- Good day, everyone.
Welcome to another edition of
"What's new in EDU?" Where we bring you
all the latest EDU updates from Microsoft.
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And today we're coming to you from Wilburton Elementary
and we're here to talk with you about events coming up
news about immersive reader
and other super cool Office news.
And guess what?
I've got a buddy here to help.
- Hey Mark, it's so good to see you again.
We're so excited you're here at Wilburton,
just built, brand new school
opened about a week ago.
I'm Beth, the principal here.
- And Beth, it's been quite a learning journey.
I remember you and I crossing muddy field two years ago.
- Yes (laughs)
- I remember I was talking about flexible learning spaces,
about open design.
- [Beth] Yeah
- How's it all been?
- Oh my gosh!
From the muddy fields
to now a beautiful building
where all of that has come alive
and especially this last, um, couple weeks
where we've brought kids and families into the building.
The spaces have now turned into those
magical, flexible spaces where we're moving kids around,
making sure we're meeting the needs,
being inclusive of everyone in the classroom
and just can't wait to continue our journey.
- [Mark] And speaking about the inclusive classroom,
we've got free workshops this fall
to create dedicated curriculum
for those with literacy challenges,
using Microsoft learning tools.
To kick things off,
we recently hosted more than 400 students,
parents and teachers to be the first to try
the new workshops.
And we're teaming up with Microsoft stores
across the U.S, Canada and Puerto Rico
to offer these workshops.
If you're interested,
check out the local store programming near you
to find the right workshop for your needs.
Now let's hear from Yousaf.
- Today I'm so excited to show you some great new features.
First up, we've brought immersive reader
right into Microsoft teams.
It also has students favorites,
like picture dictionary and read aloud mode,
which allow students to follow along words
and conversations while the text is read out loud.
Next up, the @mentions feature.
We're very excited about this amazing tool
so listen up.
This new feature gives you the ability to tag others
directly within comments.
When an individual's @mentioned,
they'll receive an email notification alerting them to @.
Which helps them quickly identify
where there input is needed.
See our frequently asked questions
to get started using these great
new functionalities today.
Back to you, Mark.
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What was that googly-eyed rock?
Oh yeah, immersive reader is incredibly inclusive.
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- Thanks Yousuf, now events.
Take it away.
- Thanks Mark, our next "Hack the classroom" is coming up
On October 27th, we will be celebrating the change makers
who've helped evolve student centered learning in schools.
You'll hear, inspirational stories
from educators all around the world.
Who've used technology to transform
how students learn within their schools.
Now, "Hack the classroom" only happens a few times a year
so if you wanna be inspired,
make sure to catch this online event.
You can live stream it on Facebook
starting at 8 a.m. pacific.
Do you have your own story to share?
We wanna hear from you.
So upload your video,
tag @Microsoftedu and use #hacktheclassroom
for a chance to be featured in the live event.
And another way to connect with educators
from all over the world is by
joining our monthly MSFTEduChat.
These are tweet meets and
they happen the third Tuesday of every month
All on twitter, for one hour,
starting at 10 a.m pacific.
Up next, Dan and Clarise are ready to share
some exciting news that will bring
Windows mix reality hardware to many
under served schools and public libraries across
the country this month.
Over to you, Dan and Clarisse!
- [Both] Thanks Lindsay.
- This summer we announced the Microsoft mix reality
limitless libraries program, which was designed to bring
the fantastic educational power of mixed reality to
libraries all over the U.S.
- We were so excited to see hundreds of
submissions from schools and libraries pour in.
And we're so thrilled today
to be able to announce the 20 finalist.
If you're a winner, congratulations
we'll be in touch shortly
and we're really excited to get
these headsets out to you.
- If you weren't selected, don't worry about it
keep tuning in to "what's new in EDU"
to find new revolutionary ways to integrate
Microsoft mixed reality into your school or library.
- [Both] Back to you!
- Alright, that wraps it up for this month's
"What's new in EDU"
Thanks for joining me, Beth.
- Oh, my pleasure, so excited to have
you guys here at Wilburton.
I hope everyone clicks below to follow our journey.
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- [Both] Thanks.
- [Group] See you next time