Useful Microsoft posts this week #20

'Windows 10: tips and tricks for Microsoft’s most powerful operating system yet' http://bit.ly/1FXbEP2 If you've made the change these tips should help.

'Snip makes you even more productive using Microsoft Office' http://bit.ly/1QL7yjm Snipping is an everyday task for millions of Office users. Imagine if you could dictate that story—in your own voice—and save it as part of the snip.

When it comes to taking notes, students are no longer limited to pen and paper or even a keyboard and screen. With the OneNote Office 365 app, students can take their note taking to new heights. But OneNote is more than what you might expect from a typical notes app and can create new opportunities for students. Here’s how OneNote lends itself to a variety of learning and note taking styles.

OneNote has partnered with Angela Maiers to provide your teachers a free Genius Hour eBook! Download the eBook “Liberating Genius: The First 20 Days” here http://bit.ly/1fVzfIM Today, in an effort to help globally launch and inspire “Genius Hour” in classrooms all over the world, Angela Maiers and Choose2Matter, Inc. in collaboration with Microsoft are providing teachers with a free, customizable and interactive eBook: 'Liberating Genius: The First 20 Days.' This free eBook, authored by Angela Maiers and Mark Moran, guides teachers through the introduction of Genius Hour.

PowerPoint presentations provide the opportunity to combine those tools into one place. In one lesson, you can incorporate speech, text, videos, and audio.

One Note team says: We’re excited to release our update, which adds support for iOS 9, spiffs things up for the upcoming iPad Pro and Apple Pencil and—as always—has numerous improvements in response to customer feedback.

Sway is as much about arranging and presenting work in an unique and creative way as much as it is about sharing your story.

New blogpost on SNSA blog 'DBE National #‎ICT Core Training Team workshop underway at Microsoft in Johannesburg this week' http://bit.ly/1Mq0nhO If you are following along on the Twitter hashtag #‎dbeicttrainer you’ll notice that some great training is taking place this week. The DBE National #ICT Core Training Team workshop is underway in Johannesburg, led by Victor Ngobeni from Microsoft and Megan Rademeyer from SchoolNet.

Blogger Andrew Miller explores ways to bring game-based learning to the classroom using Minecraft.

'Technology enhanced learning' http://bit.ly/1KhzZQt Take a look at these five great Microsoft tools to make lessons interesting and inspiring