Tag: Office 365 for Education

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Empowering literacy for everyone with free Microsoft Stores workshops

by Shy Averett, Microsoft Stores Posted on

America has a literacy crisis. Students, parents and teachers attended a recent literacy kick-off event at Microsoft to see how Learning Tools improve reading. More than 36 million adults in the United States cannot read, write, or do basic math above a third grade level. And children whose parents have low literacy levels have a 72 percent chance of being at the lowest... Read more

Attention IT administrators: Announcing Office 365 ProPlus Device-based Subscription for Education!

by Microsoft Education Team Posted on

Office 365 ProPlus enables schools to accelerate learning and inspire all students to create their best work. Connected to the cloud, students and teachers can work together in the same document at the same time, autosave, and easily share their work. A world where every student has a device would make deploying and managing your school’s Office 365 ProPlus and devices... Read more

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What’s New in EDU—ISTE Edition: Announcing new technology to empower inclusive, student-centered learning

by Microsoft Education Team Posted on

In today's classrooms, diversity is the new norm. By creating student-centered, inclusive learning environments, educators have the flexibility and opportunity to meet the needs of the diverse group of learners in every classroom. Technology has the power to help teachers not only navigate, but also benefit from, their students’ unique learning styles. In this month’s... Read more

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OneNote Class Notebook and Microsoft Teams for enhanced learning

by Stine Brynildsen, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Teacher Education at Østfold University College Posted on

For years, OneNote Class Notebook has been a vital part of many Norwegian classrooms. When combined with Microsoft Teams, you get a virtual classroom and pedagogical framework that provides many possibilities for teachers and students. Digital competence is an important part of teaching today because we must know how to make good use of such tools. This kind of professional... Read more

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Celebrating Changemakers: 365 saves time, so educators can save programming

by Joseph Archer Posted on

Hello, fellow changemakers! I’m Joe Archer, a 6th-grade teacher now in my tenth year of teaching at Lakewood Elementary School in Port Dover, Ontario, Canada. I’ve been a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert since 2013, earning over 150 badges and certifications along the way. The Grand Erie District School Board, where I live and work, has made it a priority to... Read more

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University of Southern Denmark chooses Microsoft 365 Education for security

by Microsoft Education Team Posted on

From 2014 through 2018, attackers compromised the computer systems of 320 universities worldwide and stole 30 terabytes of research data. As a highly regarded research institution, University of Southern Denmark (SDU) has valuable intellectual property to protect, making it a prime target for cybercriminals. Much of the university’s data—medical and pharmaceutical... Read more