TeachTec

A discussion of relevant and effective ways to use technology to inspire teaching and engage students.

Helping teens figure out how to compete in a competitive job market

This post could apply beyond teens as it really is about: how does someone put their best foot...

Author: Teach_Tec Date: 06/17/2011

Acer + OneNote=Webcast for Educators

Note taking: The 21st Century way – that sounds like a good title for a book. Sorry I digress. We’re...

Author: Microsoft at Penn State Date: 06/07/2011

First-ever Innovative Education Forum People’s Choice Video Awards

May 15th wrapped-up Round 2, the final round of applications for the 2011 Partners in Learning U.S....

Author: Teach_Tec Date: 05/19/2011

Can you develop the next Gates or Zuckerberg in high school? Combining computer science and entrepreneurship

I think almost any high school kid you meet is interested in making money. Though I bet most are...

Author: Teach_Tec Date: 05/06/2011

Alex, the answer is “Elisabeth Raab competing on Jeopardy?”

  That would be the correct response to the Jeopardy question: “who is the coolest teacher you...

Author: Microsoft at Penn State Date: 05/05/2011

Ribbon Hero Reset - UNSUPPORTED UNSUPPORTED - but hey it works!

So, I just got back from New York and LA doig our Microsoft Innovative Educator training with over...

Author: Microsoft at Penn State Date: 04/15/2011

Favorite Microsoft Teacher Guide of the Week: Bing Getting Started

Thanks to everyone who has taken the time to view Microsoft Teachers Guides I’ve been posting online...

Author: Microsoft at Penn State Date: 02/16/2011

Attention Math Lovers: what does 250,000 equal?

Okay, a bit of a trick question. It is the number of times the new Microsoft Mathematics 4.0 product...

Author: Teach_Tec Date: 02/16/2011

Favorite Microsoft Teacher Guide of the Week: Free Tools Getting Started

  I had the pleasure of presenting at FETC 2011 last week in Orlando, FL last week and I’m...

Author: Microsoft at Penn State Date: 02/08/2011

TeachTec @ FETC 2011 tweet you there!

  I’m really hoping to see a lot of educators at FETC in Orlando Florida next week, I’ll be at...

Author: Microsoft at Penn State Date: 01/27/2011

Favorite Microsoft Teacher Guide of the Week: OneNote Getting Started

  I’m glad to see everyone is able to read the Microsoft Teacher Guides online without having...

Author: Microsoft at Penn State Date: 01/25/2011

It’s Tony Time!!! Office Web Apps for everyone!

Hopefully you’ve had the chance to take a look at the Tony Time video posted on YouTube this past...

Author: Microsoft at Penn State Date: 01/21/2011

TeachTec is back and with music now!

Things change often when you work for a big company like Microsoft and as a result the TeachTec blog...

Author: Teach_Tec Date: 01/10/2011

Introducing Critical Thinking and Bing curriculum, Office 2010 and more at ISTE in Denver

There is so much to see and talk about here at the Microsoft booth (#1354) at the International...

Author: Teach_Tec Date: 06/28/2010

7 Things to See and Do with Microsoft at ISTE 2010

Experiential learning, that is what we are aiming for at this year’s ISTE conference in Denver next...

Author: Teach_Tec Date: 06/24/2010

Microsoft @ ISTE (June 27-30, Denver)

We are two weeks away from the big ISTE 2010 conference in Denver, still time to sign-up!  I...

Author: Teach_Tec Date: 06/14/2010

#TeachTips is back!

You may have noticed I took a short break from providing daily teacher tech tips (better known as...

Author: Teach_Tec Date: 05/24/2010

Engage Your Students with Lessons they can click – try a little Mischief!

For some time now, Microsoft has been talking with educators, students, and others in education...

Author: Teach_Tec Date: 05/11/2010

More Simple Ways To Introduce Reluctant Colleagues To Technology

This is the final guest post of the week (see the others below) culminating a special series for...

Author: Teach_Tec Date: 05/07/2010

5 More Internet Technologies Educators Should Be Aware Of

As part of our special series this week (see Celebrating Teachers) I am featuring a guest blogger...

Author: Teach_Tec Date: 05/04/2010

Do You Blog? I Challenge You!

Good morning. Today is the first of five guest blog posts this week on TeacherTech.  This is a...

Author: Teach_Tec Date: 05/03/2010

Getting kids to tell their stories

Everyone loves a good story.   And some people are particularly good at telling...

Author: Teach_Tec Date: 02/01/2010

Students Developing Workforce Ready Skills While Revitalizing a Community

For the past five years, Microsoft’s Partners in Learning program has been working with New Mexico’s...

Author: Teach_Tec Date: 11/13/2009

7 Things Teachers Will Like about Windows 7

So, I haven't posted in awhile, and what better time to post then on the launch day of Windows 7,...

Author: Teach_Tec Date: 10/22/2009

I am what I learn – Student Video Contest

Yesterday, President Obama spoke to our nation's students inspiring them to try their hardest in...

Author: Teach_Tec Date: 09/09/2009

What I learned from watching teachers learn

Earlier this month I had the fortunate opportunity to attend the new Microsoft Teaching 2.0:...

Author: Teach_Tec Date: 09/01/2009

Why showing movies in class is a good thing

I think this debate has raged on with educators since we've had those filmstrips teachers used to...

Author: Teach_Tec Date: 08/21/2009

Winners of the U.S. Innovative Teachers Forum Announced

Two great days of learning and collaboration at the U.S. Innovative Teachers Forum last week…and now...

Author: Teach_Tec Date: 08/17/2009

Dispatches from the Innovative Teachers Forum

Spent the morning looking at some of the fascinating projects I mentioned earlier today in this blog...

Author: Teach_Tec Date: 08/13/2009

US Innovative Teachers Forum, Open Talk with Prof. Linda Darling-Hammond

So I made a couple wrong turns on the way from hotel in San Jose to the Microsoft campus in Silicon...

Author: Teach_Tec Date: 08/13/2009

It’s Back to School time again – does that scare or excite you? Maybe it's time to Tweet!

Summer fun coming to end. Work starting again. Maybe you're just yearning to try something new to...

Author: Teach_Tec Date: 08/11/2009

How to go "paperless" in your classroom and collaborate along the way

Recently, I've heard about more teachers using technology move away from pushing tons of papers to...

Author: Teach_Tec Date: 02/13/2009

A Vision of K12 Students today... a sobering message.

A few minutes ago I just watched an amazing video about how K12 students use technology and how they...

Author: Teach_Tec Date: 02/12/2009

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