Hidden Chinese Character Mission In Minecraft: Education Edition
Sample code students build after completing the translation activity One of the best parts of my job is meeting amazing educators who think up new and creative ways to engage learners on their...
View ArticleActivate ‘Rewa – Joining the Manurewa Community of Learning For A Day
Last week, the Microsoft New Zealand Education team had a chance to join the teachers across the Manurewa Community of Learning for a fun day of STEM related activities. Anne Taylor (Education Lead)...
View ArticleFlipped Learning Hacks With Microsoft Teams & Meet Now
Using Microsoft Whiteboard to outline Flipped Learning Ideas Recently, I've had a number of conversations with educators and school leaders who have expressed renewed interest in Flipped Learning....
View ArticleNew Zealand high school transforms learning with cloud technology
When a 2017 discussion at high-performing Southland Girls’ High School in Invercargill, New Zealand, revealed frustration with the current state of the school’s technology, faculty and staff moved...
View ArticleAdventures With Microsoft AutoPilot On Education Shared Devices (Part 1)
In my job I chat a lot with both school leaders and IT admins about how they can simplify the management of their devices, making it faster and easier for their end users (usually students, teachers...
View ArticleAdventures With Microsoft AutoPilot On Education Shared Devices (Part 2)
Last week I posted Part 1 of this blog series, exploring how schools can automate the configuration and deployment of their shared devices using Microsoft AutoPilot and Intune. Again, if AutoPilot is...
View ArticleFederated Authentication Links Apple School Manager With AzureAD
As I have blogged about many times before, identity is key to setting up a school successfully to enable seamless single sign on (SSO) into the wide variety of digital tools used in the modern...
View ArticleMinecraft:Education Edition Arrives In The Cloud – AzureVM Available Now
I've been blogging here about Minecraft:Education Edition for a while now, and one of the most requested features I hear from educators and students alike is for a cloud hosted version. At MS Build...
View ArticleBest Practice For Schools When Creating Microsoft Teams For Education
Almost a year ago I posted some thoughts on SharePoint Design and Office365 layout and I mentioned then that it was one of the most common questions I was asked in my engagements with schools. Now, I'm...
View ArticleTake Your Files (&email!) With You Using OneDrive Graduation
This post shares another answer to commonly asked questions from schools I engage with: How do students take their files with them when they graduate? Here is the answer in a Tweet from the inimitable...
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