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April 28, 2014

Microsoft kicks in $1 billion to help students buy under-$300 devices

April 28, 2014

Microsoft and partners take next step to close the opportunity gap

Acer, Asus, Dell, Fujitsu, HP, Lenovo, Panasonic, Toshiba, along with Microsoft, bring low-cost Windows-based devices to U.S. schools, starting at under $300.

April 11, 2014

Educators: Don’t forget to take advantage of Student Advantage for Microsoft Office

While Microsoft Office is available for PCs and tablets across most platforms, many students who need to use it have issues with cost or broadband restraints, writes Margo Day, Microsoft Vice President, U.S. Education. Microsoft’s new Student Advantage benefit can eliminate both barriers, she says.

April 10, 2014

A range of affordable Windows devices is available for powering the future of education

Microsoft frequently hears from educators about their need for devices at various costs and form factors that will also work within tight budgets, writes Wole Moses of Microsoft’s Worldwide Public Sector Team.

April 8, 2014

Microsoft partners with Scripps National Spelling Bee to expand learning resources

For the first time, the Scripps National Spelling Bee has partnered with Microsoft to help integrate technology and expand the learning resources for students and schools. As a result, Microsoft has been named the 2014 Scripps National Spelling Bee Technology Champion.

March 20, 2014

Imagine a school without walls, textbooks or teachers …

What happens when you give children across the world access to the Internet and big questions to answer? They learn. What’s better? They teach each other.

March 19, 2014

Through new partnership, Microsoft provides technology training to National Board-certified teachers

Microsoft will provide the tools and professional development training to help the teachers integrate Microsoft technologies into their work. This partnership includes online and in-person training, entry into the Microsoft Innovative Educator (MIE) program and certificates of learning.

March 18, 2014

Microsoft in Education Global Forum Educator Awards give six schools funding for teaching projects

The closing of the annual Microsoft in Education Global Forum coincided with one of its highlights: the Global Forum Educator Awards. Six projects that focused on transforming teaching will share $50,000 under the new Pitch awards.

March 17, 2014

Educators gain recognition in Learn-a-Thon focused on sustainability, gender equality and poverty

At the annual Microsoft in Education Global Forum, educators participated in Learn-a-Thon, a 24-hour activity new to the conference. They designed learning activities that showed innovative use of technology in three millennium development goals: poverty, sustainability and gender equality.

March 14, 2014

Microsoft’s professional development program gives educators year-round support and training

At this week’s Microsoft in Education Global Forum, more than 1,100 attendees are getting a crash course on education innovation, but they’re also going home with free professional development programs to help them the rest of the year.