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  • Blog Post: Office 365 Education - What's included?

    If you are considering using Office 365 Education for your school, you will probably want to know what’s in it for you. Office 365 Education gives you SharePoint collaboration spaces, Exchange Email, web versions of Office apps, Lync communications and SkyDrive storage services. To get the full...
  • Blog Post: Windows in the Classroom Tip #5 – The power of Windows To Go for schools

    Windows To Go is one of the excellent new features of Windows 8 in education. As a teacher, regularly preparing class material both at school and at home can be hard to manage. File transferring and saving various versions of the same document isn’t always easy and we end up with the wrong and...
  • Blog Post: Partners in Learning offers free tools for educators – sign up now!

    Microsoft is committed to improving educational outcomes – and that is why we want to welcome you to Partners in Learning . It’s free to educators and schools all over the world - and you can get started today. Partners in Learning is a global support network with professional development...
  • Blog Post: Anthony Salcito’s take on the role of Windows 8 in transforming education

    Anthony Salcito, Vice President for Microsoft Education, was this week thrilled to give a very informative demo of the innovations that Windows 8 is offering educators worldwide. And we are thrilled to share it. Salcito explains in detail how many of the new features and apps in Windows 8 are part of...
  • Blog Post: Windows in the Classroom Tip #2 – the online classroom

    Windows in the Classroom is a two hour, complimentary seminar which explores the tools and technologies available to help educators teach 21st century skills and optimise the classroom for advanced student achievement. This week, we’ll give you an insight into what our education specialists have...
  • Blog Post: Windows in the Classroom Tip #1 - making Windows 8 your own

    Over the next 5 weeks we will be giving you a sneak peek into the tips and tricks school leadership teams across New Zealand are learning at their complimentary Windows in the Classroom seminar. This week we’ll cover the basics – teaching your students to customise their own start screen...
  • Blog Post: Game based learning – what it is and why everyone is talking about it

    Game based learning, commonly referred to as “gamification”, is predicted to take the education sector by storm as the awareness of 21 st Century learning increases throughout the world. So what is this phenomenon? Game-based learning is a powerful new way of thinking for students. When...
  • Blog Post: Essay marking is made easy with Windows 8 app

    Lucas Moffit is an independent developer who’s focus is on writing Windows 8 apps for educators. His output is impressive, with Class Seater , Lesson Coder and Teacher Professional Standards Evaluator among his portfolio of success. But his most ambitious project, Essay Marker, has just been released...
  • Blog Post: Office 365 – extending learning beyond the classroom

    It is no secret that teachers can now become architects of the classroom experience with the endless possibilities of Office 365 . In his recent blog post, Anthony Salcito , Vice President for Microsoft Education, highlighted the long list of benefits of Office 365 for Education. These benefits are certainly...
  • Blog Post: Optimising the Flipped Classroom with Office 365

    The Flipped Classroom was pioneered by Jonathan Bergmann, Lead Technology Facilitator at Kenilworth School District, Illinois, USA. The Flipped Classroom revolves around the central idea of changing the dynamics of the classroom. In his own words, Bergmann believes in “changing the pedagogy with...
  • Blog Post: The countdown to Windows in the Classroom begins

    We are getting closer and closer to kicking off our Windows in the Classroom New Zealand-wide tour and we can’t wait. Give your staff and students the opportunity to benefit from the most innovative tools and technology of today. Beginning at the end of this month, management teams from schools...
  • Blog Post: Top Eight Educational apps on Windows 8

    Windows 8 has been reimagined for learning. The new Windows 8 educational applications revolutionise classroom learning and student productivity. Now your students can experience the full educational benefits behind months of programming and design. Teaching is made easy - ask your students to sketch...
  • Blog Post: Collaboration and the role of technology in the 21st Century Classroom

    The 21 st Century has seen technology play a key role in classroom innovation. Have a look at this interesting infographic by Open Colleges . As you can see, the changing dynamics of the classroom have revolutionised the arts of teaching and learning. And it can only get better. More and more,...
  • Blog Post: Example of school artwork captured as a Photosynth

    Photosynth page http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=ed510b73-40e7-487a-a371-6c6eca7045ea Created by Botany Downs Secondary College
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