Facebook-Webmaster201. My Song 2. Ten more tidbits on Microsoft's new Office 365 cloud play. Microsoft launched its rebrand and refresh of its Business Productivity Online (BPOS), Live@Edu and Office Live Small Business services on October 19 and put them all under the "Office 365" umbrella.
Microsoft also launched an early beta of the BPOS v2 services today and promised final delivery and more details in 2011. Consortium for Outstanding Acheivement in Teaching with Technology. Microsoft to launch Office 365 on June 28. Classroom Tech. 68 Interesting Ways to use an iPad in the Classroom. Evoke Social Game. Hate PowerPoint? Here Are 5 Web-based Alternatives. Whether they're for clients, customers or colleagues, visual presentations are an unavoidable part of doing business.
For years, Microsoft PowerPoint has been the standard bearer of slide presentation applications, but several Web-based alternatives have emerged. For the most part, the alternatives offer similar functionality to PowerPoint, sometimes more, sometimes less. One obvious advantage to Web-based presentations is that they're stored in the cloud, eliminating the potential for nightmare scenarios involving lost or corrupted thumb drives. Prezi If the traditional slide-by-slide-style presentation doesn't quite cut it for you, there's Prezi, which works a bit more like one giant virtual whiteboard containing your entire presentation.
15 Great Free iPad Apps for Professional Development. With the advance of mobile technology into our life, the notion of professional development has been radically reshaped.To grow professionally is no longer limited to a certain geographic setting with a predefined set of resources, we can now learn wherever we are and on the go. No more boundaries and this is certainly one of the biggest advantages in embracing this kind of technology. To expand this professional development notion to your iPad , I have compiled a list of some of the best free apps that you as a teacher and educator, can install on your iOS device. The list is not exhaustive and there might be other important apps not mentioned here but the ones below are a great stepping stone into the world of self learning. Check them out. Microsoft explains Office 365 (video) Microsoft Office 365: Your Guide to a Slew of Versions, Prices CIO. CIO — With the newly-branded Office 365, announced this week, Microsoft ( MSFT ) has taken its BPOS (business productivity online suite) service and added Office apps options.
But while Microsoft dumped a bad product name for a better one, the company repeated a longtime marketing habit with Office 365: a confusing array of versions and price points. BPOS today features online versions of Exchange, SharePoint, Lync (formerly Office Communicator) and Video conferencing tool Live Meeting. Math Forum - Technology in Math Education. Going Mobile: Debating and Using Cellphones in School. George Osodi/Associated PressAt an electronics market in Lagos, Nigeria, cellphones appear in great profusion, as they do throughout poorer lands.Go to related article » Overview | Can cellphones serve as effective instructional tools in the classroom?
In what ways can the use of mobile technology support and strengthen curriculum? What are the drawbacks? In this lesson, students learn about innovative uses of cellphone technology and applications in the developing world, then explore how their phones can be used as learning tools. Teachers | Do you use cellphones in your classroom? TI announces the TI-Nspire CX, it's first color-display, handheld graphing calculator.
I don't normally post about things that aren't free, but not everything in life is free and Graphing Calculators are widely used in school for a variety of courses and uses.
TI announces the TI-Nspire CX, TI's first color-display, handheld graphing calculator. High School Math Teachers. Teachers Love SMART Boards: Grade: High School. Here is a article called “Whiteboards for Dummies” written by Calvin Hennick for Scholastic – Administrator.
This article discusses how to utilize your SMART Board more effectively by identifying some of the obstacles of using a SMART Board once you get it into your classroom. The stories about using it to hang... read more I’ve spent years reviewing and sharing interactive online resources that work great on a SMART Board. To be honest, I’m very picky on what resources I share and I require all the sites I share to have certain minimum standards. I watched an amazing video from Space.com that showed images of what’s called the Extreme Deep Field (EDF).
It’s finally here! As the school year comes to an end, I want to say thank you to all the teachers who work so hard every single day (and night) to help develop and nurture the children in their care. Microsoft to Unveil Multiple iPad Challengers, With Keyboards & HTML5, Next Month. Microsoft CEO Steve Balmer will unveil multiple new models of tablet computers aimed to challenge the iPad at the Consumer Electronics Show next month in Las Vegas, according to detailed reporting tonight by Nick Bilton at the New York Times .
Unnamed sources familiar with the tablets told Bilton that they will run the Windows 7 Operating System, include a slide-out physical keyboard, apps written in HTML5 and distributed app distribution, without a curated app store model. Analysts have called this an essential move for months, but this isn't quite the type of tablet that some expected.
Bilton reports that Microsoft has partnered with Samsung, Dell and other companies to produce tablets that will be announced at CES. Balmer said publicly in July that a new Windows tablet would be available "very soon. " Market analysts Forrester said last Spring that a Windows 7 Tablet was essential, "Microsoft needs a partner to produce a successful Windows tablet that competes with the Apple iPad. Microsoft Office 365. Office 365 is a subscription-based online office and software plus services suite which offers access to various services and software built around the Microsoft Office platform.
Serving as a successor to Microsoft's Business Productivity Online Suite, the service was originally designed to provide hosted e-mail, social networking and collaboration, and cloud storage to teams and businesses. As such, it first included hosted versions of Exchange, Lync, SharePoint, Office Web Apps, along with access to the Microsoft Office 2010 desktop applications on the Enterprise plan.
With the release of Office 2013, Office 365 expanded to include new plans aimed at different types of businesses, along with new plans aimed at general consumers wanting to use the Office desktop software on a subscription basis.[1] After a beta testing process which began in October 2010, Office 365 was officially launched on June 28, 2011.[2] History[edit] Features[edit] Hosted services[edit] Office applications[edit]
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