Connecting teachers and students can be a tricky business. Hopefully, you teach and they learn. But unless you have the perfect dynamic between teachers and students, there's often a gap between what you're trying to get across and what they're actually picking up. How do you know which students are getting it, and which ones are falling behind? What if you could insert questions into your presentation, and then get instant feedback? Or maybe mark up your slides, and have those notes appear in a OneNote notebook for students?

To find out more and to download the add-in, read the full post.

Did you know that Windows Live Hotmail lets you create an email distribution list (also known as an email alias or a contacts category)? Creating one makes it easier to send an email out to a group.  This little tip could come in handy on New Year’s Eve when you want to send a certain group of friends a picture of you at Times Square or in a few months when you’re working with others on a team project. 

For step-by-step instructions, read the full post.

Today's blog post is brought to you by Stephanie Brown. Stephanie is a writer for Office Mobile and Office for Mac.

Don’t want to lug your heavy laptop with you to class? You don’t have to. Your Windows Phone 7 includes Microsoft OneNote Mobile. With it you can create and view notes and lists right on your phone. When you’re done with class, you can go back to the comfort of your big PC screen and find your mobile notes synced to Windows Live SkyDrive.

No matter if you’re using OneNote on your computer, mobile phone, or if you’re using the OneNote Web App from a browser, all of your notes are synced together. You can literally keep your class notes with you anywhere you go.

Read the full post for how to start using OneNote Mobile.

The spell check feature in Office isn’t just for research papers and essays. Use it to catch mistakes in your foreign language homework too! Don’t lose points on your vocabulary exercises or compositions because you forgot to include an accent mark or misspelled the plural form of a word. Choose a dictionary language and fix those awkward spelling errors fast.

Read the full post to learn how to choose a different language dictionary to check your spelling.

For many of you, January marks the start of winter quarter. You've got a whole new set of classes and maybe even a New Year's resolution to get better grades. I've got one tip to help you achieve that goal. (It's going to sound simple. But, hey, simple is simple for a reason.)

Read the full blog post to find out what you can do to improve your success rate this coming year!

Meet Kelvin Dueck, a physics and math teacher at Pitt Meadows Secondary School. Kelvin wanted a way to share his math answer keys and physics notes with his students. That way his students could access help and extend their learning outside of traditional classroom walls. He was looking for a virtual hard drive. He was looking for Windows Live SkyDrive.

Read the full blog post and listen to Kelvin's testimonial. You'll be inspired!

Kristin Beck, a writer and editor at Office.com, offers personal advice to students with ADHD about study habits, deadlines, and taking exams.

As finals approach, many students are feeling an intense pressure to perform. I know, because I went through it as a student with (yet undiagnosed) ADHD. The pain and frustration of being behind with my work still stings, 25 years later. I’ve picked up some good habits over the years, however, which I will share with you.

Did you recently get a new computer for the upcoming school year? Find out how to protect your investment from inadvertently downloaded malware (malicious software).

Malware can cause your computer to run slowly or possibly not even run at all.

So far on the Office in Education blog, we’ve updated you on new product releases, shared ideas on how you can use Office products and services to crank out your school work, and helped you discover new uses for our feature-rich applications. But, frankly, we want to hear from you. What are the questions you want to see answered on this blog? That’s why we’re launching our Call-To-Action campaign.

Find out how you can help!

Are you planning a summer internship or preparing to enter the workforce when you graduate this year? If so, now’s the time to spit polish your resume.

• Get resume writing advice from professional resume writers.
• See tips on how to format your Word document for a better design.
• Learn more about internship opportunities at Microsoft.
• And more...