Microsoft will be helping to kick off the next academic year with a Windows in the Classroom seminar for your school. There will be two Windows in the Classroom specialists travelling New Zealand delivering Windows in the Classroom seminars to school leadership teams. With these complimentary two-hour seminars your school leadership team will explore tools…
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Microsoft Renews Support for Partners in Learning Programme
Yesterday at the Partners in Learning Global Forum in Prague, it was announced that an additional US$250 million in funding has been provided to extend Partners in Learning (PiL) over the next five years. In 2003, the PiL programme was established to make a valuable impact to the learning outcomes of students around the world. Currently it’s in 119 countries, and has…
Upgrade from Live@edu today!
The upgrade to Office 365 for education is happening! By September next year, all Live@edu customers will need to complete the upgrade to Office 365 for education The Office 365 upgrade builds on your existing Live@edu deployment—mailboxes, calendars, and contacts do not move, and there is no need to re-provision accounts. Microsoft provides the tools…
Windows 8 Devices for Next Academic Year
To help you with your device plan for next year, this blog post is about the new devices running Windows 8! Typically, in most education institutions, there’s a need for a range of different devices for different users and scenarios. Whatever the scenario you’re buying for, you’re going to find a computer that’s been tailored…
Why You’ll Love Windows 8
Windows 8 is reimagined for learning. It arms schools and teachers with innovations designed to transform students’ learning experiences. It gives students a modern way to consume content and allows them freedom to create, collaborate, produce and share across a range of devices, with touch, mouse and keyboard or pen. Teachers can now use these capabilities…
New Releases for Partners in Learning Network
The Partners in Learning Network launched some exciting new features last week. There are two features in particluar I would like to call out: The new Teaching with Technology curriculum helps any teacher develop the knowledge and skills needed to integrate ICT into their teaching, which is critical to helping students develop 21st century skills. This…
Experience the Whole Web with Windows 8
One of the greatest features of the new Windows 8 is Internet Explorer 10. A faster and more fluid experience, Windows 8 has focused on fully embracing the standards for the modern web including HTML5 and Javascript. The experience is immersive due to the touch screen capabilities and it changes the conversation from an apps only discussion to…
10 Reasons Why BYOD is a Good Idea
Thank you to one of our subscribers for sending this link through to me. Recently I blogged about the BYOD for Schools Whitepaper, where Bruce Dixon from the Anytime, Anywhere Learning Foundation and Sean Tierney from the Worldwide Microsoft Partners in Learning Programme set out to examine the potential deployment models from teaching, learning and IT management perspectives. A recent…
Update for Education Apps for Windows 8
With the launch of Windows 8 last week its about time we told you some of the great education apps available. There are currently plenty of Education Apps in the Windows Store so I wont list them all but here are the some of the key apps for teachers and students: SAS Flash Cards gives you the ability to increase…
"Valuable" Sessions for Educators at the Ulearn12 Education Conference
Microsoft had a strong presence at last weeks Ulearn12 education conference, not only as a silver sponsor for the event but by showcasing three of Microsoft’s powerful educational offering; Office 365 for education, the global Partners in Learning Network and Microsoft OneNote. Each workshop was fully subscribed likely due to attendees seeing the value in discovering proven ways of…