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March 06, 2024
Reimagine Education 2024: Prepare for the future with new AI and security offers
At Reimagine Education, we announced new ways that Microsoft’s AI tools can be used to bring new opportunities to life, build secure foundations, and prepare students for the future. We’re bringing Microsoft Copilot to more education audiences, launching free AI features designed to save time for educators, and publishing an AI Toolkit. Learning Accelerators’ availability is expanding to popular learning management systems and Speaker and Math Progress are entering private previews. We also shared a new offer: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint tailored towards protecting student devices, at a discounted price.
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January 30, 2024
The best Bett yet
The Bett conference has been showcasing innovative edtech solutions since 1985 and shows no sign of slowing. This year’s event attracted over 34,000 attendees from more than 120 countries. The 38th annual Bett show—the largest education technology exhibition in the world—was held January 24-26, 2024, in London, England, and I had the privilege of attending and meeting with many of Microsoft’s customers: everyone from educators, parents, and students to education and technology leaders from across the globe.
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January 24, 2024
Peace together: International Day of Education 2024
Today—Wednesday, January 24th—marks the sixth year of International Day of Education, an annual celebration created by the United Nations General Assembly to highlight the role of education for peace and development.
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November 07, 2023
Microsoft Ignite: Bringing the innovations of the cloud to your CTE classroom
During November at Microsoft, we focus on innovation, AI, and the cloud at one of our biggest events of the year: the Microsoft Ignite conference. It is free to join online from anywhere November 15 and 16, 2023, so anyone can learn about how Microsoft is innovating in ways that will impact teaching, learning, and the future of work. This year, a large focus of Ignite will be how Microsoft Azure brings your data together securely and privately to analyze your information and leverage other applications to provide enhanced learning, collaboration, and security. With secure access to your data on prem, in the cloud, or in a hybrid implementation, utilizing innovative education solutions with embedded AI and harnessing analytics in your career and technical education (CTE) classroom becomes easier than ever before.
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September 12, 2023
Gear up for the school year with Microsoft’s AI-powered solutions
The school year has begun and we’re here to help! Microsoft offers a range of teaching, learning, and work solutions with built-in AI that can help you and your students thrive this year. We are committed to designing, developing, and deploying responsible AI solutions that are fair, reliable, secure, inclusive, and transparent to support educational settings.
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April 04, 2023
Bett delivers again, even from afar
I was packed and ready to experience all the amazing things that Bett has to offer – meeting up with colleagues and friends, delivering a keynote, and watching others, and learning in the exhibit hall…when I started to feel feverish. Uh oh. You guessed it: right before I was due to fly out, I came down with COVID-19.
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February 09, 2023
Reimagine personalized learning with new category of tools from Microsoft Education
Teachers are facing a more diverse set of student needs than ever before, requiring an individualized approach to learning. Personalizing learning for each student is challenging. It can take time to create, analyze, and provide thoughtful feedback as well as build additional opportunities for practice to each student.
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January 24, 2023
UN Day of Education celebrates the power of learning
Today is January 24, designated by UNESCO as the International Day of Education, and the theme of this year’s celebration is: “to invest in people, prioritize education.” The United Nations General Assembly declared an International Day of Education five years ago to celebrate the role of education in building opportunities for peace and development.
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July 28, 2022
Elevating equity through literacy
Recently I had the opportunity to join many of my colleagues at ISTE, one of the world’s most influential education events. The upbeat energy of the host city, New Orleans, spread through the convention center the way music permeates the local streets, with the city’s vibrant spirit seeming to rub off on the people who came to “The Big Easy” from other parts of the U.S. and around the world.
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May 19, 2022
Teachers surveyed say accessible tech is needed now more than ever
Each day, teachers and school leaders are faced with the challenge of meeting the needs of a growing audience of diverse learners to help them reach their full potential. Nearly half of teachers work one-on-one with students who require accommodations. In celebration of Global Accessibility Awareness Day, we’re building on that work to share new research that speaks to the accessibility needs of today’s classrooms.
