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Help save money with the Enrollment for Education Solutions licensing program
Join us to explore Enrollment for Education Solutions (EES),... Read more
Join us to explore Enrollment for Education Solutions (EES), our most aggressive academic Volume License offering. EES can help you save money while maximizing your IT investments. You’ll learn about our Volume License program and discover how EES can help reduce your overall total cost of ownership. Find out more about the program and how to get your faculty, staff, and students involved.

Jan Uy, Territory Manager, Microsoft; Jason Wilmot, Licensing Executive, Microsoft

Operational effeciency

Bring learning to life with Kinect
Learn how Loudoun County Public Schools is using Kinect to g... Read more
Learn how Loudoun County Public Schools is using Kinect to get students engaged and inspired. They will share examples and learnings with their experiences of using Kinect in classroom activities and in physical education, and to support students with special needs.

Adina Popa, Technology Resource Teacher/International Ambassador, Loudoun County Public Schools; Cameron Evans, Chief Technologist, US Education, Microsoft; Dana Enriquez-Vontoure, Elementary Math Manager, Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment, Houston Independent School District

Teaching and eLearning

Doing more with less: How Microsoft SharePoint as a web platform can help increase collaborative work and reduce IT costs
Microsoft SharePoint 2010 can make it easier for faculty, st... Read more
Microsoft SharePoint 2010 can make it easier for faculty, staff, and students to work together. Using SharePoint 2010, they can set up websites to share information, work on documents together from start to finish, unlock Office Web Apps to collaborate online, and create and publish reports to present important ideas and research in a more meaningful way. Learn more about the benefits of Microsoft SharePoint in education during this overview presentation and demonstration.

Operational effeciency

Turn one PC into 10 workstations
Join us to hear how GreenBridge Computing and Microsoft are ... Read more
Join us to hear how GreenBridge Computing and Microsoft are teaming up to offer a more cost-effective way for students and teachers to gain access to the latest technology, even on limited budgets. With Windows MultiPoint Server, a single computer supports multiple users at the same time, each working independently using their own monitor, keyboard, and mouse―with familiar Windows operating system features. GreenBridge Computing offers a direct-connect solution to turn one PC into 10 workstations, which can help reduce hardware costs by up to 50% and maintenance expenses by up to 90%. Learn how GreenBridge Computing and Windows MultiPoint Server can help improve learning and give students better skills to compete in a global economy.

Teaching and eLearning, Operational effeciency

Microsoft private cloud: Application management
Apps power your education IT. In this last webcast in the Mi... Read more
Apps power your education IT. In this last webcast in the Microsoft private cloud series, hear more about predictable applications for your education institution. You can deliver predictable application service levels with deep application insight. Microsoft System Center 2012 enables you to holistically manage your application services.

Teaching and eLearning

SQL Server 2012 BI Platform for Education Analytics
The next wave of SQL Server will help customers unlock new i... Read more
The next wave of SQL Server will help customers unlock new insights with pervasive data discovery across structured, unstructured, and cloud data sources. SQL Server is the leading platform for delivering Managed Self-Service Business Intelligence (BI), credible consistent data and large-scale data warehousing and analytics solutions. In this session you will hear about the benefits that can be realized through the BI platform.

Measurement and outcomes

Microsoft Office 365 overview for education
Learn more about Office 365 for education, the Microsoft pla... Read more
Learn more about Office 365 for education, the Microsoft platform for delivering email, calendaring, communication, and collaboration services in the cloud. With Office 365, teachers can collaborate and share ideas more easily, students can get more creative in the classroom and beyond, and schools can create their own websites without writing code.

Teaching and eLearning

Changing the game with Kinect in education
Interactive learning is the key to motivating and engaging s... Read more
Interactive learning is the key to motivating and engaging students in today’s technologically advanced world. Discover how educators are changing the game in education with Kinect for Xbox 360 from Microsoft.

Teaching and eLearning

Changing the game with immersive learning in special education
Interactive learning is the key to motivating and engaging s... Read more
Interactive learning is the key to motivating and engaging students in today’s technologically advanced world. Discover how educators are addressing students with specific needs with Kinect for Xbox 360 from Microsoft.

Teaching and eLearning

Implementing Office 365 across the district/campus Community
Excited about the value that Office 365 could bring to your ... Read more
Excited about the value that Office 365 could bring to your education institution? It’s a great time to consider how best to implement and adopt the web-conferencing, calendaring, and collaboration tools Office 365 offers. Join us to see what a successful rollout across campus could look like for your faculty and teaching staff, students, and other members of your education community.

Derek Seymour, Solutions Specialist, Microsoft; Gabe Loshbaugh, Solutions Specialist, Microsoft

Teaching and eLearning

It’s easy in the cloud – communicate and work together (K-12)
This webcast is sponsored by Tech & Learning. Give your ... Read more
This webcast is sponsored by Tech & Learning. Give your students, educators and staff the tools they need to communicate and work together across PC, phones and browsers from virtually anywhere. Discover how Henry County Schools uses the power of the cloud to help their educators and staff communicate more easily across 51 locations.

Teaching and eLearning

It’s easy in the cloud – communicate and work together (Higher Ed)
This webcast is sponsored by Campus Tech. Give your students... Read more
This webcast is sponsored by Campus Tech. Give your students, faculty and staff the tools they need to communicate and work together across PCs, phones and browsers from virtually anywhere. Discover how Georgia State University uses the power of the cloud to help their educators and staff communicate more easily.

Teaching and eLearning

Office 365 deployment overview
This presentation is designed to help you understand the opt... Read more
This presentation is designed to help you understand the options and plan your deployment. It explains the terminology, compares the deployment options, and describes the tools that are included with Office 365 for education.

Operational effeciency

Office 365 overview for current Live@edu customers
Understand the opportunities and benefits available to your ... Read more
Understand the opportunities and benefits available to your education institution as Microsoft transitions from the Live@edu solution to Office 365 for education service. Hear how you can leverage your existing on-premise investment as you move to cloud-based resources on your terms. 

Operational effeciency

Microsoft private cloud: Service delivery and automation
Learn more about the Microsoft approach to cloud computing, ... Read more
Learn more about the Microsoft approach to cloud computing, which can help your education institution provision new applications and services. In other scenarios, this could be a labor-intensive process that involves multiple people and management tools, along with significant integration costs. The Microsoft cloud helps resolve those issues and enables consistent delivery of services.

Operational effeciency

Bring learning to life with Kinect
This webcast is hosted by Center for Digital Education. Lear... Read more
This webcast is hosted by Center for Digital Education. Learn how Loudoun County Public Schools is using Kinect to get students engaged and inspired. They will share examples and learnings with their experiences of using Kinect in classroom activities and in physical education, and to support students with special needs. 

Teaching and eLearning

Microsoft Office 2010 tips and tricks for educators and students
Discover new ways to make quick work of your daily tasks, co... Read more
Discover new ways to make quick work of your daily tasks, collaborate with fellow teachers, share information, and engage your students with Microsoft Office 2010. These tips and tricks can help you make the most of the built-in tools in Microsoft Office for education so your days can be more productive—in the classroom and beyond.

Teaching and eLearning

Microsoft private cloud: Infrastructure management
You can confidently deliver IT as a service (ITaaS) for your... Read more
You can confidently deliver IT as a service (ITaaS) for your education institution using technology you may already know and own. In this second webcast in a series on the Microsoft private cloud, you can learn more about the Microsoft approach to cloud computing and how it can benefit your school, college, university, or district.

Operational effeciency

Microsoft private cloud: An introduction
Learn how the Microsoft private cloud can enable your educat... Read more
Learn how the Microsoft private cloud can enable your education organization to build out a dedicated cloud environment to transform the way you deliver IT services.

Operational effeciency

Rich, interactive teaching and learning
Inspire your students, and boost engagement in the classroom... Read more
Inspire your students, and boost engagement in the classroom with intuitive tools from Microsoft that can help you improve education outcomes.

Ashanka Iddya, Solutions Sales Specialist

Teaching and eLearning

Working together - Anytime. Anywhere.
Collaborate across your campus, your city, the nation, or th... Read more
Collaborate across your campus, your city, the nation, or the world with cutting-edge collaboration solutions like Microsoft Live@edu and Microsoft Office Web Apps. Keep your students, educators, and staff connected—regardless of platform, device, or location.

Michael Icore, Solution Specialist, Microsoft

Teaching and eLearning

Managing relationships and retention
See how Microsoft solutions can enable your education instit... Read more
See how Microsoft solutions can enable your education institution operations to run smoothly and efficiently. Help meet student and teacher recruitment and retention goals, improve alumni/constituent relationship management, maximize funding from grants, and collaborate more effectively across classrooms, districts, departments and institutions.

Wende Nossaman, Solution Specialist, Microsoft

Measurement and outcomes

What's next in teaching and e-learning
Bring interactive learning to your students and staff with M... Read more
Bring interactive learning to your students and staff with Microsoft e-learning solutions. Help improve student engagement and outcomes through integrated and intuitive learning and content creation tools.

Bill Hagen, U.S. Educations Solutions Specialist, Microsoft

Teaching and eLearning

Desktop management and virtualization for schools and universities
Microsoft operational efficiency solutions can help you simp... Read more
Microsoft operational efficiency solutions can help you simplify education IT infrastructure, reduce costs, and improve the outcome for your school and students.

Troy Sharpe, Solution Specialist, Microsoft

Operational effeciency

How to access Federal E-rate funding for your schools communications infrastructure projects
Learn how you can build an E-rate strategy to help pay for y... Read more
Learn how you can build an E-rate strategy to help pay for your communications infrastructure. Join experts from Funds for Learning, the nation's leading E-rate funding compliance services firm, to understand which products and services are E-rate eligible and to ask questions of E-rate specialists.

Bill Hagen, U.S. Education SSP Unified Communications, Microsoft

Teaching and eLearning

Microsoft Kinect for education
Discover how educators nationally are tapping into students&... Read more
Discover how educators nationally are tapping into students' desire for interactive, fun, and challenging educational content. Explore how educators can use the Microsoft Kinect sensor to replace drill assignments, while tracking student progress and achievements.

Radu Burducea, Director, U.S. Education, Microsoft

Teaching and eLearning

Optimized desktop for schools and universities
Learn about education desktop solutions designed to help you... Read more
Learn about education desktop solutions designed to help your IT organization maintain security, streamline management, and cut costs.

Jim Kerr, MDOP Technical Solution Professional, Microsoft

Operational effeciency

Azure for education
See how you can develop on the Windows Azure platform—the Mi... Read more
See how you can develop on the Windows Azure platform—the Microsoft cloud platform as a service (PaaS) offering—and how to scale your systems as the needs of your institution grow.

Stephanie Lemus, Azure Technical Solutions Specialist, Microsoft

Operational effeciency

Business-ready security for your school
Help protect anywhere, anytime access. Microsoft business-re... Read more
Help protect anywhere, anytime access. Microsoft business-ready security can help schools protect their assets and infrastructure while addressing shrinking budgets and increased regulatory pressure.

Steve Scholz, Solutions Specialist, Microsoft

Operational effeciency

Enrollment for Education Solutions
Discover the new license program, Enrollment for Education S... Read more
Discover the new license program, Enrollment for Education Solutions (EES), an easy, cost-effective offer that provides qualified academic customers a simplified way to acquire Microsoft software and services under a single, subscription agreement.

Patrick Jones, Public Sector—Ed Account Manager, Microsoft

Operational effeciency

Student solutions built on SharePoint 2010
Join co-hosts Microsoft and the Center for Advanced Technolo... Read more
Join co-hosts Microsoft and the Center for Advanced Technologies (a public magnet program housed at Lakewood Senior High School, in Florida), and see demonstrations of student-developed solutions built on the Microsoft SharePoint 2010 platform.

Mark Dunkel, Center for Advanced Technologies

Measurement and outcomes

Empowering students through accessible technology from Microsoft
Microsoft supports its personalized learning vision by provi... Read more
Microsoft supports its personalized learning vision by providing technology that is accessible to every student, regardless of ability. Educators have a key role in ensuring equal opportunity for students through the use of computer technology. This webcast is designed to assist them.  The session will strive to provide an understanding of accessibility and how it impacts the classroom.

Teaching and eLearning

What's new in SQL Server 2012 and how it applies to educators
The next wave of SQL Server investments will help extend org... Read more
The next wave of SQL Server investments will help extend organizations beyond the database with a cloud-ready information platform that delivers mission critical confidence, breakthrough insight, and cloud on your terms.

Operational effeciency