29th August

What do parents think about #edtech?

What do parents think about technology in the classroom? See the results from a new survey from YouGov Plc in our latest blog post by @sparvell: http://msft.social/FrvHEy  #MicrosoftEDU

Digital Learning: Education and skills in the digital age

How can digital best support everyone in society to develop the skills needed to attain maximum benefit from the use of
technology throughout their life? Click on image below for research

Digital Friendships: the role of technology in young people’s relationships

This report has been published by the UK Safer Internet Centre and launched for Safer Internet Day 2018.

The survey was conducted online by Censuswide between 15-18th December 2017 with a representative sample of 2000 young people aged 8-17 years olds in the United Kingdom.

https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/digital-friendships

The Power of Formative Assessment

The Class of 2030

This research explored the experiences, expectations and aspirations of young people as it related to education. 4000 students and teachers across 4 countries plus a review of 150 existing pieces of research/ evidence and discussions with thoughtleaders and student focus groups helped inform this.

 

Blog: How Can Technology Empower the Class of 2030?

http://aka.ms/classof2030signup

Class of 2030: Infographic

How Minecraft Supports Social and Emotional Skills

https://education.minecraft.net/wp-content/uploads/SEL_MEE_White_Paper.pdf

Learning Tools (RTI)

Now a key accessibility feature across O365, Learning Tools proves that when you plan for inclusion, everyone benefits. Immersive Reader, the breakout feature for unlocking literacy.

https://educationblog.microsoft.com/2017/10/new-research-learning-tools-improves-reading-comprehension/

·        Full report: http://edudownloads.azureedge.net/msdownloads/Learning_Tools_research_study_BSD.pdf

 

Fresno PERSONALIZED LEARNING INITIATIVE

The question is not DOES TECHNOLOGY MAKE A DIFFERENCE, the question is UNDER WHAT CONDITIONS DOES TECHNOLOGY MAKE A DIFFERENCE? Find the answer th this question and the hard data that backs it up.

https://educationblog.microsoft.com/2017/09/fresno-study-student-outcomes-personalized-learning/

·        Year 1 Full Report: http://edudownloads.azureedge.net/msdownloads/Fresno_PLI_Analytics_Report_Year_1_2017.pdf

·        Year 1B Blog and report

https://educationblog.microsoft.com/2018/06/fresno-unified-school-district-personalized-learning-initiative/?ocid=Q4FY18_soc_omc_edu_fb_NHS

 SKYPE TEACHING EMPATHY

How do we develop critical social and emotional skills? What is the potential of #edtech to amplify human qualities?

https://educationblog.microsoft.com/2017/11/survey-skype-teaching-empathy-compassion/

 

PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS DRIVE GRAQDUATION RATES: Tacoma Case study video:

What happens when a district commits to raising the bar and closing the gap and levers technology to seek to understand the situation  and the impact of interventions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uV_EWU9Cfs&t=6s

 

 ONENOTE IMPROVING LEARNING: Bear Creek Georgia

https://educationblog.microsoft.com/2017/06/onenote-class-notebook-improved-learning-bear-creek/

 

TEACHING SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL SKILLS WITH Minecraft EE: Getting Smart study:

 

Are online sandbox games a good platform for developing SEL? The answer is YES

http://www.gettingsmart.com/2017/06/minecraft-social-emotional-learning-k-12-education/

 

 

CATHOLIC EDUCATION WESTERN AUSTRALIA: CEWA coverage:

This whole system, covering an enormous geographic area has committed to building educator capacity through an innovative online learning community and in doing so, is transforming.

 

The Record, April

http://www.therecord.com.au/news/local/microsoft-joins-cewa-in-transformational-education-initiative/

 

CIO, June

https://www.cio.com.au/article/621224/catholic-education-western-australia-apply-data-science-school-life/?fp=16&fpid=1

 

Channel Life, June

https://channellife.com.au/story/catholic-education-wa-and-university-sunshine-coast-make-microsoft-moves/

 

The Educator, November

http://www.educatoronline.com.au/technology/e-learning/overhaul-traditional-education-models–report-243435.aspx

 

Teams blog story, June

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Education-Blog/New-Microsoft-Teams-updates-in-Office-365-for-Education/ba-p/99668

  

Microsoft Education YouTube, October

https://youtu.be/SX7e_v3Z9Dk

https://youtu.be/V7xRUN6nXgg

 

Microsoft Education Australia Media site with CEWA video, photos, stories, and paper, October

https://news.microsoft.com/en-au/features/cloud-based-learning-platform-sows-seeds-students-lifelong-learning-2/

 

Microsoft Enterprise story, October

https://enterprise.microsoft.com/en-au/articles/digital-transformation/cewa-empowers-teachers-students-with-microsoft-cloud-solutions/

 

Microsoft blog story, October

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/education/2017/10/30/education-in-australia-transforming-for-the-2020-economy/

 

Harvard Business Review story, October

https://info.microsoft.com/Harvard-Business-Review-EducationWhitePaper-MGC0001281.html?wt.mc_id=636001_SCL_Facebook_EDU_HBR_FB_Download

 

Educator Online, November

http://www.educatoronline.com.au/technology/e-learning/how-schools-can-help-australia-compete-in-the-digital-economy-243934.aspx