom computing initiatives. Dell even helps program administrators track the impact and effectiveness of these communications.

No matter what level of classroom computing initiative you’re ready to undertake—Education Personal Purchase Programs, Professional Development or Dell Honors Program—Dell has a solution for your school. Regardless of whether your faculty, students and staff are purchasingdirectly from Dell or through your institution, they can expect the same reliable products and services to support their needs. We’re committed tobeing the technology partner that puts each school’s unique interests first, finding solutions to problems to send you in the right direction. The future.

For more information about how Dell can make your classroom computing initiative come together,call 1-800-283-6633, or visit www.dell.com/k12/dellhonorsinterest.

To see how Dell partnered with San Lorenzo Unified School District for impressive results, review the video case study online at www.dell4k12.com.

See for yourself the success story of the forward-thinking classroom computing initiative that Dell helped San Lorenzo Unified School District

deploy. Dell partnered with Edendale Middle School to turn the entire campus into a wireless Internet zone for 300 students, each equipped with

a notebook computer. At first, many at Edendale didn’t believe the notebook program would work. Now they can’t imagine teaching without it.

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Classroom Computing Initiatives. Easy as

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