Education

March 13, 2014

Based on the feedback of educators around the globe, as well as the Microsoft education team’s experience in navigating the crowded app landscape, the team has curated a list of hundreds of the best education apps available – from apps that make lessons more accessible for students with learning disabilities, to e-readers and text books, to apps that cover every imaginable curricular subject.

March 12, 2014

Microsoft has been dedicated to creating meaningful change in education for more than three decades, with $750 million invested in teacher training and professional development in the last 15 years, and Wednesday, at the 2014 Microsoft in Education Global Forum, the company’s top leaders worldwide pledged their continuing support for teachers as well as students and school leaders who are shaping the future.

March 12, 2014

With the increased role of technology and cloud services in the classroom, serious privacy-related questions about the use of student data are being raised worldwide. “Misleading, exploitative, or aggressive marketing practices simply don’t belong in the classroom,” writes Anthony Salcito, Microsoft’s vice president, worldwide education.

February 27, 2014

The beta version of ChronoZoom released about a year ago, quickly earning the team behind it the SXSW Interactive Award for Best Educational Resource. At this year’s SXSWedu event, curriculum designer David Hunter will present his Zombie-Based Learning Curriculum, as well as the ChronoZoomers Guild project that utilizes ChronoZoom to teach historical thinking in a time-traveling scenario.