New education blog helps teachers and students

re: New education blog helps teachers and students

Jennifer Bost — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 22:12:29 GMT

@bradmurdoc: Thank you for your comment. I apologize for the delayed response. Currently, Office does not create learning materials for K-12 students. There may be materials available from the Partners In Learning program (www.microsoft.com/education/pil/). This is a Microsoft program that supports teachers using technology in the classroom.

re: New education blog helps teachers and students

bradmurdock — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 19:10:59 GMT

I teach computer literacy classes for Pre-K through 8th grade. We use Microsoft Office programs and currently we do not have any formal textbook or workbook. I know in my college classes we had books that took us through the programs step by step. I was just wondering if that was available for elementary students?

re: New education blog helps teachers and students

Jennifer Bost — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 02:28:35 GMT

Thank you, ErIs9 and FarmMom! We're excited to hear that you're excited by Office 2010.

@FarmMom: I'm interested in the PowerPoint lesson plan you mentioned. Would you be willing to share more details?

re: New education blog helps teachers and students

FarmMom — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 01:36:03 GMT

I am a teacher (as well as club leader and yearbook sponsor) and have been using Office 2010 for several months now. Some of the new things I've found in 2010 are a teacher's dream! I think my favorite would have to be SmartArt. It has so many uses, but it really shines when used to do a presentation in PowerPoint by presenting information in an organized and visually appealing manner. (By the way, I've seen PowerPoint used to make games in the classroom that students can also use as study aids incorporating a touch screen like SmartBoard or just a mouse click to reveal answers.) If you can't tell already, let me just say I'm a BIG fan of Office 2010!

re: New education blog helps teachers and students

ErIs9 — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 04:54:02 GMT

I this its great to see the ability for students to be able to access and learn current software especialy since they are the wave of tomorrow =)

re: New education blog helps teachers and students

Jennifer Bost — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 23:06:15 GMT

Great links, Ian. Kodu is such an exciting Microsoft Research project for getting kids interested in progamming and games. Thanks!

re: New education blog helps teachers and students

Ian Morrish — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 22:36:22 GMT

Although Excel has been used to create games, see www.brighthub.com/.../53703.aspx

I would look at Kodu which lets you create XBox quality games on a PC using the XBox controller.

fuse.microsoft.com/.../kodu.aspx

re: New education blog helps teachers and students

ere — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 20:38:38 GMT

me and some friends are trying to make a video game is there a microsoft office for that?

re: New education blog helps teachers and students

ere — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 20:34:31 GMT

yes im astudent but im new to this

re: New education blog helps teachers and students

Jennifer Bost — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 17:45:46 GMT

Good question. To be clear, we are not teachers. We're actually writers that work for Microsoft. We're here to help teachers and students find answers to common questions about Office products and services.

How about you? Are you a student? How do you use technology in the classroom?