In addition, members of the EDU Engagement team will be hosting four new webinars to walk you through each aspect of the guide. Please see the overview below and join the Enable Remote Learning (ERL) Community for continuous updates or to ask us a question. See you soon! 

Where to get the BTS kit

We’ll update this post as soon as we have the final download link for the guide, so please check back over the following days.

Webinar dates and intended audience

Based on feedback from our communities, we’ll be offering four public training sessions. Each session is specifically focused on a different EDU role. Our EDU experts will share common scenarios, use cases, and answer your questions live.

Feel free to share all info with others

If you know anyone who might be interested in joining these events, please share this post with them.

Live sessions on Twitch

All sessions will take place on live-streaming platform Twitch.tv, on Stephen Reid’s PlayMatters channel:

aka.ms/PlayMatters

Presenters

Our presenters will be Geri Gillespy and Stephen Reid.

On-demand recordings

These webinars will be recorded and made available on demand afterwards. 

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Recently, members of the EDU Engagement team at Microsoft reached out to the Microsoft Student Forum for feedback using Microsoft Education products day-to-day. The Student Forum is a community of higher education and further education students who connect with each other and Microsoft Education experts on best practices, tips & tricks, and personal learnings using Microsoft tools. To learn more or to join the Microsoft Student forum, please fill out this survey.

The Engagement Team was delighted to see the many creative ways students are utilizing OneNote, Teams, and other Microsoft products. In this post, we want to highlight feedback submitted by three awesome students and showcase their efforts to boost their productivity and use their skills to improve their communities.

“How Asia Pacific College Utilizes Microsoft 365 During a Global Pandemic”

Rommel Ormita is a student from Asia Pacific College (APC), a Microsoft Learn Student Ambassador and President of the Asia Pacific College Microsoft Community. APC has embraced remote and hybrid learning models over the past several months and has fully integrated its classes into Teams, OneNote, and Stream. We asked Rommel how he and his peers have been adjusting to an online learning environment. Rommel cited the benefit of Teams meeting recordings, “Whenever one of our educators has an update, they will just announce it in our Teams. . . our educators record their lessons and if a student misses a class, [they] can view the recording [from] Microsoft Stream.”

Additionally, Rommel explained how APC utilizes Teams for student events such as their event for first years, ‘Frosh Night’ as well as their Organization Fair. Through Teams, APC showcased all 28 of their student organizations. “Even though it is all virtual, the student leaders and students of APC had fun throughout the [week-long] celebration of this year’s Organization fair.” Take a look at Rommel’s full write-up here.

“Microsoft Education Tools –Empowering me Throughout my Academic Career”

James Woods from Newcastle University has long relied on OneNote, Windows Virtual Desktop, Microsoft To Do, and Teams to increase his productivity and accomplish more. With these tools, Woods cited his enhanced ability to “organize [his] notes using sections, and tag important revision notes with a start so [he] can find them later”; “connect to a remote desktop that’s configured with the same software as a desktop on-campus”; and “set reminders and never miss a task!“

James also played a crucial role in helping transition Newcastle’s student government into a Teams environment. “It’s a single platform linked with our university credentials that can be used to chat, collaborate, plan meetings, and even meet remotely.” In his role as the student body secretary from 2018-2019, James seamlessly recorded meeting minutes and saved his notes within the team’s ‘Files’ tab for all to access. James and his peers also took advantage of the Forms + Teams integration to gather anonymous feedback from fellow students. “Using Microsoft Forms, a feedback form was created and pinned as a tab in Teams, making it possible for students to anonymously provide feedback to their course reps, which would then be fed back to staff members on [student councils]”. “If it’s not yet clear, Microsoft tools, including Teams, played a huge part in helping me be productive wherever I am. Teams is a revolutionary product for education that has transformed many aspects of university life for the better.” See James’ full post and check out his personal blog here.

“Empowered to Achieve More Than I Could Have Imagined”

Victor Olet left Kenya to pursue his bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering at Curtin University in Perth, Australia. Victor detailed how he built up his skills using the tools available within the M365 suite. Victor was able to partner with Microsoft’s Perth campus to plan and facilitate an on-campus event for his Science and Engineering Club. He quickly became the resident expert on all things Microsoft and is frequently asked to present and share his expertise. From having the ‘best PowerPoint presentations in his unit’ to being commended by his research supervisor for ‘organized note-taking,’ Victor felt empowered by his ability to leverage Microsoft tools to get more done. Victor writes of a shortage in traditional writing paper and his creative solution to use paper towels for note-taking and brainstorming. “I would then use Office Lens to convert them to PDF and add them my OneNote-based log report along with Excel data and my own notes.” Due to all of Victor’s efforts to build and share his knowledge and skills with Office products, he became a Microsoft Learn Student Ambassador and continues to encourage the use of Microsoft tools at Curtin University. See Victor’s full post here.

The EDU Engagement team wants to thank each of these students for sharing their stories and showcasing their incredible creativity and skill. During this unprecedented time for education around the world, it is encouraging to see students who are eager to learn and take on the challenges associated with remote and hybrid learning. We are grateful for students and educators who are willing to share their knowledge and contribute their time and talents toward the betterment of their communities. The EDU Engagement Team’s goal is to continue to support educators worldwide and empower every parent, educator, and learner to achieve more. To learn more or to join the Microsoft Student forum, please fill out this survey.

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This post was written by Sagar Chandra Reddy Lankala in collaboration with Ji Eun Kwon. Sagar and Ji Eun currently serve as the Program Managers for Azure Lab Services at Microsoft.

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• Talk to a NASA Astronaut: Join us for two live events on October 14^th at 10am PDT and November 2^nd at 10am PST with NASA astronauts and rocket scientists, where they will discuss how they use data and the impact that data has had on their jobs. Speakers will share their personal stories and answer questions from the audience at this Skype in the Classroom Live Event.

• Get Free ‘Day of Data’ Resources from the Microsoft Educator Center (MEC): Dive into immersive NASA-inspired data experiences with standards-aligned lesson plans suited for remote learning. Your students can explore data in a self-paced Excel workbook to earn a Space Data Badge, and have the option to reflect on their experiences using Flipgrid. For detailed lesson plans, curated data sets, and thought-provoking student journals, visit the Microsoft Educator Center. For advanced students, visit the Excel Tech Community to participate in exciting trivia and visualization challenges.

• Attend Free Virtual Space Data Camps with Microsoft stores team: If you would like a guided experience in your classroom or want to celebrate the Day of Data with your family, visit the Microsoft Store virtually through a ‘Space Data Camp’ where a Microsoft Store team member will walk you through the Day of Data experience. Participants will get a chance to earn a digital certificate of completion and a virtual Space Data badge. Space Data Camp.

Today’s learners will enter a world defined by data. Reading and extracting key insights from data will become necessary and expected skills for the workforce of the future. Prepare your students by tapping into their creativity and curiosity today with NASA and Microsoft Hacking STEM – take them on a journey to outer space! 

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Gaggle Safety Management uses machine learning and human analysts to look for and flag concerning statements and behavior in student conversations. Gaggle can then alert school officials when students show signs of self-harm, depression, thoughts of suicide, substance abuse, cyberbullying, unhealthy relationships, and credible threats of violence against others.

In today’s connected world, anti-bullying, self-harm prevention, dealing with substance abuse, and general school safety are serious concerns for modern schools. Many schools that use managed devices and networks, will monitor communication among students and between teacher and students in order to provide a safe environment for everyone. Not only are school districts compelled by student online protection acts (eg CIPA) to provide chat safety and other monitoring, they are requiring all school communication platforms like Gmail, Canvas and Teams to provide access to enterprise managed conversational data.

If you would like to request a demo or learn more about this service from Gaggle click here. Schools will engage directly with Gaggle to setup the new service. This can be done in a matter of days once the school has allowed Gaggle access to their tenant communications.

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