Higher Innovation
From the monthly archives: January 2010
Turn professional development into a social media game.
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Credit: Flickr (Brighton Hip Hop Festival)
As reported in The Dallas Morning News, the Texas State Board of Education approved Hip Hop as part of social studies standards for Texas history classes, Friday, January 16, 2010. Hip Hop was included as a “significant example” of cultural movements in the last 30 years along [...]
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It has been two years since we started our “naked” conversation on Microsoft, Innovation, and Education. We are still going strong after two years. A lot has changed in that time frame:
Windows Vista is no longer a test of salesmanship. Virtualization on Windows is the best game in town for performance and [...]
Continue Reading →The Alliance for Excellent Education recently published their research study-The Economic Benefits from Halving the Dropout Rate: A Boom to Businesses in the Nation’s Largest Metropolitan Areas, on the economic outcome of halving the student dropout rate in major metropolitan areas. The top-line tax revenue opportunity is an increase of [...]
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Steve Ballmer 2010 resolution: More blogs and podcasts! Congratulations Steve.
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First, I want to thank Maura Schreier-Fleming for inviting me to come and talk about Microsoft and software innovation with the IEEE. It was a special evening. There was lots of passion for technology and high expectations for Microsoft. These are always the best conversations and I appreciate the opportunity to share My [...]
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Kodu was announced last year at the CES 2009 Conference where Robbie Bach and Sparrow, a middle school student, demonstrated a game she developed in Kodu. Today, Microsoft is expanding Kodu beyond the XBOX and offering the programming language for the PC platform.
(Credit: Corinne Schulze/CNET Networks)
Students can use Kodu on their [...]
Continue Reading →From the classroom, the datacenter, to the cloud, Microsoft and HP expand their partnership to simplify technology environments for broad scale innovation.
The partnership represents a $250 million investment over the next three years. This will make it easier for schools and universities to embrace modern technologies for learning and the business of learning [...]
Continue Reading →This an interesting new hybrid PC that provides the best of both worlds-a laptop and a slate.
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Check out the Windows-powered Light Touch. Imagine classroom desks with these multi-touch devices to help children learn math or science concepts without the mess. The future is closer than you think.
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