Microsoft in Education

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Microsoft in Education

• Sarah Hatcher
• Education Industry Manager, Australia
• sarahhat_at_microsoft.com

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Agenda

• Education trends challenges
• Our vision for education
• Microsoft education solutions

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Education Trends Challenges

• The universal desire by teachers is to get the
  most out of the existing time.
• Australian Council for Education Leaders, The
  Practicing Administrator 2004
• We want to give them back their teaching space.
• Department of Education and Childrens Services,
  SA

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Education Trends Challenges

• New kinds of students lifelong learners

• Todays education system faces irrelevance
  unless we bridge the gap between
• how students live and how they learn.
• Learning for the 21st Century

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Education Landscape is Changing
Source ISTE National Education Technology
Standards for Teachers (USA).
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Challenges for Education CIOs

• Budget constraints
• Balancing security access
• Data uniformity cleanliness
• Resources skills
• Disparate systems
• Demand to connect inform stakeholder groups

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Connect Inform Stakeholders
A Current Affair Secretive Schools 13 May
2004Reporter Scott Bevan "At the moment,
were got a situation in Australia where theres
a quiet acceptance of keeping parents in the
dark, because its thought it might offend the
sensibilities of some children or make some
children or schools feel bad," says Nelson.
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Government Regulatory Drivers

• Deregulation of market
• Governance protocols
• Consistency of standards
• Quality Audits (AUQA)
• Accountability frameworks
• HEIMS

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The promise of technology
New type of student

• Technologies of digitisation have potential to
  transform learning relationships for the better -
  this potential needs to be harnessed.
• The State of Education Australian Council of
  Deans (October 2001, Canberra)

Standards Accountability
Security Access
Emerging techologies
Professional development
Audits
Teacher shortages
Financial sustainability
Reform regulation
Governance
Reporting Transparency
Community connection
Competition (Global Intersectoral)
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About Microsoft in Education

• We are committed to providing
• technology tools
• programmes
• solutions
• that enable lifelong learners to realise their
  potential.

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What is Microsoft doing?
Management Administration
Students
Parents
Educators
Certifications
IT Curriculum Dev Tools
Curriculum Materials, Lesson Plans, Teaching Tools
Research Grants (MSR)
Partnerships and Grants with Government
Innovative Teachers Network
Professional Development
Licensing Donated PCs
Facilitate debate amongst education leaders
Education Focused Solutions Product Teams
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Connected Learning Community
allows stake holders to work together,
collaborate and share information so that the
focus is on learning rather than technology
its all about the learner
Make Connections ? Remove Limitations ?
Create Opportunities
Commercial in Confidence
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Aidan McCarthy

• Learning Solutions ManagerEurope, Middle East
  Africa

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Learning Continuum
Instructional Implication
Institutional Implication
Learning Blocks
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Making Learning Real Microsoft Solutions
Instructional Implication
Institutional Implication
Learning Blocks
Solutions and Programs
Education Desktop
Content Management
EAI
Portal
Communications Collaboration
Secure Connected Core infrastructure
LMS
Professional Development
Business Intelligence
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Enabling education transformation
Innovative Teaching and Learning

• Integrated student services
• On-demand learning opportunities
• Supports mobile lifestyle
• Data-driven
• Personalized

Connected Learning Advanced Needs
Innovative educators and departments

• Blended/hybrid/web enhanced courses
• Active experimentation
• Group and team learning
• Affordable reality
• Distance learning

Enable pedagogical best practices Intermediate
Needs
Most Institutions Today

• Classroom based instruction
• Lecture based pedagogy
• Correspondence courses

Support traditional educational approaches Basic
Needs
Adapted From Maslow, A. (1943). A theory of
human motivation. Psychological Review, 50,
370-396
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Learning Gateway site map portal services
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Learning Gateway for Schools
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Filtering Learning Resources
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Online Collaboration presence awareness
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Reporting and Assessment
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Business Intelligence Accountability and
Assessment
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Business Intelligence Accountability
Assessment
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Business Intelligence Accountability
Assessment
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Business Intelligence Accountability
Assessment
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Learning Gateway Higher education and Further
Education
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Student Web
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Curriculum/Faculty Areas
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MySite
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MySite Customization
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Integrated and Shared Calendars
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MySite - Public Areas
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Learning Gateway site map Portal services
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Managed Operating Environment
Portfolio Management
Software
Processes

• Class and Student Management
• Batch Management
• Automation

• Messaging Platform (Exchange Server)
• Windows Media
• SharePoint Portal Server
• Class Server
• Live Communication Server
• Visual Studio.NET
• Mappoint
• Money
• PictureIt
• MS Reader
• Office XP Pro
• Visio
• Publisher
• Project
• Encarta
• FrontPage
• Digital Image Suite
• Acrobat Reader

• Automatic setup of Server and Server software
• Automatic setup of workstation and workstation
  software

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Products in the near future
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Educator and Student Toolbars
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Encarta Reference Suite
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I Never try to teach my students anything I
only try to create an environment where they can
learn.
Albert Einstein
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