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