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Blog Post: A New Era of Digital Learning: Office 365 Education

Microsoft Citizenship Team

"The newest release of Office 365 Education will help bring educators and students together to embrace the ever-increasing opportunities of this new era of digital learning." -Anthony Salcito, Vice President of Worldwide Education at Microsoft As part of Microsoft YouthSpark -- our companywide...

on1 Mar 2013
Blog Post: Microsoft Adds the Cherokee Language to Windows 8

Microsoft Citizenship Team

Editor’s note: Today we’re announcing support for the Cherokee language in Windows 8 as part of the Microsoft Local Language Program . The availability is a testament to the Cherokee Nation and their continued commitment to strengthen their language and sustain their culture for future generations...

on18 Dec 2012
Blog Post: Expanding Computer Science Education in High Schools

Microsoft Citizenship Team

By Lori Harnick, General Manager, Microsoft Citizenship & Public Affairs It’s estimated that by 2018, there will be 1.5 million computer science related jobs available in America, but only 29% of those jobs will be met by U.S. graduates. At a time when five of the top ten fastest growing jobs will...

on3 Oct 2012
Blog Post: Microsoft YouthSpark: A new chapter in Citizenship at Microsoft

Microsoft Citizenship Team

Lori Harnick, General Manager, Citizenship & Public Affairs Earlier today our CEO Steve Ballmer announced Microsoft YouthSpark, a new company-wide initiative to create opportunities for 300 million young people over the next three years. We’ve created Microsoft YouthSpark in response to the challenges...

on20 Sep 2012
Blog Post: Microsoft Office 365 for education–now available

Microsoft Citizenship Team

Today we’ve announced that Office 365 for education , which provides Office Web Apps, Exchange Online (for email and scheduling), SharePoint Online (for collaboration) and Lync Online (for communications) is available for schools at not cost. Here’s more From Anthony Salcito’s blog : “As schools face...

on27 Jun 2012
Blog Post: Teacher Appreciation Day Highlights Critical Role Educators Play in Students’ Lives

Microsoft Citizenship Team

Editor’s Note: This is cross-posted from Microsoft on the Issues. Today is National Teacher Appreciation Day and we are recognizing the efforts of teachers who are inspiring the next generation of future leaders. We are actively and deeply engaged in helping provide educators with the tools they need...

on8 May 2012
Blog Post: Creating opportunities for youth one club at a time

Microsoft Citizenship Team

It’s been said that if you can help a young person take the first step, chances are they will put themselves on a path to succeed. It’s why, as a company, we’re focused on creating opportunities for youth. Since 2000 we've worked together with Boys & Girls Club of America on the Club Tech initiative...

on11 Apr 2012
Blog Post: Putting a spotlight on the opportunity divide for youth around the world

Microsoft Citizenship Team

Today the International Youth Foundation has released a report that looks at the growing education and social challenges facing youth around the world. At a time when we have more young people – 1.2 billion – than at any time in the planet’s history, there’s an urgent need to provide them with the education...

on27 Mar 2012
Blog Post: Skype announces initiative to bring technology to classrooms

Microsoft Citizenship Team

Skype, a division of Microsoft, has announced a new partnership with DonorsChoose.org to make $250,000 available to support bringing technology into the classroom. This partnership is part of Skype’s goal to connect one million classrooms with Skype in the Classroom . ...

on21 Mar 2012
Blog Post: Two stories from Asia: how education is changing

Microsoft Citizenship Team

Over a thousand miles and close to forty years separate Khun Mechai Viravaidya and Raj Ridwan Singh yet they have so much in common. Khun Mechai is a world renowned development expert who founded Population and Community Development Association (PDA) which has become the largest nonprofit in Thailand...

on29 Dec 2011
Blog Post: STEM Hero: Looking up at the stars and advancing curriculum with Curtis Wong

Nathan J Peterson

When your children look up at the sky, do they ever ask you what is going on millions of miles above their heads? Did you ever ask the same question? Back when Curtis Wong was a young boy growing up in smoggy Los Angeles, he dreamt of being able to clearly see and learn about the beautiful images of...

on30 Nov 2011
Blog Post: Accessibility at the Partners in Learning Global Forum

Microsoft Citizenship Team

LaDeana Huyler, Microsoft Accessibility This week, at the Partners in Learning Global Forum in Washington, D.C ., more than 700 of the most innovative educators from around the world came together to discuss their big ideas. These extraordinary educators are focused on improving teaching and learning...

on10 Nov 2011
Blog Post: Sunday Reading: STEMtember wraps up, on with learning!

Microsoft Citizenship Team

As October begins, #STEMtember , our month long focus on promoting the importance of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) education has wrapped up. We had a busy month of STEM education announcements and events across Microsoft and hopefully we managed to encourage some students, parents...

on2 Oct 2011
Blog Post: Heroes of #STEMtember: Engineering the power to fly high

Microsoft Citizenship Team

If you have ever had a conversation with a child about how planes fly, why birds fly or why humans don’t fly, your answer has probably been something less than scientific – and completely age appropriate for the little person asking the question. However, if that child asked that question of Boeing test...

on29 Sep 2011
Blog Post: Heroes of STEMtember: A teacher of teachers creates innovative math curriculum using tech

Nathan J Peterson

How do we address stale curriculum and make teaching exciting? Specifically, how do we change plans in STEM subjects that can often lack the excitement needed to encourage students to study further. Perhaps we need something to help our teachers reach new heights; maybe we need innovative and robust...

on29 Sep 2011
Blog Post: Heroes of #STEMtember: Science is life with Stefan Weitz

Tara Grumm

Tara Grumm, online marketing manager, Microsoft Citizenship I am really excited to bring this Heroes of #STEMtember video blog to you featuring Stefan Weitz (pictured above), a senior director with Bing. What amazes me about Stefan is his ability to not only track the highly competitive world of...

on28 Sep 2011
Blog Post: Heroes of #STEMtember: Atari, Math, and Trek dreams turning to reality with Kudo Tsunoda

Tara Grumm

Tara Grumm, online marketing manager, Microsoft Citizenship As part of our ongoing series this month on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) careers, we had the pleasure of sitting down with the Creative Director of Kinect for Xbox , Kudo Tsunoda (pictured left)....

on27 Sep 2011
Blog Post: What does your dad think you want to be when you grow up?

Tom_Murphy

Earlier this month we published a survey on how parents with children in K-12 education feel about science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education. One of the questions was what careers parents wanted their kids to pursue. It’s probably no surprise that the top three careers were...

on23 Sep 2011
Blog Post: Microsoft Commits to Bring Digital Access and Skills Training to 1M U.S. Students

Microsoft Citizenship Team

Posted by Anthony Salcito Vice President, Worldwide Public Sector Education, Microsoft Cross posted from Microsoft on the Issues 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...

on21 Sep 2011
Blog Post: Heroes of #STEMtember: Sunny science with Meteorologist Shannon O’Donnell

Yvonne_Thomas

Editor’s note: This month we have been taking a look at science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education for K-12 students. To kick things off we released the findings of a study on what parents and students think of STEM education . We also thought it would be interesting to look at...

on21 Sep 2011
Blog Post: Motivating College Students to be STEM Majors

Microsoft Citizenship Team

Lili Cheng is general manager of Microsoft’s Future Social Experiences (FUSE) Labs This summer my research team had six incredible interns, four women and two men. As they head back to college, and as I look at my own two high school aged children, I find myself wondering, what motivates young...

on14 Sep 2011
Blog Post: Back to School: Personalizing the PC so Students Can See, Hear, and Learn More Comfortably

Microsoft Citizenship Team

LaDeana Huyler, group communications manager for accessibility, Microsoft Going back to school means preparing for a new school year full of possibilities. While not on every traditional back-to-school checklist, making sure student technology is prepped and personalized for students is worth remembering...

on9 Sep 2011
Blog Post: What do parents and students think of STEM education?

Microsoft Citizenship Team

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 we encourage more students to study STEM projects? To find out...

on7 Sep 2011
Blog Post: What is STEM and why is it important? #STEMtember

Microsoft Citizenship Team

STEM is an acronym for science, technology, engineering and math. STEM education is not only critical for preparing our future doctors, researchers, rocket scientists and game designers, it’s becoming more important for every type of job in the workforce. The problem is that most countries in the...

on7 Sep 2011
Blog Post: Jobs Follow Talent: The Need for Education and High-Skilled Immigration Reform

Microsoft Citizenship Team

Brad Smith, General Counsel and Senior Vice President, Microsoft Corporation Cross posted from the Microsoft on the Issues blog . Today, I had the opportunity to discuss the need for education and high-skilled immigration reform when I testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration...

on26 Jul 2011