Microsoft Education product news and announcement round up from October and November
Over the past two months, there have been a slew of new Microsoft Education product announcements, updates, and videos. We've tried to capture many of these in the list below. Please feel free to share these with other teachers, your school staff, and school IT Admins, and keep the feedback coming! What's new in EDU November 2017 https://educationblog.microsoft.com/2017/11/whats-new-in-edu-skypeathon-translator-minecraft/ October 2017: https://educationblog.microsoft.com/2017/10/whats-new-in-edu-hack-the-classroom-oregon-trail/ Office Teams For EDU major update: https://educationblog.microsoft.com/2017/11/teams-office-365-education-updates-november/ OneNote Staff Notebook - Collaboration Space permissions in Staff Notebooks: https://twitter.com/mtholfsen/status/937820901210406914 Class Notebook and Learning Tools Addin updates: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Education-Blog/Updates-for-OneNote-Class-Notebook-Addin-and-Desktop-Learning/ba-p/112773 "The Future of OneNote in Education" talk: https://aka.ms/onenoteconference2017 3rd party Learning Tools Study and student outcomes: https://educationblog.microsoft.com/2017/10/new-research-learning-tools-improves-reading-comprehension/ Word iPad Immersive Reader announcement: https://educationblog.microsoft.com/2017/10/new-research-learning-tools-improves-reading-comprehension/ Education Resources preview launch: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Education-Blog/Introducing-Education-Resources-a-source-of-Open-Educational/bc-p/119841#M60 LinkedIn Resume Assistant for Microsoft Word: https://blogs.office.com/en-us/2017/11/08/bringing-ai-to-job-seekers-with-resume-assistant-in-word-powered-by-linkedin/?eu=true New Whiteboard Preview: https://educationblog.microsoft.com/2017/12/microsoft-whiteboard-finally-arrives-in-preview/ Minecraft and Coding Minecraft Hour of Code: https://educationblog.microsoft.com/2017/11/minecraft-education-edition-hour-of-code-tutorial/ Deploy and Code in Minecraft: https://educationblog.microsoft.com/2017/11/deploy-code-in-minecraft/ Windows and Microsoft Edge Windows Fall Creators Update and Edge Read Aloud: https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2017/10/17/edgehtml-16-fall-creators-update/ Windows EDU Blog on Future Source Report: https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2017/12/06/windows-pcs-see-strong-growth-edu-gaining-share-worldwide-us/ Inclusion in Action video series Andrew and Mitra - A mother witnesses her eight-year-old son with dyslexia read for the first time with the help of Microsoft Learning Tools Justin - A college student with athetoid cerebral palsy uses Office Online and his communication device to promote inclusivity and inspire others to do the same Veronica - A college student with low vision uses built-in accessibility in Office 365 and Windows 10 to create a perfect presentation on Sway—Microsoft’s digital storytelling app. Jack and Marisa - A blind teacher enables his students to create high-quality visual content with Office 365 Inclusive culture - Australia and New South Wales using Office 365
