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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

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

Continuing Our Commitment - Pamela Passman
26 September 08 11:19 AM | Unlimited Potential team | 0 Comments   

I’m in New York today, and it’s been a really busy week here on the global development front --- with Bill Gates and other leaders addressing a UN special session on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) convening Read More...

Filed under: Public-Private Partnerships, Education, Global Economy, Partners in Learning, Clinton Global Initiative, ICT for Development Conference, UN Millennium Development Goals

GLF Asia—The Limitless Potential of Education for Lifelong Growth: Anoop Gupta
15 May 08 01:37 PM | Unlimited Potential team | 1 Comments   

Last Thursday and Friday in Jakarta, Indonesia, I had the privilege to attend this year’s Government Leaders Forum—Asia. It was my first time attending one of these events in my new capacity leading the Unlimited Potential Group, and offered a thrilling Read More...

Filed under: Public-Private Partnerships, Education, Partners in Learning, Government Leaders Forum, NGOs, Asia

Travel Diary: The African ICT Best Practices Forum, Burkina Faso and West Africa—Michael Rawding
29 April 08 02:32 PM | Unlimited Potential team | 1 Comments   

Last week, I had the opportunity to travel throughout West Africa to represent Microsoft Unlimited Potential, meeting with our partners across the public and private sectors to further discuss how Microsoft can best contribute to help create new economic Read More...

Filed under: Public-Private Partnerships, Africa, Education, Partners in Learning, NGOs, African ICT Best Practices Forum

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