- It's day three of Bett and we're just getting started.
In today's episode with our partners,
I couldn't be more thrilled to share exciting news
around the seven affordable new Windows devices
we announced earlier this week.
Plus, new device news from HP and more from
the Surface team on a very cool new device
to improve learning and help make
the Surface education bundle more affordable.
Plus, if you're in IT or often assisting
with student device management, you're in the right spot.
Get the latest in device management and deployment
with Intune for Education with Frank C.
And finally how you can get trained to connect
with other educators to see first hand,
how Windows devices are improving learning for all students.
First up, we'll head down to the
device bar with my friend Jordan.
Take it away Jordan.
- Great, well thanks a lot, Anthony.
You know we've launched some
great new devices here at Bett
from our partners at Dell, HP, Lenovo, and Acer.
We've got fantastic affordable devices
that start with clamshells, moving right into
those two-in-ones that convert from
a tablet into a fully functioning PC.
And of course 14 inch devices,
which are the most popular size
amongst high school students.
Let's go have a look at those now.
- Hi, my name's Ash from Lenovo,
and I'm here to show you the new Lenovo 300E 2nd generation.
This is a device designed for school, so very hard-wearing.
The keys anchored in place so children
can't pick the keys off.
It's one of your yoga devices, so it turns into a tablet.
It has an integrated stylus,
which the child can use to write on the screen.
But if the stylus gets lost, we can use any graphite pencil
because what school doesn't have a pencil?
And that's the Lenovo 300E from the Bett Show 2019.
- Hi folks, this is Bob from Acer for Education,
and I'm free to announce you our latest product
in education, the Acer TravelMate B114.
It's a solid and robust notebook, powered by AMD processor
with a 14 inch, full LED display,
180 opening angle to engage the
collaboration between students.
And most importantly, it's ruggedized.
It means that it's compliant with
the U.S. Military standard 810G.
And together with a battery life of
up to 10 hours is the best product to
fit into the classroom together with the B118,
our here products, Acer is providing
a full ruggedized portfolio for education.
- Hi, my name is Luke and I'm going to talk to you about
the new Dell Latitude range of education laptops.
First of all, we have the Latitude 3190 two-in-one.
It's an 11 inch mobile device with extra
reinforcement on the corners for better drop protection.
You've got a splash proof keyboard
and keys that are really difficult for
those naughty children to remove.
Once more, this will convert so
it can be used as a tablet device.
Also, we have the brand new Latitude 3300.
This can be specced higher than the 11 inch device
so it's suitable for students and teachers alike.
And again, you have the extra durability on the chassis
and you have the keyboard with splash protection
and keys that, again, are difficult to be removed.
Ideal for the rough and tumble of a classroom environment.
- Hi, my name is Jeremy Sutton, and I'm the head of
(inaudible) schools and College of Business
here at the (inaudible) Island.
Today we're at the Bett Show and we're really
excited to be able to show you all of
our amazing education products.
Nonetheless, our flagship education product,
which is the ProBook x360 11G4 education edition.
So this has got some really unique features.
First, we'll start with all the rugged elements.
So all the blue bits you see are those MIL-SPEC tested
and it means that when little hands
drop this product it's not going to break.
Equally, it's a really versatile form factor.
So, x360 means it flips all the way around
whether they're looking to use it in
the tablet style or if it's just a laptop
or something that's flipped over,
it's going to work perfectly.
It's also got a front and back camera
so whichever form factor you're using it in
you're still going to be able to get the
capability to take images and photos.
And for when you're in that tablet mode
you can also use a pen and it's device enabled.
So all that digital inking and illustration
is very easy, compatible, and easy to do
on this brilliant Microsoft device.
Thank you very much.
- Wow those are fantastic devices.
There's really something at every price point.
Let's go now to David Alexander who's going to
take us through some new devices from
our Microsoft Surface team.
- Thanks Jordan.
Now earlier this week we introduced the
Microsoft Classroom Pen which is an all new pen
designed specifically with K through eight students in mind
and optimized for use with Surface Go.
Microsoft Classroom Pen is a portable size
and a perfect fit for students at
just over four inches long and less than one pound.
That makes it easy for students to
use it to sketch, color, and take notes
in the classroom as well as at home.
Now what's great about using Microsoft Classroom Pen with
Surface Go is that students can fold the
signature built in kickstand all the way down to
165 degrees in studio mode for really immersive
writing and drawing experience.
With Microsoft Classroom Pen we've addressed
feedback from education customers in a couple of ways.
First, it's designed for students who
put their learning tools through heavy wear and tear.
It comes with a durable, hardened pen tip
and a replacement tip for each pen included in the box.
And to prevent students from losing the pen,
there's a built in slot at the end that makes it easy
to add an optional tether of their choice connecting to
a carrying case or other type of enclosure.
Secondly, Microsoft Classroom Pen is
designed to be affordable and easy to deploy
with reduced unpacking time and waste.
It will be available exclusively to
education institutions and sold in
bulk packs of 20 for $799.80 in the U.S.
which is about $39.99 per pen.
It will ship in all 36 Surface Go markets around the world
with the first wave of availability
beginning next month so that schools may begin
placing orders for the upcoming school year.
Now before I go, I do want to mention one more
piece of news from the Surface team.
Eligible Microsoft 365 education customers
can now get up to $50 off Surface devices.
Visit the link in today's blog for
more information on how to qualify.
Alright, over to you Frank.
- I'm here to talk to you about Intune for Education
and some of the cool new things that
we've got for you in Intune.
First of all, we've been talking all week
about these great, new, affordable devices
we've been showing you here at Bett.
Intune for Education allows you to
manage all those devices super easy.
All your users and all your apps and all your settings
right through this one console here.
Now Intune for Education of course
lets you use this express configuration
to easily set up your devices,
get them ready for the school year
and we've made some changes to that
that we'd like to talk to you about as well.
First of all, we've added iOS support
so now you can manage your iPads, your tablets,
and your Windows 10 devices right from within Intune
to make it even easier to bring
all of those devices together.
We have detailed device status.
So what that does, that let's you
really drill in to one device.
It's super helpful for your Help Desk
so that they can really drill into that
single device to see what the status is
there on app installations or settings there.
We've also made improvements to the
default settings in the express configuration.
Things like Windows Defender.
So you automatically have Windows Defender
turned on in those express configurations
and that's something that came
straight from feedback from our customers.
So we're real happy to announce that.
If you don't know about Windows Autopilot
let me tell you about that first.
Windows Autopilot lets you get your devices straight from
your OEM and put them directly into your classrooms
and they are class ready from day one.
That's what Windows Autopilot is.
What we're announcing here at Bett
is remote Autopilot reset.
So with a click of a button you can remotely reset all
of your devices across your entire landscape
without having to touch those devices.
Again, makes it super easy to get
ready for the next school year.
And then finally, Enterprise Wifi lets it, makes it easier
for people to get connected to your school network.
So, those are some of the things we're announcing
here at Bett around Intune for Education.
It really makes it simple to manage all of
your devices, users, and apps from a single console.
So that's it for me.
I'm going to hand it on over to Aly
to talk about professional development.
- Thanks Frank.
I've had such a great time here at Bett meeting
other educators and immersing myself in all things Ed-Tech.
I'm a teacher but I'm also a lifelong student
and I always appreciate the opportunity
Microsoft Education creates for me
to keep learning and to prove it.
That's why I'm excited to share the
latest training offerings from Microsoft.
With over 70 courses and dozens of resources,
the Microsoft Educator Community is
the best place to start learning how to
integrate Ed-Tech tools into your classroom.
Once you've earned 1,000 points, you will receive
your certified Microsoft Innovative Educator badge.
Looking for ways to train your staff or fellow educators
on Office 365 education tools?
Look no further.
We know that teachers crave collaborative training
experiences but don't always have the time to plan them.
That's why we worked with teachers
and experienced teacher trainers
to create modules covering multiple
Office 365 apps and project based learning scenarios.
Courses range from one to six hours
and each one comes wrapped up with everything
that you need including a slide deck, checklist,
and materials for teachers to use
in their classroom directly after the training.
Plus they're free.
And I know I can't wait to explore more
of these course when I get back home.
Throwing it back to you Anthony.
- Well that's it from us here at Bett in London this week
but don't forget if you missed one of our
exciting episodes recorded earlier this week
just check out the blog link below
and follow us at MicrosoftEDU for more
highlights and news from our Microsoft Education team.
Thanks for joining.
See you next time. - See you next time.
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