Future Learning

"Microsoft skills and technology can radically improve education. It's in our corporate interest to improve learning and it's also our corporate
responsibility." - John Galligan, Director, Corporate Affairs, Australia.

Microsoft's initiatives help skills education among key Australian groups:

Unlimited Potential - With the leading Australian community organisations, we support over 290 community technology learning centres which teach ICT literacy skills to underserved groups.
Partners in learning - Microsoft has committed $10 million over the next 5 years to develop teachers' technology skills and improve technology's contribution to Australian education.
Imagine Cup - Each year, Microsoft sponsors a competition which challenges Australian students to devise the most original and beneficial application for new software technologies.

	The social Impact of technology changes communities from anger and violence to hope and opportunity
	A Social Enterprise NGO, WorkVentures and Microsoft develop an IT Connect Technology Training Centre to address unemployment, poverty and violence.

MARVIN takes 3D animation characters to educate the world

The Northern Territory Department of Employment, Education and Training (DEET) partner with NTICED and Microsoft to bring a software package called Marvin to teach indigenous Australians in their own language.

Partners in learning: ACT - Classroom support officers tour territory with ICT expertise.

Partners in learning: NSW - Year 5-9 students from 10 schools experiment with new media.

Partners in learning: NT - Seven schools receive $2,500 to help teachers develop peer-to-peer ICT training.

Partners in learning: QLD - Spatial technologies take 'virtual city' geography tours.

Partners in learning: SA - Educators take learning strategy master classes with national and international educators.

Partners in learning: TAS - Five year teacher capacity-building program to help teachers develop online learning techniques.

Partners in learning: VIC - Creative teaching programs in 28 schools build physical and virtual learning communities.

Partners in learning: WA - 13,000 teachers receive ICT professional development.

	Unlimited Potential: Overview for partners
	Innovative Teachers: Introduction to award
	Software Donation Program
	NGO Portal