Today is April 8th 2014. This is the date that Microsoft has ended support for Windows XP. What does this mean for your school? If your school is still running Windows XP from today, you may be exposed to potential risks. Your school will no longer receive updates for Windows XP from Microsoft, including security…
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Register your interest now for the 21 Steps to 21st Century Learning Workshop!
Helping school leaders clarify their vision for 1:1 learning and building an executable framework to bring this to life. Microsoft and CORE Education bring you the complimentary 21 Steps to 21st century learning workshop in May 2014. This two-day seminar will explore the planning and implementation of 1:1 learning in your school. Facilitated by world…
The Windows 8.1 Deployment Kit is here!
We are very excited to announce that the Windows 8.1 Deployment Kit will this week be arriving on the desks of all NZ State and Integrated Schools, with rolls of less than 700 students. What’s in the kit? The deployment kit contains a ready-made ‘image’ of the latest Microsoft computer operating system and Of?ce productivity…
OneNote now on Mac, free everywhere, and service powered!
OneNote is the ultimate extension for your brain, but it’s not complete if it’s not instantly available everywhere. We’ve already made a lot of progress in that direction with our mobile, tablet and online web experiences. But there was still a gap. People frequently asked for OneNote on Mac, and for more ways to capture…
Countdown to Barcelona: 2014 Global Forum Kicks off Next Week
[View:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiJxLp3_UlQ:0:0] The 2014 Microsoft in Education Global Forum in Barcelona, Spain is next week! For the Expert Educators and Mentor School leaders we’ll be celebrating, this event is the culmination of many years of hard work on the front lines of education reform. Anthony Salcito, Vice President of Microsoft Worldwide Education, describes the scale of…
Getting Microsoft Office for your students has just become easier.
Student Advantage enables every school in New Zealand that licenses Office for staff and to be eligible to get Office 365 ProPlus for students at no additional cost. You can get it now! This supports the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) or 1:1 learning programmes that you may be looking at implementing, or are currently…
Skype in the Classroom: Mystery Skype
[View:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZdMnkWHG7s:0:0] The idea of Mystery Skype is simple: classrooms Skype call each other and try to guess where the other classroom is located either in the United States or in the world. On the day of the call, students use their resources in trying to figure where the other class is calling from via Skype. Pernille Ripp, a…
Choosing Surface for the Classroom: St Patrick's College, London
[View:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyhLSziI5CE:0:0] Continuing on from our blog yesterday, we are delighted to bring you another fantastic example of the success a school has experienced by choosing Surface as their BYOD tablet. St Patrick’s College in London offers industry-standard vocational coursework to a diverse population of students from disadvantaged backgrounds, and their mission is to prepare their…
Announcing the Surface in the Classroom Accessory Design Challenge
Today we are very excited to announce the launch of the Surface in the Classroom Design Challenge! Calling all designers, teachers, students & parents! We want your ideas for how classrooms can evolve to support 1:1 learning with Surface tablets. Submit a design sketch and a description of your idea, and you will be entered for a chance…
Learning set to accelerate in two Auckland schools as Microsoft NZ awards classroom sets of Surface RTs
Two of New Zealand’s most tech-savvy schools, both in Auckland, have been awarded classroom sets of Microsoft Surface RTs in recognition of their leadership in digital learning. Microsoft New Zealand is giving Botany Downs Secondary College and Ferguson Intermediate School in Otara 25 Surface RTs that will become a shared resource and accelerate the schools’…