If you’re a Live@edu customer you might be wondering to yourself where you can find out more information about the upgrade to Office 365 for education. The upgrade Wiki on the Office365 Community (which is also a great place to go for more Office365 related info) is packed full of information about the upgrade, which…
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21st Century Learning Enquiry
Parliament’s Education and Science Select Committee have launched an enquiry about education needs for the country’s future. The intention of the enquiry is to investigate and provide recommendations on the best structures, tools and communities that could better enable students and educators to attain the knowledge and skills, such as digital literacy, that the 21st Century demands…
A "thought provoking, inspirational" Innovative Schools Workshop Last Week
The two-day workshop at Botany Downs Secondary School reached maximum capacity, as more than 120 educators gathered to discuss, debate and collaborate on the best ways to utilise information communication technologies (ICT) within the classroom. The event was part of the Partners in Learning Programme which is a global community of education leaders and teachers who encourage and share…
Another Weekly Office365 for Education Tip!
Another Office365 for Education tip for you all! This week we are looking into mobile access of Office365 for Education. Now more than ever students are using mobile phones and it becomes important to take advantage of this in the classroom. Have a look at this video from Leigh in the Education Team at Microsoft and her tips on mobile…
Innovative Schools Workshop Receives Overwhelming Interest
We have received an incredible amount of interest in our Innovative Schools Workshop held this week at Botany Down Secondary College, with more than 100 educators gathering to discuss, debate and collaborate on the best ways to utilise information communication technologies (ICT) within the classroom. The event facilitates two days helping school principals and senior leadership teams to build a…
Bring Your Own Device To School Whitepaper
Bruce Dixon, from the Anytime, Anywhere Learning Foundation and Sean Tierney, from the worldwide Microsoft Partners in Learning Programme are both passionate advocates of 1:1 learning programmes and have recently come together to publish their first ‘Bring Your Own Device for schools’ whitepaper. The overall aim of the paper is to examine the potential deployment models from teaching, learning and IT management…
The New Zealand Catholic Education Convention is Underway!
The Catholic Education Convention kicked off yesterday at the Wellington Convention Centre where Microsoft presented the keynote on Building collaborative learning communities – Microsoft’s vision for 21st Century Learning, presented by Microsoft’s Education Lead, Evan Blackman. For those of you who missed it, this keynote provided an overview of Microsoft’s vision for 21st Century learning with the new Microsoft global partnership with…
Celebrating innovative teaching
At the U.S. Partners in Learning Forum this week, over 100 innovative teachers came to together to share how they are incorporating technology into their classrooms. The Microsoft event focuses on showcasing and celebrating educators and the work they are doing for their schools. See the video for highlights of the event including teachers incorporating programming, Microsoft Kinect and…
Spaces still available for this years TechEd!
For 17 years, industry professionals in New Zealand have found TechEd to be the best opportunity to stay aligned with Microsoft’s current technologies and new product opportunities. You and your colleagues can come to TechEd to discuss critical technology issues, gain practical advice and network with Microsoft and industry experts. Whether you are an deploying, managing,…
Register for this years NZ Catholic Education Convention
Microsoft is a prime sponser at this years New Zealand Catholic Education Covention. This event brings together people from 239 schools, 30 Early Childhood Services and various tertiary institutions providing new possibilities and experiences to enhance learning processes within education. The theme of the Convention is Nga Taonga – living the treasure. Microsoft will be presenting at four of the sessions,…