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Capturing the Interest of Students and Motivating Them to Succeed
03 July 09 03:40 AM | Unlimited Potential team | 0 Comments   

For many years before I joined Microsoft I taught in secondary schools in the UK. One of the most important initiatives I became involved in was to increase the relevance of education to capture the interest of our students and ultimately motivate them Read More...

Filed under: Education, Partners in Learning, Central and Eastern Europe, schools, student

European Innovative Teachers Forum and a study on laptops in the classroom
02 April 09 11:19 AM | Unlimited Potential team | 0 Comments   

I spent last week in Vienna at Microsoft’s European Innovative Teachers Forum with representatives of the Nizhny Novgorod Institute of Educational Development (NIRO). NIRO just completed a study examining 252 students out of over 42,000 students who have Read More...

Filed under: Education, Europe, Partners in Learning, Russia, Central and Eastern Europe

Launching the commercial Secondary PC pilot in the Czech Republic
13 November 08 08:59 AM | Unlimited Potential team | 0 Comments   

Today’s activities in Prague were focused on the launch of the commercial Secondary PC pilot in the Czech Republic. We spent some time with our partner Boxed Ltd. who, through the Community MAR Program , has been helping us deliver refurbished, branded Read More...

Filed under: Refurbished PCs, NGOs, Digital Literacy, Central and Eastern Europe

On the midnight train to Nizhniy Novgorod
12 November 08 11:25 AM | Unlimited Potential team | 1 Comments   

After an exciting trip on an overnight night train we’ve landed in Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia. We spent most of today in the community around the Gorky Automobile Plant (GAZ) where Microsoft is working with NGO Free Deed to provide students with PCs loaded Read More...

Filed under: Education, Europe, Partners in Learning, NGOs, Russia, Central and Eastern Europe

A visit to Cafemax
10 November 08 10:56 PM | Unlimited Potential team | 1 Comments   

The highlight of our first day on tour in Central and Eastern Europe was a visit to Cafemax iCafes in Moscow. I’ve seen many iCafes but this one struck me as leading edge. Why? Variety. The Cafemax chain understands what their customers want and they Read More...

Filed under: Education, Europe, Partners in Learning, Russia, Digital Literacy, iCafe, Central and Eastern Europe, Shared Access

Mission Moscow
07 November 08 05:36 AM | Unlimited Potential team | 0 Comments   

All eyes are on Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) this week as Michael Rawding and a handful of his Unlimited Potential team members tour the region. We’re heading out this morning to check in on Moscow-based iCafe partner Cafémax and will also catch up Read More...

Filed under: Europe, Imagine Cup, Russia, iCafe, Central and Eastern Europe, Shared Access