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Wilburton Elementary: Building community, one student and one parent at a time

by Anthony Salcito, VP, Education Posted on

Wilburton Elementary is a state-of-the-art school being built from the ground up, following the guidance of the Microsoft Education Transformation Framework, and is a collaborative effort between the Bellevue School District (BSD) and Microsoft. Follow Wilburton’s progress as it happens, from breaking ground, to hiring, to professional development, to becoming a true 21st... Read more

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Global Accessibility Awareness Day: Ensuring inclusive learning for all your students

by Barbara Holzapfel, General Manager, Microsoft Education Marketing Posted 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

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Sparking creativity with LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Education EV3 and Microsoft MakeCode

by Beth Watson, Director of Education Partner Marketing Posted on

Today we are incredibly excited to announce the launch of MakeCode for LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Education EV3!  This collaboration is the culmination of months of engineering, design and user testing work between the LEGO Education and Microsoft MakeCode teams. LEGO MINDSTORMS Education EV3 helps bring technology and computer science to life with hands-on, project-based... Read more

Microsoft Learning Tools come to Word and OneNote for Mac, Outlook Desktop, plus improved Edge

by Mike Tholfsen Posted on

We continue to hear from students and teachers about the inclusive benefits of Microsoft Learning Tools in the classroom.  We have been listening and learning from teachers, students and schools, and all of the updates today have come from this continued feedback on how we can empower every person and organization on the planet to achive more.. We are announcing 5... Read more

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Building the future from the ground up – announcing nominations for Microsoft’s Flagship Schools Program

by Anthony Salcito, VP, Education Posted on

We’re looking for the next generation of school for an exciting journey. Microsoft Flagship Schools - Are you ready? Are you building a new school/institution for completion in the next 1-3 years? Are you open to the opportunity for change? Are you eager to drive holistic transformation across people, culture and learning environments? Would you like to... Read more

Asu Deniz: Microsoft Norway’s guitar-rocking, STEM-loving, AI engineer

by Esat Dedezade Posted on

We all need to do more to encourage young girls and women to embrace science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects – and one important piece of the puzzle is the importance of role models. Microsoft’s research has shown that exposure of positive female role models to young girls is a major factor influencing their The post Asu Deniz: Microsoft... Read more

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