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Software4Students
At the secondary ICT subject leader network meeting this morning we were discussing software licenses for students. I alerted the teachers to the Software4Students website where students/parents can purchase a range of applications that they are using in school for … Continue reading
Office 2010 Posters
Are you rolling out Office 2010 over the Summer break, fancy some nice new posters to decorate your classroom walls? If your answer is ‘yes’ then check out the Microsoft UK Schools Blog to get details on getting your hands … Continue reading
Free, Fun Friday
As I mentioned in my earlier post, I attended Free, Fun Friday at the Microsoft Campus last week (blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/archive/2010/06/11/free-microsoft-software-for-schools-from-the-fun-and-free-friday-event.aspx). The following presentation gives a quick overview of the applications demonstrated: Free Microsoft Apps View more presentations from tarannau20. Tweet This … Continue reading
Windows Live Writer
On Friday I attended the Microsoft Free, Fun Friday event at their campus in Reading. Throughout the day members of the education team demonstrated 29 free resources from Microsoft (http://yfrog.com/mr3lbj). Several of the resources were ones that I had heard … Continue reading
Microsoft® Robotics Developer Studio
The Microsoft® Robotics Developer Studio 2008 R3 (Microsoft RDS) is a Windows®-based environment for academic, hobbyist, and commercial developers to easily create robotics applications across a wide variety of hardware. All previous editions of Microsoft RDS 2008 R2 (Express, Standard … Continue reading
The Software4Students programme promotes ICT development with discount software for teachers, students and parents
Under the Software4Students programme, teachers, students, parents and guardians can purchase full professional version software at academic prices- up to to 90% lower than retail pricing. We have recently launched Microsoft Office 2010 for as little as £48. Microsoft Office … Continue reading
Introduction to Kodu
Here is my 1min introduction to Kodu, that I played at the Shropshire ICT Conference… Tweet This Post
European Safer Internet Day- 9th February 2010 – Free Parents Internet Safety Presentation
To support European Safer Internet Day and the launch of the new digital code for children “Zip it, Block it, Flag it” Microsoft is offering all UK schools the opportunity to host their own parents awareness session. These virtual sessions … Continue reading
Nice Starter Activity for Geography/History lessons
At the Handheld Learning Festival I attended a session by Ollie Bray from Learning and Teaching Scotland, he went through a variety of websites that could be used to support teaching and learning. One of his suggestions was Bing, Microsofts new … Continue reading
Microsoft’s ‘Future Home’
The BBC have just published an article about Microsoft’s vision of what technology could be in your home within the next 5-10 years. I think this video could act as a starting point when we discuss the use of technology … Continue reading
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