{"id":62364,"date":"2018-01-23T15:34:28","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T20:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=62364"},"modified":"2018-01-23T15:34:28","modified_gmt":"2018-01-23T20:34:28","slug":"microsoft-education-unveils-new-windows-10-devices-starting-at-189-other-education-related-announcements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2018\/01\/23\/microsoft-education-unveils-new-windows-10-devices-starting-at-189-other-education-related-announcements\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Education unveils new Windows 10 devices starting at $189 + other education-related announcements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.windows.com\/windowsexperience\/2018\/01\/22\/microsoft-education-unveils-new-windows-10-devices-starting-at-189-office-365-tools-for-personalized-learning-and-curricula-to-ignite-a-passion-for-stem\/\">Microsoft Education unveils new Windows 10 devices starting at $189, Office 365 tools for personalized learning, and curricula to ignite a passion for STEM<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; from blogs.windows.com by Yusuf Mehdi<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">This week at Bett, we\u2019ll show new Windows 10 and Windows 10 S devices from Lenovo and JP, starting at just $189, providing more options for schools who don\u2019t want to compromise on Chromebooks. We\u2019ll add new capabilities to our free Office 365 for Education software, enabling any student to write a paper using only their voice and making it easier to access Teams via mobile devices. And we\u2019re making STEM learning fun with a new Chemistry update to Minecraft: Education Edition and new mixed reality and video curricula from partners like BBC Worldwide Learning, LEGO\u00ae* Education, PBS, NASA, and Pearson.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.windows.com\/windowsexperience\/2018\/01\/22\/microsoft-education-unveils-new-windows-10-devices-starting-at-189-office-365-tools-for-personalized-learning-and-curricula-to-ignite-a-passion-for-stem\/#t4GymWKfUk176VWf.97\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-62365\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/LenovoCheaperLaptop-2018.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/LenovoCheaperLaptop-2018.jpg 625w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/LenovoCheaperLaptop-2018-150x115.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/winblogs.azureedge.net\/win\/2018\/01\/b526e41dce633f7f6503f58421403acb.gif\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Starting in February, we will introduce dictation in Office 365<br \/>\nto help students write more easily by using their voice.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>In regards to mixed reality for immersive learning:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pearson.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pearson<\/a> \u2013 the world\u2019s largest education company \u2013 will begin rolling out in March curriculum that will work on both HoloLens and Windows Mixed Reality immersive VR headsets. These six new applications will deliver seamless experiences across devices and further illustrate the value of immersive educational experiences.<\/li>\n<li>We are expanding our mixed media reality curriculum offerings through a new partnership with WGBH\u2019s Bringing the Universe to America\u2019s Classrooms project****, for distribution nationally on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbslearningmedia.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PBS LearningMedia\u2122.<\/a> This effort brings cutting-edge Earth and Space Science content into classrooms through digital learning resources that increase student engagement with science phenomena and practices.<\/li>\n<li class=\"\">To keep up with growing demand for HoloLens in the classroom we are committed to providing affordable solutions. Starting on January 22, we are making available a limited-time academic pricing offer for HoloLens. To take advantage of the limited-time academic pricing offer, please visit,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/hololens\/edupromo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hololens.com\/edupromo<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft Education unveils new Windows 10 devices starting at $189, Office 365 tools for personalized learning, and curricula to ignite a passion for STEM\u00a0&#8212; from blogs.windows.com by Yusuf Mehdi Excerpt: This week at Bett, we\u2019ll show new Windows 10 and Windows 10 S devices from Lenovo and JP, starting at just $189, providing more options [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[286,32,216,565,80,66,195,312,367,253,822],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-digital-learning","category-education-technology","category-microsoft","category-mixed-reality","category-stem-related","category-student-related","category-tools","category-user-experience-ux","category-vendors","category-virtual-reality-worlds-learning","category-voice-recognition-voice-enabled-interfaces"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62364"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62370,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62364\/revisions\/62370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}