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UK Live@edu Momentum News and Office 365 for Education Update

Posted over 2 years ago

by Education in the Cloud

What a year! It’s hard to believe that it’s been nearly a year since the last BETT show in London – even scarier still to think that it’s just a few weeks until I, and the rest of the team, will be there again for BETT 2012! Way back in January we published...
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Live@edu Tops 22M Users, Grows 100 Percent Year Over Year

Posted over 2 years ago

by WW Education Insights

(Sharing my blog post today from the Official Microsoft Blog ) Today, I’m pleased to announce that more than 22 million people now use Live@edu, representing a 100 percent year-over-year increase. That’s more than 27,000 new people signing...
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C# Mini Course

Posted over 2 years ago

by Teaching Computer Science

So this is an experiment of sorts. Last summer I was asked to train some college students in C#. The goal was to get them ready to teach some very basic programming to high school students for a short summer program. The students I was to train were in South Dakota. Now South Dakota is a wonderful place but I didn’t quite have the travel funds to go out and do this in person so I did it online. Since I had the capability to record the training I did. Later I gathered it all up and put it on the Faculty Connection in the Faculty Resource section. You can find this C# Mini Course here . What’s in...
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U.S. teachers that are going to change the world

Posted over 2 years ago

by Andrew Ko
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Last week, I had the opportunity to attend the 7th annual Partners in Learning Global Forum. I attended for the first time last year in Cape Town, South Africa, and this time the venue was Washington, D.C. We were honored to welcome and host hundreds...
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Leading With Kinect

Posted over 2 years ago

by Teaching Computer Science

Yesterday I had the pleasure of hosting a group of students from the Boston Preparatory Charter Public School. I even wore a tie because these students wear ties as part of their uniform and somehow I felt under dressed without a tie on previous visits. These were tenth graders who were visiting a couple of companies today on field trips. I was talking to them about careers in computer science and information technology. It’s the sort of thing I do regularly. Today I decided to do things a little differently. Usually I show technology at the end if there is time and interest but today I lead with...
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Office 365 for Education learning snack series: 1st Edition

Posted over 2 years ago

by Education in the Cloud

As a team, we have decided to post some videos on various Office 365 for Education topics. We call these short 5-6 minute videos ‘learning snacks’ so it is not too long and you can learn something in a ‘snack’ size quick format. The first edition...
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Celebrating Teacher Heroes

Posted over 2 years ago

by Teach Tec

The Microsoft Partners in Learning 2011 Global Forum wrapped-up last week with a bang. A lovely Gala Awards dinner in the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. A fitting venue to conclude an energizing week with educators from around the world. The...
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Interesting Links 14 November 2011

Posted over 2 years ago

by Teaching Computer Science

I spent a lot of time watching the Twitter feed and reading blog posts about the Microsoft Global Forum last week. And some watching the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing as well. A good number of this week’s links are to posts related to the Global Forum. Let’s start with post event reflections from three attendees who were there in different roles. Lee Kolbert (@ TeachAKidd ) was one of the judges: What's in Your Heart? My Reflections as a Judge From The Microsoft Global Forum Johnny Kissko ( @ johnnyeducation ) is a teacher who represented the US at the Global Forum. Reflections...
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Computer Science As Cross Curricula

Posted over 2 years ago

by Teaching Computer Science

Initially I was going to write about how well computer science related projects did at the recent Microsoft Partners in Learning Global Forum. After all Louis Zulli won a first prize for Cutting-Edge Use of Microsoft Technology for Learning . And the “ When Fish Fly ” project won for Collaboration . And those are computer science related projects. And Doug Bergman’s computer science was another of the US based projects that was there. (Note I wrote about CS at the Global Forum last week). But then I read Doug Peterson’s excellent recap of his experiences and observations from the Global Forum ...
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Imagine Cup US 2012: The Process

Posted over 2 years ago

by Microsoft Tech Student

Written by Megan Benjamin You may have seen the call to sign up for Imagine Cup US 2012 ! And if you’ve checked out the site, chances are you’ve at least started imagining a world where technology helps solve the world’s toughest problems—so why not make your ideas reality? Between the big brainstorming sessions, project planning, coding, and revisions, there are a few crucial steps, dates, and deadlines to keep in mind. To make your life just a little simpler, here are the steps in the Imagine Cup process, all in one place. Step 1: Sign up at www.imaginecup.us...

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