by Barbara Holzapfel, General Manager, Microsoft Education MarketingPosted on
Today’s students will graduate into a world that will be dramatically different - and changing faster than ever. They will enter a workforce where job functions, roles and even categories will be significantly altered, and will face social and global challenges beyond what we can imagine today.
Research recently conducted by Microsoft - “The class of 2030 and life-ready... Read more
by Barbara Holzapfel, General Manager, Microsoft Education MarketingPosted on
Our world is changing faster than ever. What skills will today’s kindergarteners need to be life-ready by the time they graduate as the class of 2030? How can technology support their educational journey?
To answer these critical questions, we launched a key piece of research: "The class of 2030 and life-ready learning: The technology imperative." Today, I am super... Read more
by Barbara Holzapfel, General Manager, Microsoft Education MarketingPosted on
Today, Microsoft joins in marking the seventh Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), a day dedicated to raising awareness around accessibility in the digital world. I feel it is critical that we all take a moment to look beyond our personal experiences and consider what more we can do to make all students feel confident and in control of their learning. We must recognize... Read more
by Barbara Holzapfel, General Manager, Microsoft Education MarketingPosted on
This month’s episode of What’s New in EDU is on a topic very near and dear to my heart. Working in tech over the past 15 years, and working with the Anita Borg Institute, has allowed me to dive deeper into this topic. Now, more than ever, I feel it’s critical to build pathways for women to pursue STEM careers, either through engineering and technical roles, or via... Read more
by Barbara Holzapfel, General Manager, Microsoft Education MarketingPosted on
The future of learning will be profoundly social, student-centric, personalized, and supported by technology.
Today’s kindergartners will graduate better prepared for their futures if they have a strong social and emotional foundation developed in a personalized learning environment, according to new Microsoft research conducted in collaboration with McKinsey... Read more
