Following John O’Mahony’s recent article on Microsoft Surface RT I thought I’d post up a review of my experience of it. I received my Surface tablet in the summer and played around with it for a few months. Effectively, I wanted to find out two things: Could it replace my laptop in school? Is it […]
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Microsoft offered the Surface RT 32 Gb version to schools in 25 countries including Ireland in mid June. The offer initially was to run until 31 August 2013. In early August this deadline was extended until to 30 September so Irish schools still have some time to place an order. This offer is for institution
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This booklet was released at the recent Microsoft Educational Summit in the Aviva Stadium. The document explores the literature around how children learn today before going on to explore the changing workplace that they will enter in the coming years. Having established that the workplaces of today and tomorrow require a unique set of skills
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Everyone in education is talking about tablet computing. The days of comparing the various quirks of Interactive Whiteboards has ended and teachers are looking at the next big thing. At second level, tablets are an ideal technology resource, even if they simply just replace the textbook. However, at primary level, where we’re not so stuck
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The task of supporting teachers to integrate ICT into teaching, learning and assessment practices is as big an issue today as it ever was for Irish teachers at all levels of education. Though thousands of teachers have been “trained” many feel they are not sufficiently competent to use digital technology in their classrooms. They appear
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Microsoft AutoCollage is another free tool available to teachers in Irish primary and post-primary schools. It was developed by Microsoft Research in Cambridge. It can compile a number of images into one collage using face detection and object recognition before blending images together in a seamless method. Possible uses of AutoCollage in a school setting
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One of the great free resources for schools from Microsoft is Live@edu. This is a cloud-based service and it allows teachers and schools to deploy a full e-mail, calendar, tasks and office tools without the need for any software installation. As it is a cloud-based service it is accessible anywhere and at any time and
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Microsoft Mouse Mischief is a free program that integrates into Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 and Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007. It lets you insert questions, voting polls and drawing activities into a PowerPoint presentation. Microsoft Mouse Mischief allows pupils to engage with PowerPoint presentations that are related to the lesson being taught. Pupils use their own wireless
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In just three steps you can create a wonderful Collage from a series of digital images and what’s best is -no photo editing skills required! Simply download and install Microsoft Research AutoCollage 2008 and you will have your collage in a matter of minutes. You’ll need a Windows Live user ID and password to login
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While surfing through Microsoft’s website in the US I came across some interesting tutorials and information for using Microsoft tools and programs in the classroom. Fostered by Microsoft under its Innovative Educator Program, the Microsoft Teacher Development Community has lots of resources and ready-to-use training materials from US based workshops. To view these materials you
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