- [Children] This time on What's New in EDU
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- Welcome to What's New in EDU.
The place to learn about new updates and features
coming from Microsoft Education.
- This month you'll learn about upcoming events,
new devices and exciting announcements from OneNote.
But first, a new experience launched in Windows 10
called Story Remix.
Here's Chris and Emily.
- Thanks Frank.
I'm Emily.
- And I'm Chris.
- Story Remix is a video editor that we're making
with education usage in mind.
So we wanna make sure that it works really well
for students and teachers, for things like
collaborative video projects, lab reports,
and we wanna make sure that it works really well
with the systems that are already in use in classrooms,
like Office365 for Education.
We also wanna make sure that kids can have the
lowest barrier to entry possible,
so we're gonna make it work with the mobile devices
they already have in their pockets.
- [Chris] Their iPhones and Android phones.
- [Emily] Exactly.
- Right, and Story Remix is not just a regular video editor.
We decided to go and reinvent the concept of video editing
using artificial intelligence as an assistant.
So, with Story Remix you can give it video footage
and still images and it will put together for you
a realistic, reasonable video automatically
within a couple of seconds, with music.
- And we're really excited to get feedback
from new users as well.
So, if you wanna start trying it out
with early versions of the app,
you can do that by getting on the Windows Insider Program
in the control panel in Windows 10
or it will be available to the world for free
in Windows 10 as part of the Fall Creators’ Update.
- Oh, and it also includes really cool
Hollywood special effects.
You can put 3D effects into it, particles,
fires, explosions.
Kids love that stuff.
- Chris Pratley is also the original engineer
on another app you know and love, OneNote.
This month OneNote got a significant update
that makes it even easier for anyone to express
themselves digitally.
Welcome to the redesigned OneNote.
The OneNote team announced in mid-May
that they were updating the design of OneNote
for Windows 10, Mac, iOS, Android and OneNote online.
These design features, all based on user feedback,
and rolling out over the coming weeks,
include three key areas of focus.
Enhancing usability for those
who use assistive technologies.
This is great, especially for special education teachers
who have students who need screen-readers
and can easily navigate through the app.
Simplifying navigation controls.
Content is front and center, even for larger notebooks
like class notebooks, helping students to focus
and avoid distractions.
Creating consistency across the devices.
This makes it easier for teachers and students
to easily transition between home and school devices
or browser and app versions.
Just like OneNote learning tools, once a OneNote add in,
is now becoming something with global reach
to help all students.
Immersive reader helps anyone on any device
improve their reading skills,
including people with dyslexia, dysgraphia, ADHD,
as well as English language learners.
With the recent announcement we are helping to bring
improved comprehension and independent reading
to more applications and new languages.
- I have a dyslexic student who is also dysgraphic.
He still reads on a kindergarten level.
You know, he is 10 years old,
he's still learning sight words
and he would tell me all the time that he was stupid.
When we started this school year
he read four words per minute.
And when we got the learning tools with the immersive reader
he went to 22 words per minute.
I never thought in one calendar school year,
that we would even get into double-digits,
and he's at 22 words per minute.
And he's stayed there.
- Try it now on the new Learning Tools webpage.
Even if you don't have a Microsoft Office365 account.
- We know from talking with so many of you
that it's important for Microsoft technology
to just work with investments you've already made
for your school.
Especially your Student Information Systems
and your Learning Management Systems.
Since spring of last year teachers have been able
to give assignments and grade them in Class Notebook
and then just have them show up in their SIS or LMS.
With this month's addition of blackbaud on campus
and eSchoolData, the number of SIS and LMS partners
integrating with Class Notebook
is now at 40 and growing.
There are guides online to get you started
with your SIS or LMS,
so check out the link.
There are also great new devices from our partners
that are affordable and have a ton of features,
like touchscreen inking and long battery life.
We'll highlight a new device from time-to-time
here on What's New in EDU.
So, here's this month's spotlight device,
the Travelmate Spin B1 from Acer.
First of all, I want to show you
the adaptive 360 degree hinge.
So it can easily transform from laptop,
to tent, to tablet.
It's a touchscreen too and it has inking.
So you can draw, write and solve math problems
directly on the screen, just like pen and paper.
It's able to withstand the every day rigor of the classroom
and protects against accidental bumps and drops
with a pressure-resistant screen.
And it can handle the rain.
Four gigabytes memory, 46 gigabytes of storage.
Up to 13 hours of battery life.
An 11.6 inch, high-definition display.
And it comes in under $299.
The Acer Travelmate Spin B1 is just one of several
new devices from our OEM partners,
with pricing that starts at 189 or 279 with ink.
Amazing prices.
So we'll continue to highlight different devices
on this show, but if you just can't wait to see them
check out the link and browse 'em all today.
- Finally, there is a big event coming up
for us here at Microsoft Education.
And Lindsay my friend and our Marketing Manager
is ready to tell us more about it.
- That's right, it's 2017 is right around the corner
and we have the exciting opportunity this year
to invite all of our global educators
and our global educator community to join us.
Live from the event in San Antonio,
on Tuesday June, 27th, you can tune in live
to Hack The Classroom.
We'll be live from 5:30-7:30 pm CDT,
but you can also tune in on Facebook Live,
or on demand later.
Back to you Frank.
- Also at ISTE, we have some great sessions
to help IT and tech advocates learn how to setup their
classroom PC's in just about an hour.
Even if you can't attend, don't worry,
we've got you covered, we have all the deployment
resources available for you online.
So that's it for us here.
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