REDMOND, Wash. – April 16, 2013 - Microsoft today announced the 10 teams who are advancing to the 11 th annual U.S. Imagine Cup Finals Demo Day. Demo Day will take place on May 13 in Silicon Valley and will be streamed live on the U.S. Imagine Cup Facebook page. The list of finalists include...

Today marks the first in a series of Windows 8 Wednesday posts, weekly updates focused on how Windows 8 is making a difference in education – for both educators and students. I hope you will check back often and follow me on this journey. Just a few days ago, I had the privilege of helping to...

Every year the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) holds its Annual Meeting to discuss and support progress on some of the most important societal priorities and challenges facing Latin America and the Caribbean. This year, the meeting is taking place in Panama City - bringing together key stakeholders...

There is a lot of talk about next-generation learning, but what does that really mean? We talk about how kids need 21st century skills to succeed in higher education and careers, but we are well into the century, and if we are to be preparing students for the future, shouldn’t we be working in...

Families see education as a journey that opens doors for students. Education connects students to exciting careers where they have the power to change their lives, our communities, and the world. More than ever, having technology skills, is needed for those college or career bound and can empower students...

We are excited to announce that Alabama is the seventh state to officially launch a statewide Microsoft IT Academy Program that will be available to more than 218,000 students in about 570 high schools and career and technology centers. The Microsoft IT Academy program is a career and technology education...

Today, we joined Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and several non-profit partners, including the United Way of Metro Chicago, the YMCA of Metro Chicago, Metropolitan Family services, and Children’s Home and Aid Society to announce the opening of 12 new Parent Engagement Centers...

Congratulations to our hardware partner, HP, who was just announced by the State of Idaho as its mobile computing devices contractor to supply HP Probook Notebooks to all K-12 teachers and high school students in the state! Microsoft is proud to partner with HP to bring universal access to digital learning...

Posted by Anthony Salcito, Vice President of Worldwide Education (@anthonysalcito) (Updated 9:55 a.m. PT) One of the best parts of the typical “college experience” is the newfound freedom and independence. As students take advantage of this independence to form new relationships and...

Posted by Anthony Salcito, Vice President of Worldwide Education (@anthonysalcito) In my role, I’m fortunate to witness the impact that engaged youth have on our world, especially as it relates to education. Today, I’m seeing it first-hand in Peru, at the Partners in Learning Latin American...

Microsoft is excited to announce a new partnership with the Georgia Department of Education to roll out the Microsoft IT Academy (ITA) Program statewide in an effort to address the industry skills gap and to help make sure students are college and career ready. The program will provide more than 460...

(Cross post from the Why Microsoft blog and authored by Tony Tai.) Whether you are a school’s IT leader, an educator, a parent, or someone who values learning, you know students and care about their success. Successful students are excited about learning, are well-organized and make good use...

Early in my career at Microsoft, I was inspired to see how accessible technology empowered and enriched the lives of individuals with disabilities and enabled new opportunities to learn and communicate. These experiences fueled my passion to ensure that all students have the right technology in place...

Capturing students’ interest and making concepts come alive in a personalized way can be a challenge for educators in this technology and gadget-driven world. The popularity of gaming outside the classroom makes it an appealing and exciting platform for kids inside the classroom. Gaming can be...

According to a survey released Thursday from the National Survey of Student Engagement , many students fail to use effective study techniques to help them succeed in school. The New York Times reported , "The great majority of students take notes in class, but fewer than two-thirds review them later...

As an active national board member for Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG), I was privileged to represent Microsoft this week at JAG’s 22nd Annual National Leadership Awards where Microsoft was awarded the “Top Corporate Investor of the Year” award for our commitment to supporting...

Whatever your philosophy on test taking, they haven’t been abolished yet. So get prepared! Don’t just madly cram for a test the night before. You can do better than that. Get organized! While you’re in class taking notes, use a special tag to mark the material you know (or think...

Yesterday, I had the privilege of combining my personal passion with my profession on stage at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting to announce that Microsoft will bring digital access to one million students from low-income families. The video of our announcement can be found here . (Photo...

Today, we are very excited to share the news that Washington state and the Commonwealth of Virginia are officially launching statewide Microsoft IT Academy programs to all high school students to make sure they graduate with IT skills they need to compete for jobs. Technology skills are increasingly...

As we all reluctantly come back from vacation and return to our regular school schedules, we need a jumpstart to get us back into our routines. What kind of school work will you need to do? Write a report with an MLA-formatted bibliography? Or collaborate on a presentation? How are your math skills...

(Cross-posted from the Windows Phone Developer Blog ) Summer is winding down and Mango is right around the corner. We can’t wait to get Mango out broadly and for developers to unleash their new apps. There have been lots of activities going on to help out student developers who want to create...

(Cross-posted from the Microsoft Unlimited Potential Blog) Combating viruses, saving the lives of expectant mothers, and retrieving food from a warehouse controlled by an evil dictator; it’s not just fun and games in teacher Pat Yongpradit’s computer science classes at Springbrook High...

(cross-posted from the Microsoft Unlimited Potential blog ) STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education is vital to solving the world’s toughest social problems; to helping companies create the next breakthrough innovation and to keeping local economies competitive. So how do...

(cross-posted from Publicyte blog) Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) – Every month at Publicyte, we interview a “rising star” and highlight their work in which they’re using technology for civic good, whether in the private or public sector. This month for our issue on Connectivity...

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...