Microsoft by the Numbers
A collection of statistics about Microsoft products and services. More than 100 million Windows 8 licenses have been sold to date. (Source: Microsoft) The Windows Phone Store features more than 170,000 apps and…
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Office 365 Education: Shared Calendars
Summer Term 2012, and your year eleven groups were on study leave. They were mainly a diligent, hard-working lot, and you smile when you think of them. So keen were they, in fact, that some…
Make use of Microsoft OneNote for education
We all know that if our notes and school work are organized, we can think more clearly and save time and frustration. So imagine how challenging it can often be for students with dyslexia to…
Office 365 administration roles and usage
In office 365 there are few admin roles can be assigned to selected users in the tenant to make the administration easier. If one person is handling all the tasks for example creating users, password…
Microsoft One Note
OneNote is a digital notebook that lets you store all your valuable class or project knowledge in one place. Whether your information is text, pictures, or in a paper folder, it can be digitized, organized,…
Microsoft Intros 200GB SkyDrive Plan Ahead of Windows 8.1, Surface 2
The OS and tablet company unveils a new SkyDrive storage option in a bid to get Windows users to park more of their data on the cloud. Microsoft launched a new SkyDrive plan weeks ahead…
Office 365 for education
Free for schools, Microsoft’s Office 365 offers faculty and students exciting new ways to collaborate. Easy to administer and even easier to use, Microsoft’s Office 365 is backed by the robust security and guaranteed reliability…
Learn how to get around your PC
Windows 8 & Windows RT tutorial Windows 8 and Windows RT come with new ways of getting around. Many PCs now have touch capabilities, but you can also use the mouse and keyboard that you're familiar with. Getting to know some basic actions can go…
Supporting absent students with PowerPoint and OneNote
Access to high quality, regular education is essential for young people and is one of UNICEF’s articles on Children’s Rights. Sometimes students cannot attend school. These students will fall behind if they cannot take part…
Using OneNote to reflect on your practice
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read or write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn. (Alvin Tofler) Teachers who constantly question the way they teach and regularly…