- Oh, we have a clap.
Oh, that's so cool.
(hands clap)
- Good day everyone, as you can see,
I'm in the Windows 10 Video Editor.
Educators like you have been asking
for a full featured set
of video creation and editing tools
that inspire students to tell stories
and express themselves in this digital world.
And guess what?
It's already on your Windows 10 device.
Let me show you how easy it is.
Now I would normally start with an intro like,
this is what's new in EDU
where we bring you
all the latest innovation and announcements
in education technology.
Add an effect, if you like.
Next, let's add a title card.
(upbeat instrumental music)
Now we recently asked you on social
what you'd like to see more of in these episodes,
and what would help you the most?
Victoria commented that she'd like to see.
- [Victoria] More information on creating
an inclusive math classroom, please.
- This is so important,
as STEM continues to be such a priority.
Great comment Victoria.
Since your a math teacher,
we have Math Assistant in One Note online.
Students can create practice math quizzes
to work on problems, just like the one they've created.
And in this math pane, you can launch the Immersive Reader
for step-by-step math solutions.
We've also launched an interactive guide
for Inclusive Math.
Victoria also mentioned that she had.
- [victoria] Tons of resources,
if you'd like to collaborate.
- So of course we did, we visited her
to hear how she creates an inclusive classroom.
- Thanks Mark, I'm excited to share
my tips and tricks with you all.
Here are my top four.
Tip number one,
student created forms through Microsoft Forms.
You can actually make feedback trackers through Forms,
both before and after assessments, quizzes, tests,
whatever you want.
You ask students how they did, how they wanted to do,
and what they can do to improve
or either keep their grade.
This is great in subjects like math,
because Forms has math notation,
which is something I'm really not seeing
from any other platform right now.
Tip number two, is Your Voice, Your Choice in honesty hour.
These are great ways in teams, classroom websites,
or Forms to see how the kids are doing in your classroom.
For example, for honesty hour with my students
through a Microsoft form, I'll ask them in math class
did you study, be honest.
And from there, we can export those results
to an Excel, and I can compile the information
to see if their classroom expectations match up
with their actual performance in my room.
For tip number three, we're gonna do digital breakouts.
So if you've done a physical breakout,
it usually comes with a lock box,
and several locks and clues.
To speed up the process, you can use Microsoft Forms,
and you can actually drop clues in sections
for students to solve.
Once they're done with that particular section,
it takes them to the next one.
And with Immersive Reader,
you can actually have students integrate that
if they maybe struggle with a language,
or maybe if they're English language learners.
Tip number four, is correct or incorrect,
which you can also do through Forms or Word.
With digital inking, notation,
and also just different capabilities,
you can drop in questions and images,
and have students spot, circle, or annotate
what is right or not right about each problem.
Thanks for tuning in for my tips and tricks.
You can follow me on Twitter at Victoria The Tech,
I'd love to connect with you all.
Back to you Mark.
- Thanks Victoria.
Let's change the music.
Okay, great.
Now we have a variety of learning tools that are free
and available in the products that you use
in the classroom everyday.
If you're wondering how to get started,
this one stop Immersive Reader page
on the Microsoft Educator Center
is a great training guide.
It shows all of the apps and platforms,
as well as many helpful links.
I know Victoria mentioned this,
but you have to check out Immersive Reader in Forms.
Big deal, especially for the inclusive classroom.
Now let's talk Hacking STEM,
but let's make a transition.
Without opening up a web browser,
let's search for a transition slide,
add a title card,
and now we're off.
Starting this November, the world will celebrate
the 20 year anniversary of humans living aboard
the International Space Station.
We partnered with NASA to develop eight new lesson plans,
including The Things Astronauts Need To Consider
When Living In Space, and these lessons are free.
Here's how Ashley is using the Hacking STEM lesson
in her classroom in Fishers, Indiana.
- Thanks, hi.
I'm Ashley, and I teach Biomedical Innovations
here in Fishers, Indiana.
Our class is all based
about solving health related problems,
and so the Astro Sock activity was a perfect fit,
because it allowed us to concentrate
on the health of an astronaut,
while working through the design process.
We have some examples to share with you,
so our first example here of our Astro Sock.
Hey guys, what did you learn during this activity?
- One of the things we learned
was how to use our past design to inspire new modifications.
- Perfect, I have another example down here.
Ladies, what did you learn during this activity?
- One of the things we learned was to think outside the box
using limited resources.
- Good, we enjoyed Hacking STEM,
and we hope you will try it too.
Thanks, back to you.
- [All] Astro socks!
- Thanks Ashley, teaching STEM empowers learners
to develop critical skills.
Now a lot of you mentioned also wanting
to learn more about coding,
so we've compiled a few great resources.
Computer Science education week is coming, get ready,
the second week in December.
Start planning fun hour of code activities
with any of the Make Code editors.
And if you've never gone to makecode.com before,
check it out.
We have free and fun projects for learners
at different levels.
Now let's get into Events.
Eric from Columbus, Georgia, take it away.
- Hey everybody, it is Mr. Crouch.
I'm a fifth grade teacher in.
- [All] Columbus, Georgia.
- And my students and I are so excited
to be joining everyone this year
for Microsoft Global Learning Connection Event,
formally known as Skype-a-Thon, November fifth and sixth.
It's gonna be amazing, because we love Skype.
We love Mystery Skype, we love everything.
We love bringing in experts,
and we cannot wait to join all of you.
That's November fifth and sixth, we'll see all of you there.
Bye everybody, we'll see you soon.
- [All] Bye.
- Thanks Eric, how inspiring and fun.
We're excited to be on this journey together with all of you
to learn from you.
If you have any recommendation
or ideas on what you'd like to see next month, reach out.
And for all the info and resources I mentioned,
check out the links below or in the blog,
and make sure to try our Video Editor for yourself.
You can add really cool effects,
maybe some autumn leaves falling,
because it's that time of the year over here,
or a confetti fountain coming out of my hands.
Thank you, and see you next time.
- Did we do it? - I don't know, but we cut.
- [Victoria] Cut, yeah.
Did I do it right?
- Yay. - Okay.