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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

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...

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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...

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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

Unveiling the educational side of Internet cafes – Jeremy Gittins
19 June 08 05:53 PM | Unlimited Potential team | 3 Comments   

When someone mentions Internet cafés to me, I immediately think of backpackers sitting at banks of tables hammering out emails to their friends and families about their latest trip, catching up with the world and sports news, or more often than not destroying Read More...

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Creating Opportunity For Everyone Through Education - Orlando Ayala
23 January 08 05:05 PM | Unlimited Potential team | 4 Comments   

Guten tag from Berlin, Germany, where I’m participating in the Microsoft Government Leaders Forum (GLF) – Europe. GLFs are annual Microsoft events that bring together top government and business leaders with the goal of driving discussion on how the private Read More...

Filed under: Education, Europe, Partners in Learning

St. Sophia Children’s Hospital, Athens, Greece- Will Poole
22 October 07 09:47 AM | Unlimited Potential team | (Comments Off)   

Last Friday, I had the privilege to attend a very special event at St. Sophia Children’s Hospital in Athens, Greece. Along with Microsoft Greece, Intel, and the Greek Ministry of Education, we donated ten Classmate PCs to the hospital. These Classmate Read More...

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Unlimited Potential in Central and Eastern Europe- Will Poole
19 October 07 05:33 PM | Unlimited Potential team | 2 Comments   

It’s been almost exactly six months since I helped introduce the expansion of Unlimited Potential in Beijing, China last April. There’s been a lot of amazing progress since then towards our goal to bring the benefits of technology to the five billion Read More...

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