January 2009 - EDU Community Blog - Microsoft Education Community

New Coordinator of the SLK & LG projects on CodePlex

I thought you all would like to know, but there is a new coordinator of the community driven Learning Gateway and SharePoint Learning Kit solutions. Richard Willis of SalamanderSoft in the UK has stepped up and volunteered to help move these solutions...

Published Sat, Jan 31 2009 10:07 PM by Steve Winfield

Filed under: SLK, LG, SharePoint Learning Kit, Learning Gateway

Welcome Reception for GEPS!!!

For those of you coming to the Global Education Partner summit... From 6pm-8pm on Monday, 2 February, 2009, we will have a welcome reception where you can pick up your name badges, have some light food, enjoy some drinks, and begin networking with other...

Published Mon, Jan 26 2009 04:46 PM by Steve Winfield

Filed under: GEPS

Windows 7 Leaves Vista in the Dust

Hi All… Yes, I fully realize that this article doesn’t have anything to do with education, but it is a great little article about our next generation desktop which will be in schools all over the world before we know it (or at least we hope…:)…) I have...

Published Thu, Jan 22 2009 04:23 PM by Steve Winfield

More Buzz Around Microsoft, Cisco and Intel’s Collaboration to Help Modernize Student Assessments

Since my last blog post on this subject there has been a lot more articles about the collaboration between these companies to research better ways of evaluating education around the globe. Forbes The new research effort, announced Monday at Learning and...

Published Thu, Jan 15 2009 10:30 AM by Anonymous

Filed under: News, Cisco, student assessments, Intel, Microsoft

Windows 7 beta Delivers Promises not Surprises

Steve Ballmer, the Microsoft chief executive, announced the public beta trial version of Windows 7, Microsoft’s latest operating system, in his first keynote at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. He referred to Windows as a “lynchpin”...

Published Tue, Jan 13 2009 03:13 PM by Anonymous

Filed under: Windows 7, News

Critical Thinking, Going Beyond the Multiple Choice Test

The Seattle Post Intellingencer reports on Microsoft teaming up with Intel and Cisco to support work designed to modernize ways to assess learning skills worldwide. Anoop Gupta, the Microsoft corporate vice president who oversees the company's education...

Published Tue, Jan 13 2009 02:47 PM by Anonymous

Filed under: News, anoop gupta

Angel Learning in the News

Hi all, I ran across a partner from the community in the news today - ANGEL Learning. ANGEL Learning and Cengage Learning Announce Alliance Cengage Learning Selects the ANGEL Learning Management Suite for Delivery of Digital Learning Solutions. If you...

Published Tue, Jan 13 2009 01:45 PM by Anonymous

Filed under: News, angel learning, partner news

Steve and Ken are at BETT!!!

Hi All: Ken Vassallo (Business Development Director for LG/SLK) and I are both at BETT in Olympia London for the week of January 12. Look around for us at the Microsoft booth (we won't be there much as we will be in a ton of meetings, but at least...

Published Mon, Jan 12 2009 05:12 PM by Steve Winfield

Filed under: BETT

Microsoft Economy Guide for Education

I wanted to let you know about an important message that our Account Managers are delivering to our education customers in the United States. As a partner you are uniquely positioned to assist your customers in weathering the current economic climate...

Published Mon, Jan 12 2009 04:51 PM by Steve Winfield

Filed under: marketing, Economy

Educators to Obama: Focus on 21C skills

A newly released survey of educators suggests 21st-century skills should be the top priority for Obama's education reform plan ,so students are prepared for the workplace of tomorrow. Read the article.

Published Fri, Jan 9 2009 12:53 PM by Anonymous

Filed under: Students, Teachers, K12, educators, Universities, Obama

Got game? More and More Schools Using Video Games as Teaching Tools

Here's another article about video games and learning.

Published Fri, Jan 9 2009 12:34 PM by Anonymous

Filed under: video games, games, edutainment

Windows 7

YIPPEE!!! Windows 7 is released to Beta!!! I am running it on two of my machines at work and plan on upgrading my home machine this weekend (much to my non-technical, change resistant, just-got-used-to-Vista, wife’s chagrin). The link below...

Published Thu, Jan 8 2009 09:44 PM by Steve Winfield

Filed under: Windows 7

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