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Windows Phone Development Training Online

Posted over 2 years ago

by Teaching Computer Science

SO you probably know that a new version of the Windows Phone software is coming very soon. If you are planning on teaching phone development you may also be thinking “I wonder how I can get some training on this?” Well you are in luck. Online training is coming! “Mango” Jump Start! Aug. 23-24! Pass it on… That's right, Microsoft MVPs Rob Miles and Andy Wigley are back! Microsoft Learning hosted a Windows Phone 7 Jump Start (plus an update course) last year and it was an absolute smash. Mobile application developers raved about the fast-paced, demo-rich approach, the timeliness of real-world content...
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Interesting Links 15 August 2011

Posted over 2 years ago

by Teaching Computer Science

I’m going to start this week’s list with some left over stuff from the Innovative Education Forum. That was one of the highlights of my summer and the reviews are coming in indicating that this was the case for others as well. My Inspirational Microsoft Partners in Learning 2011 U.S. Innovative Education Forum Experience post by Melanie Wiscount @mwiscount about her experiences at the recent US Innovative Education Forum. Another post Innovative Education Forum post, this time by Laura, called How to make a teacher feel like a rock star . Now a couple of keynote interviews that were recorded at...
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Innovative Teaching & Learning Research Project

Posted over 2 years ago

by WW Education Insights

During my visits I often have the great fortune of seeing best practices truly transforming schools and classrooms. I get to hear and learn from educators who are making magic happen for their students…and while I’m always inspired and energized…I...
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How to create your own class blog or website for free

Posted over 2 years ago

by Office in Education

A new school year is fast approaching. Teachers everywhere are dusting off their school supplies and getting ready for their next batch of students. But what can they do differently this year to communicate with students outside of class hours? Queue WordPress and Windows Live Writer—with these tools you can easily create and manage your very own blog. Take a look! ...( read more ) ...read more
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Kinect for Mankind

Posted over 2 years ago

by Microsoft Tech Student

By Michelle Benedict It’s amazing what a second pair of electronic eyes can do. Besides selling 8 Million units in the first 60 days, the Microsoft Kinect for Xbox 360 has more of an altruistic feel than traditional gaming systems. Perhaps it’s because all you need to be able to play is the ability to move your body and the system literally plays off you. It’s for this simplicity of game play, but complex design to mirror the player that the Kinect for Xbox 360 is already being used as a seeing aid, a rehabilitation device, a surgeon’s assistant and a developmental...
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New assistive learning technologies removing communication barriers on Windows 7

Posted over 2 years ago

by WW Education Insights

Technology is having a transformative impact around the world. I wanted to share another great story, this time from the Abu Dhabi Center for Autism in the United Arab Emirates , where children with autism are benefitting from new technology form factors...
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Low Level Programming

Posted over 2 years ago

by Teaching Computer Science

A blog post by Andy Firth, an Engineer Architect at Bungie, called The demise of the low level Programmer is getting some attention lately. In the post he lists some things that low level programmers (or perhaps he should have said high performance programmers) should know. He bemoans that all too many programmers today don’t have knowledge of low level programming. He says that “ so much of what I consider to be essential is simply not being taught anymore .” They include: Floating Point Numbers Fixed Point Numbers Bit shifting Processor Cache Behavior / Memory Sorting I’m not so convinced that...
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In case you missed it…

Posted over 2 years ago

by Education in the Cloud

Could you repeat that? Over the last week we hosted two free deployment webcasts where I talked about the next steps after enrolling for Live@edu. Topics included: Proving domain ownership Provisioning users Migrating data Automating management If you...
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Computer Science Before Programming

Posted over 2 years ago

by Teaching Computer Science

For most people the first real computer science course is introduction to programming. It may be called something else but effectively what it is is a course that teaches programming. Along the way concepts like encapsulation and abstraction are also taught and, hopefully, learned. The new CS Principles course reduces the emphasis on programming – in theory at least. I’m curious to see some good scope and sequence documents to see how it is working in practice. Likewise the Exploring Computer Science curriculum includes programming as only a part of the overall curriculum. In fact web design is...
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Windows Phone Student App of the Week: Police lights 7

Posted over 2 years ago

by Microsoft Tech Student

Police Lights 7 Author: Lynx Interactive Police Lights 7 is a police lights simulator for Windows Phone. It is intended for fun only and may NOT be used to engage in any type of criminal activity. Impersonating a police officer in any form is a crime, so you should use this app with great discretion. Enjoy! Download now Screens Hello everyone, we are back again for the Windows Phone 7 app of the week! This is the second week of the series and we are so excited about all of the amazing apps coming into the competition...

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