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Blog Post: Supporting social innovation that addresses the world’s toughest problems

Microsoft Citizenship Team

By Akhtar Badshah, Senior Director, Citizenship and Public Affairs, Microsoft Every year at the Imagine Cup , over 300,000 students from around the world come together to solve some of the world’s toughest problems using technology. The array of issues being addressed at the Imagine Cup each...

on18 Oct 2011
Blog Post: Team Oasys Presents Project Horizon at the United Nations Headquarters

Microsoft Citizenship Team

Team Oasys, a team made up of Mohammad Azzam , Monir Abu-Hilal , Hani Abu-Huwaij from the German Jordanian University , in Jordan, also the third place winners in the Software Design category at Imagine Cup 2011 , recently presented their technology solution at the United Nations headquarters in New...

on12 Oct 2011
Blog Post: So you say you want to be a social entrepreneur?

Akhtar Badshah

(Team Viva Farms takes home three awards; Photo by Karen Ducey , hosted on the SIFP website ) Monday evening while millions of Americans tuned in to watch the Tampa Bay Buccaneers play the Indianapolis Colts on Monday Night Football, I watched a slightly different kind of competition that showcased...

on4 Oct 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: The 4 coolest STEM careers I wish I studied for…

Nathan J Peterson

Editors Note: We have declared this month #STEMtember to build awareness of the importance of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education. Earlier in the month we released some research into how parents and students view STEM education and we’re planning a number of profiles of people...

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: This weekend: TEDxRedmond – Organized for youth, by youth

Microsoft Citizenship Team

What is your child up to this weekend? Maybe hitting the neighborhood swimming pool to enjoy the last bit of summer? Hanging out with their new schoolmates at the movies or playing video games? There are many activities they could do this weekend, but there’s probably nothing as compelling as TEDxRedmond...

on8 Sep 2011
Blog Post: A Winning Strategy: Teaching Students and Cultivating an Interest in Computer Science

Microsoft Citizenship Team

Combating viruses, saving the lives of expectant mothers, and retrieving food from a warehouse controlled by an evil dictator; it’s not just fun and games in teacher Pat Yongpradit’s computer science classes at Springbrook High School in Silver Spring, Maryland. Students in his class are...

on8 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: Fiery dragons and social entrepreneurs tackle asthma

Nathan J Peterson

Kodu Cup grand prize winner Hannah Wyman, 10, meets with winning Imagine Cup team, Team Dragon, at the Student Showcase event at Lincoln Center on July 13, 2011. If you ever get the chance to meet the young Hannah Wyman of Leominster, Massachusetts, you’ll be struck by her shining upbeat personality...

on18 Aug 2011
Blog Post: Provide our youth with skills and the opportunities will follow

Akhtar Badshah

Patna in Bihar, India is a place where you run into development experts from around the world from the World Bank to the Asian Development Bank, UK Department for International Development, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The challenges and opportunities in Bihar are what draw all of these...

on5 Aug 2011
Blog Post: Boys and Girls Club Center of Excellence Opening in Denver

Akhtar Badshah

Given the lighting speed with which we are able to consume information today through a multitude of devices, most people believe that access to information is not an issue. Yet seven million youth in the United States alone are in the dark, with no access to a computer or a mobile phone, seven million...

on29 Jul 2011
Blog Post: Celebrating Kids Artistic Technology Talents

Microsoft Citizenship Team

By Gemma Aronchick Creativity is in full force for the BGCA Club Tech Digital Arts Festival 2011 Excitement was in the air at the Microsoft store on a warm Denver morning last week. Members of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America , their chaperones and BGCA staff, along with a number of supporters from...

on29 Jul 2011
Blog Post: Social Entrepreneurs Inspire at the Imagine Cup Worldwide Finals

Nathan J Peterson

Nathan J Peterson, onsite in New York The bright lights were shining inside the Koch Theater at Lincoln Center in New York City and all eyes were on the stage in anticipation of the announcement for 2011’s Imagine Cup World Finals winners. Flags were held high and cheers rang loud as each...

on15 Jul 2011
Blog Post: How we can help students’ social innovation have real world impact?

Akhtar Badshah

Yesterday in New York student teams from over 70 countries celebrated the winners of the 2011 Imagine Cup – a competition that challenges students to use technology to solve the world’s toughest problems . This is the ninth year of the Imagine Cup and the innovation, ingenuity and creativity...

on14 Jul 2011
Blog Post: Students seek to change the world in Time Square

Nathan J Peterson

This morning I walked out of my hotel and headed towards the glistening heart of New York City, Time Square. Upon my arrival at the Marriot Marquis, the first thing that hit me was the bustling atmosphere inside. Students from over 70 countries have come to New York to win this year’s Imagine Cup...

on12 Jul 2011
Blog Post: Imagine students helping schools and nonprofits

Microsoft Citizenship Team

By Andrea L. Taylor, director of North America community affairs at Microsoft A unique Community Service Day was held in New York’s Central Park today when nearly 125 Microsoft Imagine Cup finalists from around the world gathered to build and paint bookshelves, signage and planters to benefit local...

on11 Jul 2011

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