{"id":59414,"date":"2017-05-03T08:32:21","date_gmt":"2017-05-03T12:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=59414"},"modified":"2017-05-03T08:35:45","modified_gmt":"2017-05-03T12:35:45","slug":"yesterdays-announcements-from-microsoft-with-a-strong-focus-on-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2017\/05\/03\/yesterdays-announcements-from-microsoft-with-a-strong-focus-on-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Yesterday’s announcements from Microsoft — with a strong focus on education"},"content":{"rendered":"

Microsoft Announces New Laptops and OS Perfect for 21st-Century Students<\/strong><\/a> — from edtechmagazine.com by Meghan Bogardus Cortez
\nWindows 10 S, Surface Laptop and other updates are coming to classrooms in the fall.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Surface Laptop Introduces Seamless Technology<\/strong>
\nPerhaps the biggest cheers from the crowd came from the announcement of the new Surface Laptop, which will be available in June 2017.
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\nThe laptop checks in at 2.76 pounds with a 13.5-inch PixelSense display and 3:2 aspect ratio. Equipped with a fabric overlay on the backlit keyboard, the laptop is so seamless it doesn\u2019t even have speaker grills. Instead, Panay says users can be immersed in sound while working on things like video. With a Surface Pen and the laptop\u2019s LCD touch module, annotation is easy, even on videos.<\/p>\n

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Microsoft Debuts Surface Laptops, Windows 10 S for Education, Teams for Office 365 for Education<\/strong> <\/a>— from campustechnology.com by David Nagel<\/p>\n

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Microsoft has unveiled several new offerings for education, including the forthcoming Surface Laptop and a new version of Windows 10 designed for school environments \u2014 Windows 10 S.<\/p>\n

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