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2019 6
- Take Your Files (&email!) With You Using OneDrive Graduation
- Best Practice For Schools When Creating Microsoft Teams For Education
- Minecraft:Education Edition Arrives In The Cloud - AzureVM Available Now
- Federated Authentication Links Apple School Manager With AzureAD
- Flipped Learning Hacks With Microsoft Teams & Meet Now
- Activate 'Rewa - Joining the Manurewa Community of Learning For A Day
2018 34
- Top Five Education Blog Posts Of 2018
- Podcast: #EduTechTalks #1 - Managing Your School's Devices
- Coding Competition Coming To Minecraft: Education Edition
- Cloud Attachments In OneNote - Game Changer For Educators
- Explore Microsoft's Redmond Campus In Minecraft:Education Edition
- Cultivating a stable learning environment on a resilient cloud
- Trial In A Box Is BACK!
- Minecraft:Education Edition Training
- 10 Ways To Enroll Windows 10 Into Intune
- New Zealand Schools Receive Digital Boost From New Agreement
- iOS Support Lands In Intune For Education
- Teaching Maths With Microsoft HoloLens
- Why Did The Titanic Sink? Explaining With OneNote & Digital Ink
- How To: Quickly Edit Videos On Windows 10
- You're Not In 2006 Anymore, Toto: The Future Of Education
- All Teachers Are Welcome: Immersion Session 14th July
- Protect Critical Data With OneDrive & Known Folder Move (KFM)
- Updated Documentation For M365 Education
- Get Trained & Certified In Microsoft Teams
- Microsoft Surface - Teacher Feedback
- Microsoft Trial in a Box
- Office365 Groups Going Private By Default
- Cloud Mobile Device Management Delivers For Schools & Partners
- OneNote On Windows 10 - The One App For The Future
- Friday Fun: Project Zanzibar Blurs Boundaries of Physical & Digital Worlds
- Research: The Importance Of Digital Inking
- Free Training On Microsoft Teams
- Minecraft:Education Edition Webinar
- Artificial Intelligence In The Classroom
- True Guest Access Comes To Microsoft Teams
- MakeCode.com - Fun With Minecraft:Education Edition
- Levelling the Playing Field at Manurewa High School with Innovative BYOD Programme
- When To Use Intune For Education vs Full Intune Standalone
- Hybrid Cloud Printing Via AzureAD Is Here
2017 58
- Use PowerShell To Manage Microsoft Teams
- Measuring And Driving Usage Of Teams For Education
- Video: Simplifying Attendance With Flow & PowerBI
- The Future Of OneNote In Education
- Top 5 Education Posts of 2017
- Connecting Communities Across Languages
- Minecraft: Education Edition and STEAM Training
- Microsoft Whiteboard Finally Arrives (In Preview)
- Teaching With Ink Strategies
- Tracking Office365 ProPlus Activation In Your School
- Using e-Discovery In Microsoft Teams
- Minecraft: Education Edition Roadshow Across New Zealand
- Differences In OneNote - Cross Platform Support
- Windows 10 Fall Creators Update - What's New?
- STEM Jobs Of Tomorrow
- Helping The Blind To See - A.I. The All Seeing Eye
- Diagnosing Dyslexia - Earlier Intervention Through Technology
- 3 Minute Guide To Minecraft: Education Edition
- Microsoft Teams Adds Guest Access
- Cloud Migration Success: Moving Orere School To The Microsoft Cloud
- Co-Authoring In Excel Desktop App Now Available
- Te Reo and Binary Combine to Win Prime Minister’s Supreme Award
- Measuring The Impact Of PowerBI: Usage Analytics By User
- Solving Rooming & Timetabling Problems With Azure IoT
- Configure Single Sign On (SSO) From Azure Activity Directory Into Google Suite In Only 2 Minutes
- Using AzureAD Groups To Quickly Populate Microsoft Teams
- Aotearoa Awaits – Māori In Minecraft
- Microsoft Education Cloud Solution: End To End Guide For Deployment
- Nayland College Case Study: $150,000 Savings Moving To Microsoft Cloud Platforms
- Autopilot – Even Easier Device Enrollment & Deployment In Windows 10 Out Of The Box
- Microsoft Teams For Education Is Here – And It Is Awesome
- Planning To Deploy MS Teams? Check This Resource First
- Windows 10 S Has Arrived With Launch of Surface Laptop
- Guest Post: Integrating technology in class for great results: 6 tips from an expert
- School Is Finishing – How Do I Keep A Copy Of My OneNote Class NoteBooks?
- Azure AD B2B – Simplifying Collaboration With Users Outside Your Organisation
- Microsoft Release New Surface Pro
- OneDrive Files On Demand - Perfect For BYOD
- Digital Inking - Improves Teaching & Learning
- Microsoft's May Education Event - Overview
- Device Based Activation for Office365 ProPlus – Great For Education
- Major OneNote Class NoteBook Announcement: Sharing With Parents
- Azure Media Analytics – Search EVERYTHING In Your Videos
- Supporting The Literacy of ALL Learners With Learning Tools
- Are You Migrating To OneDrive For Business Or Not?
- Digital Citizenship Toolkit For Educators
- Guest Post: Surprises when using Office 365 in class
- Easier Office365 License Management Coming to Azure AD
- Editing With Natural Hand Gestures & Digital Inking
- Professional Learning Communities Groups in Office365
- Tools To Support Deployment of Windows 10 and Secure Assessment
- Intune For Education Announced at BETT
- Surface in Classrooms: A Distinction in Enabling Transformative Education
- Updates for OneNote Class Notebook, Learning Tools and Office Lens—plus stickers!
- How To Keep Your Data Fresh With PowerBI Gateways
- Recording Self-Paced Lessons in OneNote
- Upgrading BYOD Devices To Win10 Education
- Driving Transformation In Education
2016 9
- Helping Students Become Global Citizens With Skype
- Youth, Technology & Disruption
- COMMENT: It takes a tech sector to raise a digital child
- MIE Expert Applications Now Open
- Auckland Teacher Ambassador Sessions
- Teacher Ambassadors in Dunedin April 20th
- Imagine Cup Junior Competition
- Collaborate in Office—Office tools to collaborate in and out of the classroom
- Hack The Classroom 2016
2015 64
- Surface at St Andrew's College in Christchurch, New Zealand
- Welcome to our Microsoft Innovative Educator Experts!
- After School Innovation in New Zealand – Matt Richards, New Zealand
- Latest OneNote updates —Embed video, record audio, insert files and more
- You're invited to participate in the Global Skype-a-Thon!
- Bud-e Reading joins the Windows education app family!
- New Zealand teacher featured on a Quick Tip video using Office Mix
- OneNote Class Notebook and Office Mix announce new LMS integration features
- OneNote partners with FiftyThree to support Pencil and Paper, plus Shape Recognition coming soon
- A New Era of Windows 10 Devices from Microsoft
- Download free Office 2016 Quick Start Guides
- 8 top Microsoft resources for teachers
- OneNote adds support for iOS 9 and iPad Pro with multitasking, Spotlight search and Apple Pencil
- The Power of Digital Pen & Surface in Schools - Inking Your Thinking Case Study
- The new Office is here!
- ShareThePoint offering valuable courses for teachers
- We are now looking for Microsoft Innovative Educator Experts!
- Announcement: a new tool for educators, Snip
- Free tools for teachers on the Microsoft Educator Network
- Tools to Unlock Learning: The OneNote for Learning Literacy Toolbar
- Introducing Creative Coding through Games and Apps - a free course!
- Announcement: Introduction to Office 365 for Education seminar
- Christchurch's St Andrew's College reflects on Surface Pro 3 use
- Announcing Sway General Availability, Windows 10 app and more!
- Announcement: Microsoft Teacher Academies, free online courses for teachers
- Are you ready for Windows 10?
- Focus school: Baradene College, New Zealand
- Tutorials to get you started using Sway
- Announcement: Microsoft Class Dashboard for teachers and students
- New Zealand MIE Experts create a sensational Food For Life project for their students!
- St Andrew's College using OneNote & Moodle for student assessment
- Three new tutorial videos created to help you get started with Office Mix!
- Microsoft launches online education network for New Zealand’s 249 Catholic schools
- Quick Tip video featuring New Zealand teacher Rachel Chisnall
- Latest updates to Sway, including roll out to Office 365!
- Reflections and learnings from the E2 Global Educator Exchange conference
- Top tips to make lesson planning easy with OneNote
- "Power Up Your Pedagogy With Office 365"
- Office 2016 Mac Preview is available!
- StaffPad, the revolutionary music composition app!
- Introducing Office 365 Video!
- Announcing Surface 3
- Microsoft invites you to the Travis Smith 'Teaching with Technology' Roadshow!
- Announcing a fantastic OneNote resource for students, teachers and administrators
- Simplify marking and assessment with OneNote - a case study of St Andrew's College, New Zealand
- Enhance the classroom experience with the Surface Pro 3
- Kiwi student innovations impress judges at Microsoft Student Accelerator showcase
- Create fun, interactive classroom projects with Minecraft
- Tertiary students get free Office 365 ProPlus!
- Meet Ruby Huang, a 2015 Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert
- Introducing OneNote Staff Notebook for education
- Announcing the Office 365 self-service download portal!
- Register now for the Microsoft EduCast webinars!
- The amazing impact of a pen interface on learning
- See what's APPening in maths and science!
- Want to extend your IT skills? Take the Know It. Prove It. challenge!
- The latest updates on Sway Preview!
- Transforming education with holograms and Windows 10
- The latest news on the OneNote Class Notebook Creator
- Microsoft Announces Integration between Moodle And Office 365
- Helping educators get the most out of OneNote with OneNoteforTeachers.com
- PowerPoint gets interactive with OfficeMix
- Should computer science be a compulsory subject in New Zealand schools?
- Show your class the world with Skype!
2014 65
- Sway Preview expands and delivers more feature improvements!
- Update: Sir George Seymour College, Travel Careers & Training and the Southern Institute of Technology are now providing Office to every student for free!
- Quick Tip Videos from Microsoft - tech ideas to use in your classroom!
- Get Microsoft Office for free!
- Teachers using OneNote to enhance classroom activities and encourage student creativity!
- Spread the word to your friends!
- Update: Massey University and Western Institute of Technology - Taranaki are now providing Office to every student for free!
- Announcing Office Sway Preview: reimagine how your ideas come to life
- Office 365 ProPlus benefit available for faculty and staff starting December 1st!
- Update: NMIT and Waiariki Institute of Technology are now providing Office to every student for free!
- Tertiary students may be eligible to get Microsoft Office for free!
- The 2015 New Zealand Imagine Cup Competition Is Now Open!
- OneNote Class NoteBook Creator - making collaboration between students and teachers easy!
- Australia & New Zealand Expert Educators gathering in Sydney last weekend
- OneNote in Education: Teachers using OneNote in the classroom
- Microsoft EduCast: Register to attend Oct 14th Teaching with Technology Webinar
- Education Empowered - Book your complimentary Microsoft in Education Seminar today!
- Student Advantage: Your next steps on how to get Office 365 ProPlus at no additional licensing cost!
- Office Mix – The Evolution Of The Whiteboard? St Andrew's College Leads the Way in Classroom Innovation Again!
- Students and teachers: You may be eligible to get Office for free!
- OneNote to Rule Them All: St Andrew's College's Innovative use of OneNote in the Classroom
- New tools and services available for educators, now!
- Your Tuesday Afternoon Watch! Why Teachers and Students are Excited About Microsoft in Education
- Has your school taken advantage of Yammer Enterprise yet?
- Skype in the Classroom brings together classes in New Zealand and California
- We invite you to join the Microsoft in Education Cloud Forum!
- Have you tried Office Mix yet?
- Microsoft announces $1M grant for High Tech Youth Network
- Microsoft Devices and Services in Education: Usage Scenario 1 - Smart Art
- OneNote for Mac and iOS get dressed for school!
- The complimentary SharePoint in Education event is next week - don't forget to register!
- NCEA Hub: The coolest new Education app in the Windows Store!
- O365 and SharePoint 4 Schools - Essentials. Register now!
- Yammer Enterprise now included in Office 365 Education plans!
- SharePoint in Education Event - Register now!
- Office Mix is a Game-Changer for Teachers
- Trading In The Whiteboard for OneNote and a Surface Pro
- Don't Forget to Register for the Next CAA Webinar!
- Getting Started with the OneNote Setup Tool for Teachers: A Walkthrough for Teachers
- Building formative assessment into game-based learning - an innovative example!
- Introducing Office Mix: Online lessons made simple.
- Infographic: Teachers are heroes!
- BYOD Case Study: The Surface Pro's Seamless Integration into Tuckahoe School
- Registrations are almost full for the 21 Steps to 21st Century Learning Workshop - don't miss out!
- It's here! We bring to you Anthony Salcito’s 2014 Global Forum Keynote Speech
- Partners in Learning is now the Microsoft Educator Network - and much more!
- Microsoft World Tour School - Hellerup School, Denmark
- St Andrew's College Creates Student ePortfolios with OneNote and Office365
- It's the 8th April and from today, Microsoft will no longer support Windows XP. What does this mean for your school?
- Announcing the Office you love, now on the iPad!
- Register your interest now for the 21 Steps to 21st Century Learning Workshop!
- The Windows 8.1 Deployment Kit is here!
- OneNote now on Mac, free everywhere, and service powered!
- Getting Microsoft Office for your students has just become easier.
- St Andrew's College: Increasing Student Engagement & Enthusiasm for Writing with OneNote!
- Top 100 Education Apps on Windows 8
- Migrate your school's PCs off XP and on to Windows 8 or 8.1 and be in to win $15,000 worth of Dell PCs, laptops and tablets!
- Student Advantage: Get Office 365 ProPlus for your students, at no additional cost!
- Scots College sees Office 365 as a "key factor on BYOD strategy"
- Join us for the College & Career Readiness Virtual Event, February 13 and 18
- Choosing Surface for the Classroom: St Patrick's College, London
- Educators and Students are Choosing Surface and Changing the Classroom
- Office 365: Your complete resource guide
- Office 365 for Education versus Google Apps: Everything you need to know
- Don't forget to tune in to the Promoting 21st Century Skills Webinar!
2013 73
- Blended Learning From the Ground Up
- New tools for educators now live on Partners in Learning!
- Drawboard PDF - The Perfect Solution to Homework Marking
- You're invited to the Windows Learning Series
- Student Advantage now available – the best way to get Office for your students
- 21 Steps to 21st Century Learning Workshop - a success!
- Microsoft Announces the 2014 NZ Expert Educators and Mentor Schools
- Announcing the Surface in the Classroom Accessory Design Challenge
- SharePoint Online introduces the Touch Design mobile experience
- Collaboration just got easier: Real-time co-authoring now available in Office Web Apps
- Your Guide to Everything BYOD
- Apples and Oranges
- Register now for Cyclone's Microsoft Surface for Education Event!
- Windows 8.1 is here!
- 21 Steps to 21st Century Learning Workshop registrations now open!
- Student Advantage delivers Office Pro Plus to over 1million New Zealand students, at no additional cost
- Microsoft ULearn Surface Pro Winner Announced!
- Partners in Learning School Research Live on PILN!
- Win a Surface Pro at ULearn with Microsoft
- Wintec wins at the Microsoft Tertiary ICT Innovation Awards
- Join Microsoft at ULearn
- Microsoft names three local Surface resellers
- Tutorial: Adding resources to your OneNote notebook
- Announcing Surface 2, Surface Pro 2, and new Surface Accessories
- Apply to become an Expert Educator and get the opportunity to win a trip to the Partners in Learning Global Forum 2014 in Barcelona!
- Microsoft Partners in Learning turns 10!
- Microsoft NZ's Education Lead speaks about 21st century learning design at the NZ Education Summit
- Mairangi Bay School Principal reviews his Surface RT experience
- Easier school collaboration and increased cloud storage with SkyDrive Pro.
- How to take advantage of the Surface RT Offer for education institutions
- Mana College launches Microsoft IT Academy
- Bill Gates pitches in for online education resource Graphite
- Be the first to sign up for our new #MysterySkype community!
- Major Updates For OneNote On iPad, iPhone, & Android
- Ministry extends Microsoft Schools Agreement to 2015
- 10 advantages of taking up the Surface RT offer for education institutions
- Explore the oceans with Skype in the classroom
- 18 Myths of Education
- Microsoft NZ Education is now on Twitter!
- The Surface RT offer for education institutions has been extended!
- New Zealand Microsoft Surface RT offer for Education
- Te reo Māori choice for Windows 8, Office 2013, and the Internet
- TED Talk of the week: “Every Kid Needs a Champion”
- Everest ascent 60th anniversary celebrated by Internet Explorer
- The future of education technology
- EduTech in K-12 - What works?
- Bill Gates delivers captivating TED Talk - "Our teachers deserve better"
- Office Web Apps: Collaboration with co-authoring
- CIO Road Test: Microsoft Surface Pro Beats Apple iPad
- Anthony Salcito’s Daily Web Edventures have premiered!
- Office 365 Education - What's included?
- Which Windows 8 PC is right for your school? Looking at the Surface Pro
- Microsoft releases NZ privacy guide for Office 365
- Windows in the Classroom Tip #5 – The power of Windows To Go for schools
- Windows in the Classroom Tip #4: Office 365 – Creating consistency in your students’ daily lives
- Partners in Learning offers free tools for educators – sign up now!
- Windows in the Classroom Tip #3 – Co-authoring in Office Web Apps
- Anthony Salcito’s take on the role of Windows 8 in transforming education
- Exam preparation is made easy with OneNote
- Windows in the Classroom Tip #2 – the online classroom
- OneNote Windows Store app update available now!
- Windows in the Classroom Tip #1 - making Windows 8 your own
- Game based learning – what it is and why everyone is talking about it
- Essay marking is made easy with Windows 8 app
- Office 365 – extending learning beyond the classroom
- SharePoint for young learners – Max’s Toolbox for Office365
- How to make Education Apps on Windows 8!
- Windows in the Classroom kicks off this week!
- “Learning is changing” – hear Anthony Salcito’s view on this
- Optimising the Flipped Classroom with Office 365
- The countdown to Windows in the Classroom begins
- Top Eight Educational apps on Windows 8
- Collaboration and the role of technology in the 21st Century Classroom
2012 55
- Teaching 21st Century Skills has never been so easy – get in now!
- Find out what your students really think!
- Bring learning to life with a Windows in Classroom Seminar!
- Upgrade from Live@edu today!
- How an Australian School is using Kinect and Happy Action Theater to Reach Children with Autism
- Windows 8 Devices for Next Academic Year
- Technology and the Maori Language Awards 2012
- Why You'll Love Windows 8
- New Releases for Partners in Learning Network
- Experience the Whole Web with Windows 8
- 10 Reasons Why BYOD is a Good Idea
- Update for Education Apps for Windows 8
- Live@edu to Office 365 for education - it's that easy
- "Valuable" Sessions for Educators at the Ulearn12 Education Conference
- University of Auckland wins at the Microsoft Tertiary ICT Innovation Awards
- Last chance to submit your entry for the Innovative Educator Awards!
- Weekly Office 365 for Education Tip #7
- New Zealand High School adopts Office365 for Education
- Weekly Office365 for Education Tip #6
- Launch of Microsoft YouthSpark
- 10 Things You’ll Never Have to Say With the new Office
- Weekly Office365 for Education Tip #5
- 21st Century Learning Enquiry
- Weeky Office365 for Education Tip #4
- Are you New Zealand's most innovative teacher?
- A "thought provoking, inspirational" Innovative Schools Workshop Last Week
- Another Weekly Office365 for Education Tip!
- Innovative Schools Workshop Receives Overwhelming Interest
- Weeky Office365 for Education Tip
- Bring Your Own Device To School Whitepaper
- Weekly Office365 for Education Tip
- Introducing the New Windows Photo Gallery and Movie Maker
- The New Zealand Catholic Education Convention is Underway!
- Celebrating innovative teaching
- Spaces still available for this years TechEd!
- Register for this years NZ Catholic Education Convention
- BYOD in education–TechNet Jump Start training to help your planning
- Microsoft unveils the new Office
- Do I.T. Days!
- The new Microsoft Surface perfect for school BYOD strategies!
- A day in the life of a teacher with Office 365 for education
- Photosynth Even Easier For The Classroom
- Windows 8 Release Preview Available Now
- More than 4.5 million Catholic School Students to Receive Microsoft Office 365 for Education
- Why Microsoft: Office and Office Web Apps, high fidelity documents across desktop and cloud.
- Microsoft Learning Suite - free download now available!
- The INTERFACExpo has begun!
- Microsoft Solutions for Research Management
- SkyDrive - Personal cloud storage for Windows available anywhere
- NZ Educator Hailed For Innovation
- Microsoft Lync Server 2010 for Schools
- Microsoft orchestrates applications across a variety of PC's
- Greater access and reduced costs to computers in schools with Windows MultiPoint Server 2011
- Education Webinars
- NZ schools to receive ‘all you can eat’ Microsoft software solutions
2011 14
- Kinect for Windows SDK beta available for download
- SharePoint for Internet Sites Adoption by Industry–Education on top
- Collaboration in the Cloud with SharePoint
- Whitireia Community Polytechnic significantly reduces costs with Hyper-V
- 2011 Microsoft New Zealand Imagine Cup Festival
- Webcast on SharePoint LMS
- Word Processing in the Cloud
- New version of Kodu released with Community game sharing
- MultiPoint Server 2011 Released
- Remote Desktop Services vs VDI
- Australia NSW Department of Education uses Azure to deliver online science assessment
- Better budgeting for students
- Microsoft Office Word Open Source Add-in For MediaWiki
- Microsoft Mathematics 4.0 released for free download
2010 17
- Top 20 finalists announced for the 2011 Microsoft New Zealand Imagine Cup
- Innovative Teacher using Zune as programming platform
- NEW Video! Local Language Program supports Maori language in New Zealand school
- AD FS 2.0 Federation with Shibboleth 2 and the InCommon Federation
- Windows Media® Components for QuickTime
- Bing Maps Photosynth screencast
- Podcasting online course to encourage school girls in technology
- Microsoft Education Related Software Presentation
- Windows Steady State like functionality for Windows 7
- Medical Article Authoring Add-in for Word Beta
- Microsoft Interactive Classroom Video
- Windows Live Sync Beta for Mac
- Free: Microsoft Mathematics Add-In for Word and OneNote released
- Example of school artwork captured as a Photosynth
- Windows Optimized Desktop for Education Ebook
- New Case Study: St Andrews College using Live@EDU
- Video: Microsoft in education