Minecraft in Education portal aims to get educators sharing tips on how Mojang’s popular game can be used to teach children.
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jul/02/microsoft-teachers-minecraft-classroom-education…
Microsoft launches Curah, a Curated Answers website
Microsoft has launched a new portal, which promises to offer the best tech answers on the web. Microsoft Curah, aims to be a one-stop portal where all content is well-organized, and solutions are developed by technical experts.
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Free cloud-based Office software for schools
Microsoft has released a free version of Office 365 for education to compete with Google’s education cloud.
Microsoft’s Concept of How 2019 Will Look Like
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Free Teacher Guides from Microsoft – great resources
Microsoft has some great Teacher Guides available for free. The guides have teaching tips and step-by-step instructions on a variety of topics and tools and technologies.
http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.ca/2012/03/free-teacher-guides-from-microsoft.html?m=1…
Kinect for Windows is now Available
Microsoft just released version 1.0 of their SDK. This will enable companies to start to deploy their solutions.
Kinect in education…open for ideas and exploration with the new SDK
Since its release, there has been tremendous enthusiasm and fascination about Kinect as not only a tool to help navigation and interaction, but to help students to get even more engaged in learning.
Microsoft Debuts Cloud-Based Office, Sharepoint and More!
If you’ve ever used Microsoft Office, Sharepoint, Exchange, or any other popular service from the corporate giant, you may have at some point wished things were just a little, well, easier to use. In its never-ending effort to follow every
A free tool for creating SCORM learning materials yourself
A free Microsoft tool that lets you create high-quality, interactive, online courses, and publish them in SCORM 1.2 packages (exactly what your Learning Platforms (like Moodle) like to consume!).
NASA and Microsoft Let You Explore Mars Like Never Before
Microsoft Research and NASA have teamed up once again and brought the “most complete, highest-resolution coverage of Mars available” to WorldWide Telescope, Microsoft’s app which lets you explore space either through a zoom-and-pan interface or guided tours.
Use Microsoft Office for Free with Microsoft Web Apps
Google Documents has its problems. Its features are not comprehensive enough for truly serious office work, and it can be a bit slow and finicky when compared to a traditional office program. Microsoft knows this and has released Microsoft Web …
Microsoft pptPlex: Improving your Powerpoint Presentations
pptPlex is a research prototype developed by Microsoft Office Labs as an exploration of an alternative method of presenting Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 slides. This plug-in allows you to arrange slides on a canvas then zoom between the slides during …
Microsoft Mouse Mischief: Increasing Student Engagement in the Classroom
Microsoft Mouse Mischief is a solution that lets teachers create interactive presentations making classroom learning more engaging. Mouse Mischief integrates with PowerPoint 2010 and 2007, allowing teachers to create multiple-choice, matching and drawing question slides that students, each with their …
Microsoft releases an Office add-in for Moodle
If you are a teacher using Microsoft Office for Windows to produce content for Moodle, then you might be interested in Microsoft’s latest product for Moodle. They’ve produced an Office Add-in that allows you to open Word, Excel and Powerpoint …
Microsoft patents ‘personal data mining’
Bill Gates, Ray Ozzie and a bunch of other heavy-hitters from Microsoft are named as inventors on a newly issued patent for a “personal data mining” system that would analyze information and make recommendations with the goal of aiding a …