Education Insights

Education news, trends, and highlights by Anthony Salcito, Vice President, Worldwide Education, Microsoft

2012 Microsoft Education Partner of the Year -- Dell

This week, I’m in Toronto for the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC). As always,...

Date: 07/11/2012

Teachers share their excitement for Office 365 for education at ISTE

Last week, I attended ISTE in San Diego to help celebrate the launch of Office 365 for education....

Date: 07/03/2012

Microsoft and Dell empower students with accessible technology and training

Early in my career at Microsoft, I was inspired to see how accessible technology empowered and...

Date: 06/14/2012

More than 4.5 million Catholic School Students to Receive Microsoft Office 365 for Education

Sharing my blog post from The Official Microsoft Blog... Today, the Catholic International Education...

Date: 05/24/2012

New online safety features coming in Windows 8

It’s a fact of life that students increasingly are looking to the Web to consume information...

Date: 05/23/2012

Microsoft's new investment in the future of digital reading

We are excited about the opportunity digital reading has to provide new avenues for personalized...

Date: 04/30/2012

India Ministry Selects Live@Edu in Microsoft’s Largest Cloud Deployment Ever to 7.5 Million People

This week, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) branch of India’s Ministry of...

Date: 04/12/2012

Talking about gaming and learning at SXSWedu

Last week, I had the chance to attend the 2nd annual SXSWedu event. It was a great time for...

Date: 03/12/2012

Cool new devices for schools at CES

I’m back in the office after a quick trip to Las Vegas for CES. I love to walk the show floor...

Date: 01/17/2012

Rethinking Innovation in Education

I had the pleasure of attending the Worldwide Innovation Summit for Education (WISE), held in Doha,...

Date: 12/16/2011

Talking about technology access on Rainmakers.TV

Back in September, I had the opportunity to attend the annual Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) annual...

Date: 12/01/2011

Live@edu Tops 22M Users, Grows 100 Percent Year Over Year

(Sharing my blog post today from the Official Microsoft Blog) Today, I’m pleased to announce...

Date: 11/16/2011

Working with UNESCO to help teachers use technology in their classrooms

One of the things on the mind of government officials and education leaders around the world is how...

Date: 11/03/2011

The Kinect Effect in Education

As a gamer and someone who's excited about the potential for gamification in education and the way...

Date: 10/31/2011

Microsoft Commits to Bring Digital Access and Skills Training to 1M U.S. Students

Yesterday, I had the privilege of combining my personal passion with my profession on stage at the...

Date: 09/21/2011

Remembering heroes on 9/11

As an American and a New Yorker, the impact of the events on 9/11 has certainly had a deep personal...

Date: 09/11/2011

Microsoft Education Partner Interview: Cambridge University Press

I started the conversation a few days ago about the evolution of digital publishing in education. As...

Date: 08/24/2011

Microsoft Education Partner Interview: Tribal

One of the things schools are increasingly looking towards is the use of technology and data to...

Date: 08/23/2011

Microsoft Education Partner Interview: SunGard

As technology in higher education continues to evolve and become more mission critical to operations...

Date: 08/22/2011

What new devices mean to the world of publishing in education

One of the most exciting trends happening in education today is the evolution of digital publishing....

Date: 08/18/2011

New assistive learning technologies removing communication barriers on Windows 7

Technology is having a transformative impact around the world. I wanted to share another great...

Date: 08/11/2011

2011 Microsoft Education Partner of the Year -- Desire2Learn

I’ve spent some time in Los Angeles this week at Microsoft’s annual Worldwide Partner...

Date: 07/14/2011

Windows MultiPoint Server 2011 helping schools save money and make 1:1 computing real

In my 19 years at Microsoft, I've never seen a product evolve as much as Microsoft MultiPoint Server...

Date: 07/12/2011

Kinect in education…open for ideas and exploration with the new SDK

I’ve previously talked about my excitement over games-based learning and natural user...

Date: 06/23/2011

Making access to technology a reality via Shape the Future

One of the initiatives I'm most proud of is the work we do around Shape the Future. It's really all...

Date: 06/14/2011

More fun and learning with Ribbon Hero 2

One of my favorite things that Microsoft has created is Ribbon Hero. This free download and tool...

Date: 06/06/2011

#ThanksTeach Celebrates Microsoft’s Support of Teachers

At Microsoft, we believe that education can change the world. We recognize that teachers play a...

Date: 05/03/2011

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