Support real-world problem solving and innovation with Microsoft tools
Learners use a variety of Microsoft tools to support their problem solving and to put their solutions into practice in the real world.
When learners work on problem-solving tasks, they:
- Investigate the problem
- Brainstorm solutions and alternatives to the problem
- Devise their own approaches
- Design a coherent solution, test the solution, and iterate improvements to the solution
In the problem-solving process, learners may use:
- OneNote Class Notebook to brainstorm and collect research and data
- Minecraft Education to conduct simulations
- Microsoft Forms to collect data
- Microsoft Excel to analyze data
- Microsoft Teams calls to connect with experts
When their problem solving also requires innovation, many Microsoft tools help learners publish their ideas in the real world.
- Microsoft Video Editor helps learners create documentaries, commercials, music videos, or other video products that inform or persuade their chosen audience
- Microsoft Voice Recorder helps learners create podcasts
- Microsoft PowerPoint allows learners to give dynamic live presentations. With PowerPoint, learners may use a headset and have real-time, automatic captions or subtitles on screen. Additionally, with Live Presentations in PowerPoint, audience members may:
- See a presentation on their devices
- Read live subtitles in their preferred language
- Give feedback during the presentation
- Evaluate the presentation
- Microsoft Sway allows learners to create attractive multimedia presentations for the web. With a dynamic, interactive canvas, learners may build a presentation with text, images, videos, and embedded Office files to share additional information or a Microsoft Form to collect data
- Microsoft Word helps learners create flyers, pamphlets, or deliverables for their selected audience
- Flip helps learners create tutorials with the screencast feature
- Minecraft Education allows learners to create prototypes of their designs
- Microsoft MakeCode Arcade allows learners to create video games that teach a lesson, review concepts, or simply entertain