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Attention Math Lovers: what does 250,000 equal?

Posted over 2 years ago

by Teach Tec

Okay, a bit of a trick question. It is the number of times the new Microsoft Mathematics 4.0 product has been downloaded in the past month! Yes, it is pretty incredible, so somebody out that must like it! And we want to hear from you. I n preparation...
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“Japan has to take part in worldwide interactions and learn more from other countries to see how our country can feel confident about where we should go.” – Japan

Posted over 1 year ago

by kurakuraninja

Technology is coming to Japanese classrooms, much as it is around the world. But is hasn’t necessarily been easy to overcome traditional views on education. “The outcomes harvested from the new technologies we have used are so innovative in our …...
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Interesting Links Post 18 July 2011

Posted over 2 years ago

by Teaching Computer Science

Quite a week last week. You may have read my posts about the CSTA CS & IT Conference. I hope you did because it was a great conference. The first ever WorldWide Imagine Cup finals to be held in the US was held in New York City at the same time. You...
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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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Lync Server Standard CAL is being added to Core CAL suite

Posted over 2 years ago

by UC in Education blog

This is good news that you can be licensed for Lync IM and Presence via new Core CAL suite coming August 2011. See the upcoming CORE CAL here: *Suite components currently planned for August 2011, and would be available with active Software Assurance...
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Small Grants for CS Education

Posted over 2 years ago

by Teaching Computer Science

If you are involved in K-12 computer science education you really owe it to yourself to join the Computer Science Teachers Association ( CSTA ) And if you are a member of CSTA than you received this announcement in the last week or so. But just in case...
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Keep your name from looking like a spelling mistake (video)

Posted over 2 years ago

by Office in Education

Does your name appear as a spelling mistake in Word? You're not alone. As part of our Call-to-Action campaign , I recently asked our Microsoft Student Facebook friends to share their Word pet peeves. And this pet peeve was top of the list. Luckily...
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Invite your students "in" to your lectures

Posted over 2 years ago

by Office in Education

This post about teachers sharing their presentations with students using Broadcast Slide Show in PowerPoint 2010 was written by Joy Miller. Nowadays, students bring their laptops, smartphones, and iPads into the classroom to take notes, research online...
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Japan’s progress on infusing technology into the classroom

Posted over 3 years ago

by WW Education Insights

It’s been just about a year since I first visited Japan (see earlier blog post here ). What intrigues me about Japan is that the country has a very technology rich society, but the school systems are technology resistant, especially at the K-12...
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Rapid technology change and the technology transition generation

Posted over 2 years ago

by WW Education Insights

In many ways, I feel like I am part of the “technology transition generation.” I’m surprised more hasn’t been written or discussed on this. What this means is I’m am part of a generation old enough to know a time before technology...

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