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Blog Post: Microsoft Vision Center in Davos

Microsoft Citizenship Team

This week the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2012 is taking place in Davos, Switzerland. The event attracts government, business, academic and nonprofit leaders from around the world who come together to learn, share ideas and engage in debates on the pressing economic and social issues facing countries...

on25 Jan 2012
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: Sharing the Microsoft 2011 Citizenship Report

Dan Bross

I'm pleased to share with you the Microsoft 2011 Citizenship Report . The report provides an overview and assessment of our work over the past fiscal year (July 2010 to June 2011) to serve communities and work responsibly. We release our Citizenship Report at the same time as our Annual Financial...

on4 Oct 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: 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: Happy International Mother Language Day!

Microsoft Citizenship Team

By: Lauren Woodman, Microsoft General Manager, Partners in Learning While you still have a few months to send your mom flowers for Mother’s Day, today we take time to appreciate our Mother tongue. As designated by UNESCO , International Mother Language Day reminds us of the need to preserve...

on21 Feb 2011
Blog Post: The Magic of Mouse Mischief in Haiti

Microsoft Citizenship Team

Cynthia Bogard, Edeyo Foundation How long does it take kids who have never seen a computer before to “get” how to manipulate a mouse to make it click on an answer or choose a color and draw a circle? About 15 minutes, if our students in Haiti are any indication. Students...

on12 Jan 2011
Blog Post: Building Haiti Back Better

Tom_Murphy

Kristin Peterson, Inveneo CEO and Co-Founder The Haitian education system had its challenges before the January 12, 2010 earthquake. Eighty percent of schools were private. Both public and private schools were under-resourced in basic infrastructure – from classrooms to teachers – and...

on11 Jan 2011
Blog Post: Dispatch from Cape Town: Exceptional teachers step on the global stage

Microsoft Citizenship Team

Greetings from South Africa! This week I have the privilege of being in Cape Town, South Africa among more than 500 educators, school leaders and government officials who have gathered from around the world to attend the Sixth Annual Partners in Learning (PIL) Worldwide Innovative Education Forum...

on26 Oct 2010
Blog Post: Helping rebuild Haiti by bringing broadband to schools

Microsoft Citizenship Team

At Microsoft, we just recently kicked off our companywide Giving Campaign in the United States, which is a great opportunity for employees to donate their time and money to help support a wide range of charities that they personally believe in and are passionate about. One of the charities that I've...

on18 Oct 2010
Blog Post: CGI: Accelerating 21st Century Education in Kenya

Microsoft Citizenship Team

Last year at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), Cisco, Intel, Microsoft, the Government of Kenya and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced a collaborative project focused on improving education in up to 60 primary and secondary schools in Kenya. This was an incredible announcement...

on24 Sep 2010
Blog Post: CGI: Teachers are the key to providing children with quality education

Microsoft Citizenship Team

In 2008, we announced a commitment at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) to train 10 million teachers by 2015. We undertook this goal, because we believe that every child has the right to a quality education. Throughout the course of a child’s education, there is perhaps no more important influence...

on23 Sep 2010
Blog Post: Microsoft Helps Latin American Political Leaders Advance ICT

Microsoft Citizenship Team

In 2005, Microsoft started working with the Graduate School of Political Management (GSPM) of the George Washington University in Washington, DC on a program supported by the Andean Development Corporation to incorporate an ICT and Governability content module into the school’s special program...

on19 Jan 2010
Blog Post: No Summer Holiday for Partners in Learning!

Microsoft Citizenship Team

On the Unlimited Potential team we work with the common understanding that education is the cornerstone of economic opportunity and I am always amazed at how far my team will go to make sure that the benefits of technology are extended to communities worldwide, year-round. One of our global initiatives...

on11 Aug 2009

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