Useful Microsoft posts #23

During the school year we worked with different themes and phenomena. Take a look at this Sway called 'Working with OneNote 2014-2015' http://bit.ly/1Ou3FB7

At Microsoft, we believe providing quality education to the 1.4 billion students around the world is essential to the future of our society. Effective, immersive learning experiences inspire students to demonstrate creative thinking. The right technology can empower education, inspire learning anywhere, and unlock the potential of students, educators, and schools. To make this technology available worldwide we partner with education communities, delivering solutions, services and programs that enhance learning and school management.

Microsoft in education empowers educators to:

• Inspire students to create and demonstrate critical thinking
• Learn anytime, anywhere
• Prepare students for their futures
• Transform and modernize schools and college campuses

Learn the basics of Microsoft OneNote, and then dive into specific scenarios for teachers, students, and school administrators with these interactive guides.

To coincide with last week’s release of Office 2016, we put together a set of handy Quick Start Guides that introduce you to the newest versions of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and OneNote. Whether you’re coming from a previous version of your favorite apps or you’re entirely new to Office, each of our Quick Start Guides provides helpful information that you can read, print out and share.

Microsoft’s OneNote is used by people from all walks of life. In a recent blog post on the official Office Blogs blog, Sandi Adams, technology project spec

#PVSkype24

Have you ever wanted to learn about different cultures, global issues, and diverse people from all around the world? Students who participate in this Skypathon will be doing just that. We will be skyping for 24 hours straight to reach and learn from as many students, in as many different countries, as possible. During the skype we will be asking questions and sharing as well. Students/Classes who participate in the Skypathon will be answering these questions and then sharing the same in return. We will be skyping from 6 am EDT on April 14 to 6 am EDT on April 15. Each call will go for no more than 30-40 minutes. Follow our #pvskype24 and class on twitter @beverly_ladd during the skype. Below is the format for the skype:

Please feel free to email me at beverly.ladd@nhcs.net or tweet me at @bevladd with any questions.

This past spring our school district started tossing around the idea of moving to open educational resources (OER).  I was actually glad to hear this idea because I knew what opportunities it could...

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After holding what might be the device event of the year, Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella met with Nilay Patel to discuss the new hardware and his vision for t...

Most teachers understand the power in showcasing student work to the whole class. Showcasing student work provides learning opportunities that are meaningful to the students, and it can instill pri...