The Microsoft Educator Network has made it easy for you to find the resources you need for the classroom! Free tools for teachers is a comprehensive library of guides, learning activities, tutorials, and helpful resources to help teachers make the most of their favourite classroom apps and Microsoft products. Here's just a few of the great resources…
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Tools to Unlock Learning: The OneNote for Learning Literacy Toolbar
This post has been taken from the Microsoft in Education Blog On the same day in August 2015, two important announcements were made on different sides of the world. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) released a new report on secondary school attainment, showing that progress is slowing just as "upper secondary schooling…
Introducing Creative Coding through Games and Apps – a free course!
We are excited to announce the availability of a new course to get your students hooked on computer science! Creative Coding through Games and Apps is now available for schools across the world, for free! Creative Coding through Games and Apps engages early-teens in their first extended exploration of computer science. Students learn how to code by…
Christchurch's St Andrew's College reflects on Surface Pro 3 use
This post has been re-blogged from Sam McNeill's StAC e-Learning Stories blog. Microsoft is excited to share this feedback on how the Surface Pro 3 has performed at St Andrew's College, and how it has simplified teaching and learning. As we approach the first anniversary of the Surface Pro 3 release in New Zealand, I’ve…
Announcing Sway General Availability, Windows 10 app and more!
We are excited to announce that Microsoft's digital storytelling app, Sway, is moving from Preview to General Availability! Sway is also moving beyond First Release and rolling out to all eligible Office 365 for business and education customers worldwide. This makes it possible for many additional businesses, schools and other organisations to start using Sway…
Microsoft Event: Teaching with Technology Seminars
Microsoft is excited to announce the return of the Teaching with Technology seminars! On the back of his successful visit to New Zealand in May 2015, Travis Smith returns in September for a week-long tour of the country! Travis will be stopping off in Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch, Napier and Auckland to deliver engaging sessions to…
Tutorials to get you started using Sway
To help you make a start with Sway, the team have put together a couple of tutorial videos to give you some ideas on how to use Sway to express your thoughts in a completely new way! Check them out below! What is Sway? [View:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcg6DGO9hpI:0:0] How to make a tutorial [View:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf2YzUEbUlM:0:0] How to build a…
Announcement: Microsoft Class Dashboard for teachers and students
The Office team have recently announced the first phase of a Preview program for the Microsoft Class Dashboard! The Class Dashboard will be available to Office 365 Education users at no additional charge, and will enable students and teachers to communicate and collaborate like never before! What is Class Dashboard? Class Dashboard is an easy-to-use…
New Zealand MIE Experts create a sensational Food For Life project for their students!
Microsoft Innovative Educator (MIE) Experts and Howick College science teachers, Steve Martin and Ruby Huang, created a visionary project for their Year 9 students earlier in 2015. Students were required to investigate the science of food nutrition, and used technology to go about this process. The Food For Life project was designed to help students…
Microsoft launches online education network for New Zealand’s 249 Catholic schools
This blog post was taken from an announcement on the Microsoft New Zealand News Centre. NZ Catholic Schools to connect with a shared online community The New Zealand Catholic Education Office is set to lead the international Catholic community with the launch of an online education network today that will give over 4,000 teachers the…